The weather co-operated, the home team won and it was standing room only at Canada’s first junior hockey game played outdoors Friday. The host Fort McMurray Oil Barons downed the Drayton Valley Thunder 4-2 on a rink constructed on a soccer pitch near downtown. The Northern Classic broke the previous Alberta Junior Hockey League’s attendance […]
The AJHL and the Fort McMurray Oil Barons recognized Coach and General Manager Gord Thibodeau on coaching 1,000 regular season games behind an AJHL bench prior to the Northern Classic on Friday. Gord Thibodeau is only the second Coach in League history to reach the 1,000 game mark. When asked, Gord states his main motivation […]
Mayors Blake and Hamdon add a ‘Mayors Challenge’ to heighten Northern Classic fever in their communities The Northern Classic, Canada’s first outdoor junior hockey game will take place on November 26, in Fort McMurray, Alberta, the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo announced today. The game will see home team, the Fort McMurray Oil Barons face […]
Hockey’s best players learn at an early age to keep their options open when the puck is on their stick, and College Hockey Inc’s goal is to help the sport’s best young players keep their options open about their future. Read More Courtesy of the Hockey News
Gino Reda speaks to Dragons’ forward Sean Sanford on the RBC Junior Hockey Magazine. Listen Here
The Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) announced today the roster for Team West at the 2010 CJHL Prospects Game. The sixth annual CJHL Prospects Game will be played on December 7-8 at Credit Union Place in Dauphin, Man. Team West is composed of players from the CJHL’s five western leagues, which include the British Columbia […]
Red Baron ® WCHADefensive Player of the WeekSam Brittain – Fr., GoaltenderUniversity of Denver Goaltender Sam Brittain, who backstopped his University of Denver Pioneers to a two-game home-ice sweep of league rival Bemidji State last weekend, is the Red Baron ® WCHA Defensive Player of the Week for Nov. 23, 2010. This marks the second […]
A patch or frozen water; a crisp whiff in the air that sets the nostril afire; the sound of steel blades slicing a song of seductive swagger; a bunch of players chasing a frozen disc, hoping to put that thing between the opposition’s pipes before – and more often – than they can respond.It doesn’t […]
The Camrose Kodiaks are pleased to announce that 17-year-old defenseman Jonathan Lashyn (Saskatoon, SK) has committed to attend Merrimack College (Hockey East). Jonathan is currently in his first season with the Kodiaks.Jonathan has played in 27 games this season and has one goal and 12 assists as well as leading the team in plus/minus. Jonathan […]
The Brooks Bandits are proud to announce 19 year old Forward Andy Williams has committed to play at Marian University of the NCAA Division III. Located in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin the Sabers play in the MCHA and are off to a 5-3-0 start to the 2010 season. Andy is from Lacombe, Alberta and grew […]
