By Stew Kernan

The Sudbury Wolves are got one more day of practise in before they hit the ice for real tomorrow night.

The local juniors open up the O-H-L regular season against the Oshawa Generals…game time down at the Arena is 7:30.

Head coach Trent Cull likes how the team has come together and the depth they have…now they have to put that depth to good use.

Anxious for the season to start is 4th year defenseman Frank Corrado who was named team captain yesterday.

He says he’s looking forward to being the leader of the team.

First round draft pick and rookie defenseman Conor Cummins admits to being nervous, but says the trip to Russia made Training Camp a little easier.

The opening weekend doubleheader continues Sunday afternoon against Brampton…then the team plays their next six games on the road.

By Stew Kernan

Fighting could end up costing players more than five minutes in the penalty box in the Ontario Hockey League this season.

The league announced several rule revisions Wednesday, with some noteworthy changes to how the league will handle supplemental discipline.

Players who exceed 10 fighting majors will face suspensions from the 11th fight on.

They will get two-game bans for every fighting major assessed after the first 10 and four games if they are deemed the instigator.

From the 16th fighting major on, the player’s team is fined $1,000.

By Stew Kernan

The Sudbury Wolves are going with a roster of 25 players to open the 2012-2013 OHL regular season.

The local juniors re-assigned 17-year old defenseman Zack McFadden to his Jr B team in Guelph leaving the team with 15 forwards, 8 defensemen and 2 goalies.

That includes injured players Danny Desrochers and Jeff Corbett.

Desrochers suffered a serious cut to the face in the Saturday’s pre-season game in St. Catherines against the Niagara Ice Dogs while Corbett suffered a head injury in the team’s first exhibition game on

The Wolves open the season at home Friday night against the Oshawa Generals.

By Stew Kernan
The Wolves finished off the pre-season with a 2-2 record after a 2-0 loss to the Niagara Ice Dogs in St. Catherines last night.

They started the weekend with a 4-2 loss to the Soo Greyhounds down at the Arena on Friday night.

The local juniors will open the regular season next weekend with a home ice double-header.

Friday night the Oshawa Generals will be in town while the Brampton Battalion are in for a Sunday matine.

By Stew Kernan

A great finish to the season for a Sudbury mountain bike rider.

Crystal Sabel from the Wolfpack Racing team was the winner in the Senior Expert female division at the Provincial Mountain Bike Championships in Collingwood over the weekend.

That caps off an unbelievable season for Sabel who was crowned Ontario Champion and Ontario Cup Overall Series Champion.

By Stew Kernan

Five different goal scorers helped the Wolves to a 5-3 win over the Kitchener Rangers in O-H-L pre-eason play last night.

Nathan Pancel, Jake Ryan and Ray Heater staked the local juniors to a 3-0 first period lead while Jacob Harris and Justin Sefton added third period insurance goals.

Goalie Joel Vienneau was solid for the Wolves who out-shot the Rangers 36-22.

The Wolves are now have a 2-0 Exhibition record after a 4-3 shoot-out win in the Soo Thursday night.

The pre-season wraps up next weekend with a game at home Friday night vs the Greyhounds and a trip to St. Catherines Saturday to take on the Niagara Ice Dogs.

By Gary Beech

The Sudbury Wolves began the pre-season last night with a 4-3 Shootout win in Sault Ste Marie.

The Greyhounds led 2-0 after the first period and then 3-1 after 40-minutes before the local juniors came back to tie it up in the 3rd.

Wolves Forward Nick Baptiste notched the shootout winner.

Tonight the Kitchener Rangers visit the Wolves at 7:30om at the Sudbury Arena.

By Stew Kernan

Laurentian University is another step closer to icing both men’s and women’s varsity hockey teams.

Today, former NHL’er Craig Duncanson was named head coach of the men’s team and Stacey Colarossi will coach the women’s team.

Duncanson is a former Sudbury Wolf who went on to a career in the NHL from 1985 to 1997 and then went into coaching including a stint with L-U’s men’s varsity team from 1997 to 1999.

Colarossi comes to Laurentian from York University where she has been the lead associate coach of the women’s Lions hockey team for nine seasons.

L-U’s Athletic Director Peter Hellstrom says it’s great day, not only for the university, but also for the city.

Both teams will hit the ice in the fall of 2013.

By Stew Kernan

The Sudbury Nickel Barons begin playing for real tonight as they kick off their Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League regular season.

The Blind River Beavers provide the opposition at the McClelland Arena in Copper Cliff…game time is 7:30.

By Stew Kernan

The Sudbury Wolves continue to tinker with their line-up.

Training Camp was held over the long weekend starting with 53 players and is now down to 27.

One area that had to be addressed was the overage player situation.

You are allowed three on your roster and the Wolves went to Russia and started Training Camp with five.

However, that has been resolved as defenseman Ryan Hanes has returned to his Ottawa home to await assignment while forward Derek Schoenmakers has been traded to the Windsor Spitfires.

For Schoenmakers, the Wolves receive a 3rd round draft pick in 2013 and a 2nd round pick in 2016.

The Wolves now have three overage players remaining…forward MICHAEL KANTOR, defenceman CHARLIE DODERO and goaltender JOEL VIENNEAU.

Ryan Hanes          Derek Schoenmakers