Ben Leeson
Ben Leeson covers Sudbury’s hockey ecosystem with day-to-day reporting on local junior and major junior teams, prospects and playoff races. He works as a multimedia sports journalist at Sudbury Star, filing game stories, features and news pieces across print and digital platforms. His bylines are a mainstay in coverage of the Sudbury Wolves, the Greater Sudbury Cubs and other Northern Ontario teams.
Sudbury Wolves, Greater Sudbury Cubs and Northern Ontario hockey
Leeson’s core beat is the region’s high-performance hockey, especially the Sudbury Wolves in the Ontario Hockey League and the Greater Sudbury Cubs in the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League. His coverage spans regular-season games, playoff pushes and the implications of standings, as in his reporting on the Cubs inching closer to securing first place and home ice in the NOJHL playoffs. He is relied on for context around Northern Ontario’s OHL teams’ chances in the postseason, contributing analysis on how three regional clubs stack up as contenders. The tone of his hockey work is straightforward and detail-heavy, with attention to the flow of games, turning points and what results mean for teams’ trajectories. He also captures the atmosphere and physical intensity of junior hockey, describing net-front battles, hits and scoring chances as part of documenting the Cubs’ and Wolves’ performances.
Player pathways, prospects and career arcs
Beyond game reports, Leeson follows individual players through key transitions in their careers, from junior stardom to university programs and beyond. His piece on Wolves graduate Michael MacDonald’s commitment to Lakehead University in Thunder Bay traces the move from wearing the captain’s ‘C’ in Sudbury to combining academics with varsity hockey, highlighting both the athletic and educational stakes of the decision.
He reports on highly regarded prospects and the market dynamics around them, including a widely covered OHL transaction where Sudbury acquired a coveted player in a record deal involving 17 draft picks, informed in part by his earlier conversations with the player’s agent. Headlines such as the last ride for the “Sudbury Sensation” show his interest in documenting the closing chapters of notable local sports figures’ careers, treating departures and final performances as stories in their own right.
His player-focused work tends to foreground motivations, opportunities and the long-term implications of moves, rather than only the immediate game results.
Local sports breadth and multi-outlet reach
While hockey dominates his portfolio, Leeson’s professional profiles indicate a remit that extends across Canadian sports, courts-related sports stories, action sports and entertainment assignments.
He has built that beat over many years as a sports reporter in daily newsrooms, developing experience across print, web and other formats. His sports coverage for Sudbury Star is syndicated or picked up by other Canadian newspapers, giving his reporting reach beyond the local market.
Occasional appearances as a quoted expert in national broadcasters’ coverage of Northern Ontario hockey further underline his role as a go-to voice on the region’s teams. Overall, his work is defined by consistent attention to Sudbury’s teams, the leagues they play in and the players who move through them, with the volume of his output reflecting a sustained focus on that sports community.
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