Soo Eagles are staying in their own neck of the woods when it comes to two of the three goalies who will tend twine for the Michigan-based Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League team come the looming ’26-27 season.
Eagles president and general manager Bruno Bragagnolo told Hockey News North that “we will always give an opportunity to local boys if they are good enough to play in our league.”
As Hockey News North reported earlier, the Eagles plan on carrying three goalies this season — local products Dalton Hoornstra and Daryn Szabo as well as Jett Loechler, who hails from Minneapolis.
The two local lads are as follows.
Dalton Hoornstra. From the nearby town of Brimley, Michigan, the 5 foot 11, 175 pound Hoornstra had a backup role with the Eagles in ’25-26 as a 2008 birth year rookie. Hoornstra had a regular season record of 7-6-0 with a 3.07 goals against average and .907 save percentage.
Daryn Szabo. A 5 foot 10, 170 pound puck stopper with a 2009 birth date, Szabo spent the ’25-26 season with the under 18 level Soo Indians of the Michigan Amateur Hockey Association’s Tier 1 Elite League. Prior to that, Szabo left his Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan home to tend goal for first the Boston Jr. Eagles and then Detroit Little Caesars.
Randy Russon’s media career began in October, 1975 at CKCY Radio in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. He joined Sault This Week in February, 1982 and has been its primary sportswriter ever since. Besides writing for Sault This Week and Hockey News North, Russon hosts the weekly Hockey North Show on ESPN 1400 Radio.
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