Junior Ontario Hockey

All teams in the West contract a bus company and a few have bought their own buses over the last 20 years to provide transportation for most away games (exception is where it is an easy traveling distance where players or parents can drive. When there was inter-conference play all teas had buses to ...

Back to the original thread of why the LaSalle-Chatham first playoff game was not entered properly and fixed as soon as some people would have liked. First, the LaSalle PS score keeper used the drop down imput box to indicate the tyoe of game and marked it as a regular season game instead of a playo...

Darby Lemieux is now playing for Leamington - he came via trade this past summer.

I was at the Maroons-Flyers game. Both clubs are strong. Chatham's Rychel-Robinson-Power line did all the Maroons' damage, but Chatham will have to depend more other players than just that one line. Both teams delivered some good hits - and for the Maroons the rookies did receive plenty of ice time....

A history lesson on St. Marys franchise: In 1956/57 the Lincs along with Woodstock entered the OHA West replacing New Hamburg and Simcoe. (Between that tie and 1964/65 Stratford, Preston, Goderich, Ingersoll and Tillsonburg also played in the West.) St. Marys entered the Central B loop in 1964/65 an...

The GOJHL schedule is not usually done until mid-July. I would be very surprised if it has been completed. Most seasons (except last year) it is confirmed and finalized by the end of July and seldom posted until a week before Kick-off. Fans can only hope that perhaps there is a policy change and the...

The last time the Sutherland Cup went to game 7 was in the 2013/14 season when Caledonia beat St. Catharines. Prior to that in 2002/03 Stratford topped Thorold. Since 1980 only three other SC finals have went to 7 games: in 1981/82 St. MIchaels beat Sarnia; in 1997/98- Niagara Falls edged Elmira and...

Apparently the "in progress" Oct. 20 contest was suspended with 4 sec. left; a decision on that result or status of that game should be forthcoming.

No it's not the first time Caledonia has been shutout on playoffs. The only time that has been done was: Last Game Team Shutout By Opposition At Home: 4-0 by Brampton Bombers (game 5, 1st round) Mar. 8, 2013 As for regukar season shutouts by opposition here are some: First Game Team Shutout By Oppos...

The St. Catharines Falcons wasted little time acquiring new head coach after Chris Johnstone stepped down recently. Former Cambridge head coach Dan Fitzgerald takes over. It didn't take the club long to fill the vacancy.
Good or bad? Any views on the change?

Pointstreak has suddenly decided that they need to re-invent their webpage. Therree's some good and some bad things. I see they've added some things (like a page devoted to team stats like PP and PK plus ranking). Perhaps the larger font changes are warranted for those using smaller, hand-held devic...

Yes indeed and it is strange that the system actually allowed the PS operator to continue without an actual tied score. Very unusual that Sarnia did not notice the missing goal. I am sure this matter will eventually get corrected. Still, one would think that a good scoring system shouldn't permit su...

For years we have all seen some really shoddy work done by Pointstreak operators - much of it is simply the fact that no-one seems to take accurate notes and proof read what goes online. Tonight's Sarnia @ Chatham game is a prime example. At the end of regulation PS reads Chatham 4 Sarnia 3. Game ov...

Sorry, original post was via unreliable info.

Sorry end of line was inaccurate.

Good basic coverage of some of the newer rules RocketGirl . One thing a parent or newcomer to the GOJHL should note. During the last 10 min. of the third period and afterwards (OT and 2 OT) if a player incurs any major it usually carries an extra game with it. Of course if it causes a severe injury ...

I have been in the media business for well over 30 years. Banning a reporter, or broadcaster without justification is insane. The Circus Tent is up and the show is in full swing in Chatham. Lately - within the last half year anyway - it seems that teams are suddenly banning media for no reason. The ...

Preventing local media from doing their job and providing updates and information about the team is downright disgusting. Mark Malone has provided accurate, responsible and fair Jr. B coverage for many, many years. Blocking coverage of the Maroons is an outrage and a disservice. Perhaps the GOJHL an...

The main reason Riggin was head coach was because he worked for free. Anyone seriously interested in the head coaching job will want compensation - that puts an onus on the club's GM and the Rockets' fundraising. So the question now is: experienced coach or one with little experience?

I don't think Mr. Holland's line about an apparent late game trip was intended as being objective - it was probably used to point out a critical juncture of the contest. If anyone had been at that game they would have heard coach Piroski screaming at the ref's at the end of the third about that lack...

If anything RocketGirl's dad knows more about hockey than the average fan - plus extensive knowledge of game from being a long time board and staff member. Didn't hear Na Na Hey Hey Goodbye being played during the broadcast, but Sarnia was given a golden four min. opportunity to win the game and the...

Each round last roughly 2 weeks - i.e. Round one Wed. Mar. 2 to Tues. Mar. 15; 2nd probably Mar. 16 to Tues. Mar. 29. Finals Mar. 30 to Apr. 12.

Wonder if the Lincs are thinking they'll get a bigger crowd on Sat. night? Indeed, it is very strange that they would give up their traditional Fri. home night.

Most likely because the Western Jr. C H.L. has a forum of their own. It makes sense not to confuse the two with similar monikers.

Many of us who have followed Jr. B hockey online via Pointstreak are aware of the errors which occur. Some of those errors are just oversight, some are lack of proof-reading final sheets and others like tonight's boxscore Pelham @ Thorold show multiple goals - in this case 4 - being scored at the sa...

As to using a bus for travel - most Jr. B teams use the comfort of a coach bus to travel to long distance games; when teams are fairly close to each other, it only makes sense to save by having the players drive themselves or get rides to the location. As for Strathroy's radio broadcasts - a couple ...

One of the highest Jr. B games occurred when Leamington thumped the Windsor Bulldogs 30-3 (Jan. 1995); Windsor came with 11 players including only one goalie. That goalie was injured eight minutes into the game and after two frames it was out of control with the Flyers having scored 14 times. Coach ...

Wonder if Strathroy's prez knows anything about music? He definitely knows how to turn out the lights though. As a matter of fact he might even be an expert in that category! The Rockets and their volunteers deserve better treatment but the current road they are on is one leading to extinction. That...

Cleaning house should start at the top, not the bottom. The roof apparently ahs some leaks in it and no-one wants to fix it. I am sure that game-day operations for the most part were fine. But why tinker with something that isn't broken and works well? Yes the team is young and has a young coaching ...

The person involved notified me of what had happened. The situation there is unfortunate. There are better ways to run an organization but stepping on toes near season's end is rather juvenile. Egos and bias are probably at the root of what is going on. Unfortunately I only know half the story.