GALLERY: Blind River hands Rayside-Balfour 1st regulation time defeat of 2020

CHELMSFORD, Ont. – Backed by an impressive 45-save shutout by goaltender Dominic Boily, the Blind River Beavers defeated the Rayside-Balfour Canadians 3-0 in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League action Thursday night at Chelmsford Arena, in front of a season-high home crowd of 550 spectators to hand the hosts their first loss in regulation time of […]

Thursday’s Rock – Crunch postponed contest to be played Friday

SUDBURY, Ont. – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League has announced that tonight’s Timmins Rock and Cochrane Crunch contest that was postponed late this afternoon will now be held tomorrow night, Friday, Feb. 28, back in Cochrane. The start time remains the same, which is 7 p.m. at Tim Horton Events Centre. This will mark […]

GALLERY: Timmins tops Kirkland Lake

TIMMINS, Ont. – A night of firsts, from their starting goaltender as well as by one of their defencemen, helped the Timmins Rock skate to a 5-2 decision over the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League play Wednesday night at McIntyre Arena. Opening period play saw Timmins notch the lone marker […]

Canadians’ DeGrazia; Voodoos’ Say; Lumberjacks’ Mughal named NOJHL Eastlink TV 3 Stars of the Week

SUDBURY, Ont. – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League announced Monday that forwards Nicholas DeGrazia (Rayside-Balfour Canadians) and Trystan Mughal (Hearst Lumberjacks) as well as goaltender Owen Say (Powassan Voodoos) have been named its Eastlink TV 3 Stars of the Week for the period ending Feb. 24. NICHOLAS DEGRAZIA, (F) RAYSIDE-BALFOUR CANADIANS – In Rayside-Balfour’s […]

NOJHL announces Cochrane Crunch – Kirkland Lake Gold Miners quarter-final series schedule

SUDBURY, Ont. — The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League announced Monday the game schedule for its upcoming first-round East Division playoff match-up between the No. 4 Cochrane Crunch and the No. 5 Kirkland Lake Gold Miners. Action in this best-of-three series will commence on Thursday, March 5 in a 7 p.m. start at Tim Horton […]

Powassan; Timmins; Rayside-Balfour all crack CJHL Top 20 Rankings

CALGARY, Alta. – The Sherwood Park Crusaders (AJHL) have earned to No. 1 slot once more in the latest version of the Canadian Junior Hockey League Top 20 rankings, released Monday. Through the first 56 games of their 2019-20 season, Sherwood Park sports a 47-9-0 record. Still No. 2 nationally in the 131-team CJHL, are […]

NOJHL announces Soo Eagles – Espanola Express quarter-final series schedule

SUDBURY, Ont. – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League announced Sunday the game schedule for its upcoming first-round West Division playoff match-up between the No. 4 seeded Soo Eagles and the No. 5 Espanola Express. This best-of-three affair will commence Wednesday, March 4 with a 7 p.m. start at Pullar Stadium in Sault Ste. Marie, […]

GALLERY: Silver strikes twice as Hearst defeats Powassan

HEARST, Ont. – After falling behind by two, the Hearst Lumberjacks rallied back with five unanswered goals, including a pair from Spencer Silver in rapid succession, to skate to a 5-2 decision over the Powassan Voodoos in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League match-up Sunday at Claude Larose Arena. Despite the setback, Powassan has secured […]

Express edge Thunderbirds in overtime

ESPANOLA, Ont. – An A.J. Favot power play goal 1:39 into overtime was the difference as the Espanola Express went on to trim the Soo Thunderbirds 4-3 in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League play Sunday at the Regional Recreation Complex. With the point in defeat, the Thunderbirds clinch third place in the NOJHL’s West Division […]

GALLERY: Blind River needs OT to hold off Espanola

BLIND RIVER, Ont. – The Blind River Beavers withstood a trio of late power play goals by the Espanola Express before eventually pulling out a narrow 6-5 decision in overtime Saturday in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League meeting at the Blind River Community Centre. Espanola did score first in this one with Draper MacLean […]