Powassan up to 10th in CJHL rankings; Rayside-Balfour Honourable Mention

CALGARY, Alta. – The 100-point Carleton Place Canadians (CCHL) remain No. 1 once again in the latest Canadian Junior Hockey League Top 20 rankings. Holding on to No. 2 is the Okotoks Oilers (AJHL) while the Steinbach Pistons (MJHL) have moved to No. 3 overall. MHL: CJHL No. 19 Edmundston Blizzard are two points up […]

Wildcats take 5th straight with road victory over Thunderbirds

SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. – The Elliot Lake Wildcats scored twice in the final 10 minutes of regulation to pull out a 3-1 road decision over the Soo Thunderbirds in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League action Sunday evening at John Rhodes Community Centre. Neither side would convert offensively until deep into the first period when […]

GALLERY: Gold Miners cap off road trip with win over Rapids

FRENCH RIVER – The Kirkland Lake Gold Miners picked up the game-winning goal and three assists from Tyler Fyfe to help lift them to a 4-2 victory over the French River Rapids in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League play Sunday at Noelville Arena. The first man advantage chance of the contest helped Kirkland Lake take […]

Lumberjacks outlast Express in high-scoring affair

ESPANOLA, Ont. – A high-scoring Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League matinee Sunday afternoon saw the Hearst Lumberjacks outlast the Espanola Express by a 7-6 score at the Regional Recreation Complex. Hearst started strong grabbing a 2-0 lead before the contest was six minutes old on tallies from defenceman Austin Anselmo and forward Spencer Silver. Battling […]

Thunderbirds pull out win over Express

ESPANOLA, Ont. – The Soo Thunderbirds needed a trio of third period tallies to pull out a 5-2 triumph over the Espanola Express in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League play Saturday at the Regional Recreation Complex. Sault Ste. Marie started things off offensively midway through the first period as Alex Acosta notched his 13th goal […]

3rd period surge sends Wildcats past Lumberjacks

ELLIOT LAKE, Ont. – A four-goal third period helped the Elliot Lake Wildcats storm back from a two-tally deficit as they rallied for a 6-4 win over the Hearst Lumberjacks in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League action Saturday night at Centennial Arena. An early power play helped Elliot Lake open the scoring as Nick Long […]

Voodoos clinch 1st overall with win over Gold Miners

POWASSAN, Ont. – The Powassan Voodoos clinched their second consecutive Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League regular season title after defeating the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners 4-3 Saturday evening at the Powassan Sportsplex. With the win, the Voodoos improved to a NOJHL-best 40-7-1-3 with their 84 points securing the No. 1 overall seed in the upcoming […]

GALLERY: Rocha posts 1st NOJHL shutout as Rapids blank Rock

FRENCH RIVER – French River Rapids netminder Andrew Rocha kicked out all 33 shots he faced to register his first Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League shutout in a 2-0 victory over the Timmins Rock Saturday at Noelville Arena. The Rapids picked up the lone tally of the opening period as rookie Levi Siau notched his […]

Surging Canadians edge Eagles 2-1

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – The surging Rayside-Balfour Canadians won their fifth straight game and improved to 10-1-1 in their past dozen outings after edging the Soo Eagles 2-1 Friday night in a tightly-contested Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League affair at Pullar Stadium. Rayside-Balfour pressed the pace in the first period, outshooting Sault Ste. Marie […]

Calisti collects 5 assists as Rapids down Express

ESPANOLA, Ont. – The French River Rapids picked up five assists from Stephen Calisti to help his side defeat the Espanola Express 8-3 Friday evening in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League encounter at the Regional Recreation Complex. French River got things going offensively 5:14 into the first frame as Jacob Romano picked up his […]