Tag: Owen Sound Attack
Hungry for more, Chenard claims Attack net
It’s Nick’s net. For the first time in his Ontario Hockey League career, overage netminder Nick Chenard enters the season as a team’s No. 1 goaltender. From being one of the last players to make the team as a 17-year-old rookie, to breaking his finger on the first day of training camp after the league […]
Attack sign 2021 ninth-round pick who impressed at camp
The Owen Sound Attack announced the signing of 2021 ninth-round pick Tomislav Brennan to a standard player agreement Friday. “I can’t even express the joy I’m feeling right now,” Brennan said in a team release. “To be able to join such an amazing organization with a great team, it feels surreal.” Brennan played last season […]
Attack hope to build on last year’s late-season surge
It’s as if it happened yesterday. The Owen Sound Attack’s 2021-22 season came to an end May 4 in Flint. The score was 4-2 for the Firebirds. Owen Sound Attack Head Coach Greg Walters, entering his second season at the helm, didn’t let the long summer offseason dull his memory of the finer details of […]
Expectations are high for Attack team with several returning stars
Ontario Hockey League locker rooms and coaches’ offices are thick at this time of year with discussions about how to temper, manage or exceed expectations as teams prepare ahead of the 2022-23 season. Longtime Owen Sound Attack General Manager Dale DeGray prefers his players to ignore expectations altogether. Or, replace expectation with effort. “If we’re […]
Bears open tune-up schedule with shootout victory
Julian Fantino picked up where he left off last season scoring a pair of goals Monday in Barrie to help the Owen Sound Attack record their first victory of the warm-up season. The Attack topped the Colts 5-4 in their preseason opener inside the Sadlon Arena. Ethan Burroughs scored the only goal of the shootout […]
BRIEFS: Moran named east division ROY
MORAN NAMED TOP ROOKIE Carter Moran won the East Division Rookie of the Year prize as the Ontario Junior B Lacrosse League announced its 2022 award winners. The Owen Sound North Stars sniper netted 44 goals and added 36 helpers in for 80 points in just 20 games during his first season in the junior […]
Hishon’s hockey journey continues with Oates Sports Group
Joey Hishon just recently learned he was using the wrong hockey stick. After 15 years. In those 15 years, he scored 20 goals and notched 47 points as a rookie with the Owen Sound Attack. He led the Attack in scoring en route to an Ontario Hockey League championship. He was selected in the first […]
SPORTS BRIEFS: United fall to league leaders
UNITED FALL TO LEAGUE LEADERS The Owen Sound Grey Motors United dropped a 5-3 road game to league-leading Kitchener Riverside in Kitchener and District Soccer League action Sunday evening. Scott MacDonald, Aaron Illman and Logan Black scored the goals for Owen Sound. The United’s record now stands at 1-3-2 (win-loss-tie) United’s next action is Sunday, […]
NHL opportunity sparks hope in Attack player who thought career may be over
Kaleb Lawrence never expected to hear his name called during the 2022 NHL Entry Draft. He was a year older than the majority of players selected, already having been passed over in his first year of eligibility. He only played in two Ontario Hockey League games in the past two seasons and was coming off […]
Trio of Attack players selected in 2022 NHL Entry Draft
Cedrick Guindon didn’t need to travel far for his first professional development camp. The Rockland native selected by the Montreal Canadiens in the fourth round of the National Hockey League Entry Draft Friday is now in Brossard, a suburb of Montreal just two hours from his home, where he’s taking the ice as part of […]