Ontario Junior Hockey League resident writer Ron Valentine is profiling the 2024-25 team captains across The OJ. BY RON VALENTINE Twenty-year old QUINN BINNIE was named captain for the 2024-25 edition of the PICKERING PANTHERS upon his return to the OJHL club. Quinn was a Panther during the 2021-22 season before joining the Mississauga, (now […]
TORONTO – The Canadian Junior Hockey League announced Monday that the Rockland Nationals (CCHL) have been slotted No. 1 in its initial Top 20 Rankings – Fuelled by Gatorade – for the 2024-25 season. The front-runners in the Central Canada Hockey League are a perfect 6-0 to commence the campaign, having only allowed a CCHL-low seven […]
Ontario Junior Hockey League resident writer Ron Valentine is profiling the 2024-25 team captains across The OJ. BY RON VALENTINE Belleville-born CORBIN ROACH is the captain of the defending OJHL East Conference champion Trenton Golden Hawks for the 2024-25 season. He was an assistant captain of the team last season and now steps up to […]
Canada East, Canada West, Sweden, United States to face off in Camrose, Alberta Dec. 9-15 CAMROSE, Alta – Hockey Canada, in partnership with the Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL), Hockey Alberta, NHL Central Scouting and the local organizing committee, has announced the tournament format and schedule for the 2024 Junior A World Challenge. The tournament, set […]
By Jim Mason/OJHL Communications Upon conclusion of the 2024 Ontario Junior Hockey League Governors’ Showcase presented by MilkUP, Colton Smith of the Leamington Flyers is the league’s leading scorer. The son of Los Angeles Kings’ assistant coach D.J. Smith, Colton leads the OJ with eight goals. He’s tied with Gabriel Ciarallo of the Milton Menace […]
By Jim Mason/OJHL Communications Try and name a Canadian Jr. A hockey team with more connections to the NHL than the Ontario Junior Hockey League’s Buffalo Jr. Sabres. Former NHL Sabre Larry Playfair was president of the Buffalo Sabres Alumni Association in 2007 when the NHL team got involved with the juniors, granting them permission […]
By Jim Mason/OJHL Communications The Toronto Patriots are the only unbeaten team in the Ontario Junior Hockey League’s three weeks into the 2024-25 season. The Patriots moved to 5-0-0-0 by defeating the Lindsay Muskies 4-1 during Day 2 of the 2024 Governors’ Showcase presented by MilkUP at the Gale Centre in Niagara Falls, ON Tuesday. […]
By Jim Mason/OJHL Communications NIAGARA FALLS, ON… Ryder Cali would be on the all-name team in any hockey league. But the kid from Penetanguishene with the cool handle is making a name for himself simply with his play early in the Ontario Junior Hockey League this season. Cali, who just turned 16 this month, and […]
By Jim Mason/OJHL Communications The Trenton Golden Hawks defeated the Collingwood Blues 5-1 on opening day of the Ontario Junior Hockey League’s Governors’ Showcase presented by MilkUP in Niagara Falls, ON Monday. The three-day, 24-game event continues through Wednesday at the Gale Centre. All 24 teams in the OJHL will play two games each in […]
By Jim Mason/OJHL Communications Frank Pietrangelo and his hockey club are a natural to be hosting the Ontario Junior Hockey League’s Governors’ Showcase presented by MilkUP this week. The three-day, 24-game event began today in Niagara Falls, ON. All 24 teams in the OJHL will play two games each in front of 150-plus NHL, NCAA, […]
