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OHL Set to Enforce Mandatory Vaccine Policy

Mark Scheig | July 19, 2021

We are about a month and a half away from the proposed start of training camps in the OHL for the 2021-22 season. Assuming all goes according to plan, camps…

OHL Curbs Fighting… Again

Dave Jewell | August 21, 2016

The OHL has introduced three new rules to their rule book for the 2016-17 season and one has people talking. The three new rules include the “Blindside Hit” Rule, the Hybrid…

OHL Will Implement Harsher Fighting Rules

Dustin L. Nelson | August 20, 2016

In an effort to curb fighting and head injuries, the OHL has announced rule changes for the 2016-17 season that include harsher penalties for fighting. The league has reduced the…

OHL Suspends Flint Firebirds Owner From Hockey Operations

Ben Smith | April 6, 2016

There really hasn’t been another junior team in the Canadian Hockey League that has had as many off-ice issues as the Flint Firebirds have. In just their first season in…

Flint Firebirds: Personal Reflections From The Road

Mark Scheig | February 19, 2016

Honestly, I really wasn’t sure what I was getting myself into. That was the prevailing thought racing through my head as I departed from my home in Pennsylvania en route…

OHL Suspends Flint Firebirds Management

Dustin Nelson | February 18, 2016

The situation with the OHL’s Flint Firebirds continues to be closer to circus camp than major junior hockey. On Wednesday Flint owner Rolf Nilsen fired coaches John Gruden and Dave…

A Letter to OHL Commissioner David Branch

Margann Laurissa | May 4, 2012

  Dear David Branch,   The OHL championship final series between the London Knights and the Niagara IceDogs has begun and I feel that this is the best time to…

How Could Toronto Junior Hockey Have Attendance Troubles?

Brent Lemon | November 2, 2011

When it comes to spectator sports, Toronto might just be Canada’s first post-hockey town. The Maple Leafs have an absurd 20-year waiting list for season tickets, and they are the…

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