PYETTE: Branch’s exit, Brantford’s return highlight OHL season ahead
The boss is calling it a day. Brantford is back in play. And the Memorial Cup, finally again, will have an American sway.
Ontario Hockey League
Bears beat Battalion in preseason finale
The Owen Sound Attack concluded the tune-up season with a tidy 4-1 victory over the North Bay Battalion Saturday afternoon inside the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre. Carter George made 31 saves on 32 shots in the contest and may have staked his claim to the team’s starting gig out of the gate while rookies […]
Jets sign Barlow to entry-level deal
The Winnipeg Jets and Colby Barlow have agreed to a three-year, entry-level contract. The Jets announced the deal on Thursday as National Hockey League clubs open training camps. The deal carries an annual average value of $1.2 million against the league’s salary cap. Barlow, 18, tallied 79 points (46 goals, 33 assists) in 59 games […]
Attack falter in Hanover, Addy faces suspension for slew foot
Steps away from the Hanover Raceway the Barrie Colts must have felt right at home as the ponies potted eight goals on the Owen Sound Attack inside the P&H Centre Wednesday night. With the ice still settling at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre following the RCMP’s Musical Ride, the Colts trounced the Bears 8-4 […]
With Logan Mailloux gone, Sam Dickinson set to lead London Knights blue-line
Sam Dickinson learned how to follow in his first OHL season.
London Knights’ new Finnish star aims high as training camp gets underway
Shortly after arriving in London, Kasper Halttunen already feels at home.
The time to win is now for talented Attack core
This is the year. The Owen Sound Attack have been building toward this season since the COVID-19 pandemic ripped away Ontario Hockey League play in early 2020. It’s been both said openly by team officials and hinted at, but it’s always been clear. The time for this core of players to win is now, or […]
Another clean sheet of ice as the Attack open up camp
Those who say hope springs eternal must be talking about training camp. As the Owen Sound Attack once again took to the ice at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre Monday for the official start of the 2023-24 Ontario Hockey League season, there is no dream too big or goal too momentous. Anything is possible […]
Attack GM wants surprises, not disappointments when camp opens next week
After 17 years, longtime Owen Sound Attack general manager Dale DeGray has a pretty simple wish list as training camp approaches. “I don’t want any disappointments,” he said Friday morning. “You want more surprises than disappointments, quite honestly.” What disappoints an Ontario Hockey League general manager over the course of a five-day training camp? Players […]
Attack deal Bryant to IceDogs for scoring help
Days before the opening of training camp ahead of the 2023-24 season the Owen Sound Attack announced they’ve sent Gavin Bryant and a third-round pick in 2027 to the Niagara Ice Dogs for Declan Waddick. Waddick, an 18-year-old Lakeshore, Ont., native, registered 28 goals and added 21 assists with the IceDogs this past season. He […]
Attack hire former Gennies coach to lead goaltenders
The Owen Sound Attack have taken another crack at hiring a goaltending coach after previous hire Matt Smith accepted a position with a National Hockey League club weeks after signing on with the Bears. The team congratulated Smith in a post to social media and announced the goalie-coach search was back on the front burner. […]
Attack sign third-round pick Gabriel Smith
On Friday, the Owen Sound Attack continued their build-up to the 2023-24 season with the signing of 2023 OHL Priority Selection draft third-round pick Gabriel Smith to a standard player agreement. Attack General Manager Dale DeGray welcomed Smith and his family to the Attack organization in a team media release. “I look forward to seeing […]
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