The Soo Indians invited #9 ranked Lake Forest Academy to Sault Ste Marie this past weekend for a three game non-conference series hoping to test their improved skills against a nationally ranked powerhouse team. 

Lake Forest Academy is located just north of Chicagoand is coached by Darrin Madeley who is well known in the hockey circles of Sault Ste Marie.  He was a two-time All American goaltender with the Lakers and led them to a NCAA National title with a win over Wisconsin to cap off the 91-92 season.  He went on to play NHL hockey for the Ottawa Senators for a couple seasons and spent time overseas in the European leagues.  He is also the Asst Athletic Director for Lake Forest. Read the rest of this entry »

SAULT STE MARIE – The red hot Indians hosted the league leading Marquette Electricians this weekend. The result? The won, lost and tied.

Saturday morning’s game, in all aspects, appeared that the Indians forgot to show up. They played nothing like the team of late and they paid for it. Marquette scored twice in the second period and once in the third to take a 3-0 lead before the Indians could muster enough energy to score a goal of their own. Ryan Marker (Tyler Jones, Carson Omilusik) scored at 13:53 of the final period to prevent the shutout. Steve Dombrosky made 26 saves and 29 shots for the loss. Read the rest of this entry »

SAULT STE MARIE, Mi – Perennial hockey powerhouse, Lake Forest Academy, has accepted an invitation to come to Sault Ste Marie to play the Soo Indians in a three-game weekend series on January 6-7-8, 2011.

Lake Forest is currently ranked 14th in the nation for Midget AAA Hockey.   They are coached by Darrin Madeley who is a former two-time All American goaltender at Lake Superior State University and played for the Ottawa Senators in the NHL.

Friday’s game will be played at 7:00 pm at the Taffy Abel Arena at Lake Superior State University while the games on Saturday at  3:00 pm and Sunday at 10:00 am will be played on the Indians’ home ice at the Big Bear Arena.

Admission is always free!  Come out and see some really good hockey!

The Barrie (ONT) Colts AAA team hosted the Indians this past weekend in a non-conference two-game weekend series and the Indians came home with a 2-0 sweep of the Colts.

The Indians were originally scheduled to attend a tournament in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, but after the Ft Wayne team folded and the tournament dissolved, Barrie stepped up to host the Indians. Barrie also competed in the Greyhounds International Showdown with the Indians and were the only team to beat the visiting Russian team; a team to which the Indians tied and lost with the latter game being in the championship. Read the rest of this entry »

DETROIT, MI – Maksymum Hockey AAA was formed this year to participate in the National Junior Prospect Hockey League, “which is a quality Tier I AAA league with teams across the USA,” according to their press release, and to be used as a feeder program for the Junior Hockey, Rochester Stars. They traveled to Sault Ste Marie to play the Soo Indians this weekend and walked away empty handed. Read the rest of this entry »

SAULT STE MARIE, On – The Soo Greyhounds International Showcase took place this past weekend in Sault,Ontario. In the minds of those “in-the-know”, it was highly unlikely that the Soo Indians would be much of a challenge to teams like the Marquette Electricians, Soo Northstars, Carolina Jr Hurricanes, or the visiting Soviet Wings from Russia for the tournament championship.

The only minds that did know were those of the Soo Indians…and they were out to prove it. Read the rest of this entry »

SAULT STE MARIE, On – The Soo Indians Midget AAA hockey team traveled across the border to the Essar Centre to play the Soviet Wings; a team of Russian select 15 and 16 year olds traveling through Canada. Both team are preparing to compete this weekend in the Soo Greyhounds International Showdown Tournament in Sault, Ontario.

Both team came with a different style of play. The Indians with a more aggressive, physical game and the Russians with skating and puck handling finesse. Read the rest of this entry »

HAZEL PARK, MI – Steven Dombrosky, picked up by the Soo Indians late last week after being released by the Soo Eagles, started his first game as an Indian with 41 saves and a 4-0 shutout victory against the Detroit Falcons.

With no games scheduled for last weekend, the Indians followed up on some scouting and recruited 18 year old Steven Dombrosky from Elizabethtown, PA.  Dombrosky had been playing for the Soo Eagles of the NOJHL, but had been released when they picked up another goaltender.  Seeing a prime opportunity to build on his play, Dombrosky decided to stay in the Soo and play with the Indians.  Read the rest of this entry »

MARQUETTE – If Sault Ste. Marie’s Denver Pierce had it his way, he’d be playing with Calumet’s Levi Erkkila and Marquette’s Brett Heikkila this season.

“I’ve played with those kids my whole life,” Pierce said. “We’ve always played well. I’m looking forward to playing with them again, seeing if we still got it.

“I wish I could play with them this year.”

The Soo Indians’ 5-foot-10, 160-pound, 16-year-old forward will have to wait until at least the 2014-15 season, however, when the three Upper Peninsula skaters will be freshmen on the Northern Michigan University hockey team. Read the rest of this entry »

THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO – The Soo Indians traveled the 8-9 hour drive to Thunder Bay, On to compete in their second league series of the year; this time vs Thunder Bay Kings. Unfortunately, they walked away without a win.

Saturday at 10 am the two teams were on the ice with Jamey Paron in net. After a nearly scoreless first period, the Indians went on the power play and, contrary to design, they were scored upon twice within 10 seconds on short-handed goals to end the first down 2-0. The second period started as bad with TB scoring yet another short-handed goal before Denver Pierce (Cade Nolan, Eric Tien) put the Soo on the board with a power play goal. TB came back within a couple minutes with the own power play goal to finish the second period with a 4-1 lead. The Kings scored two even strength goals in the third to complete the scoring, and the game, with a 6-1 victory. Paron stopped 28 of 34 shots for the loss. Read the rest of this entry »