First Nation hockey player thriving with new junior team following December trade – Anishinabek News
January 7, 2026
PEFFERLAW – Connor Sooley’s rookie season in the junior hockey ranks has been a bit like a roller coaster ride.
Sooley, a member of Chippewas of Georgina Island First Nation, started the 2025-26 campaign with the Caledonia Corvairs, a Junior B squad that competes in the Greater Ontario Hockey League.
By December, however, Sooley had become frustrated with his situation in Caledonia. The club was losing more than it was winning. And Sooley, an 18-year-old left winger, was being utilized sparingly by the Corvairs.
