GALLERY: Timmins and Powassan skate to 3-3 double OT draw

TIMMINS, Ont. – A Tyson Gilmour goal with 3:17 left in regulation helped the Powassan Voodoos rally for a 3-3 double overtime tie with the Timmins Rock Saturday night in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League action in front of 1,068 fans at McIntyre Arena. Sporting retro Timmins Bears jerseys, when that franchise was members of […]

Cochrane comes back to slip past Kirkland Lake

KIRKLAND LAKE, Ont. – Gordon Whelan’s first Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League goal, coming six and a half minutes into the third period, helped the Cochrane Crunch complete a 4-3 come from behind victory over the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners Saturday at the Joe Mavrinac Community Complex. Both sides notched early tallies in this one […]

Bradburn’s power play OT winner sees Timmins top Kirkland Lake

KIRKLAND LAKE, Ont. – C.J. Bradburn’s second goal of the game, coming on a power play, 3:32 into overtime was the difference as the Timmins Rock edged the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners 5-4 Friday in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League East Division affair at Joe Mavrinac Community Complex. Jordan Picard started things off offensively […]

Eagles strike 11 times in romp over Express

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – The Soo Eagles picked up a team season-high 11 goals Friday night to send them on their way to an 11-4 decision over the Espanola Express in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League contest at Pullar Stadium. Espanola did get off to a good start early thanks to Tristan Poissant, […]

Wildcats send Thunderbirds to 3rd straight defeat

ELLIOT LAKE, Ont. – The Elliot Lake Wildcats picked up a goal and an assist from Brett Crook along with a 39-save performance from netminder Logan Sawka to help lead them to a 4-2 triumph over the Soo Thunderbirds Friday night in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League action at Centennial Arena. Elliot Lake started strong […]

Strong 3rd sends Powassan past Hearst

HEARST, Ont. – The Powassan Voodoos broke open a third period tie with three unanswered goals to pull out a 6-3 victory over the Hearst Lumberjacks Friday evening in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League play in front of 762 fans at Claude Larose Arena. Hearst did begin the night’s scoring, 11:19 into the contest, as […]

Liinamaa scores in 8th straight as Canadians clip Wildcats

CHELMSFORD, Ont. – The surging Rayside-Balfour Canadians saw Kyle Liinamaa score for an eighth straight game to help them win their sixth consecutive contest, a 6-1 victory Thursday, over the Elliot Lake Wildcats in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League match-up at Chelmsford Arena. Rayside-Balfour captain Matthew Neault gave the home side the early lead […]

Cochrane picks-up home win vs. league-leading Powassan

COCHRANE, Ont. – Kyle Herbster had a goal then set-up the eventual game-winner as the Cochrane Crunch went on to skate to a narrow 3-2 decision over the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League-leading Powassan Voodoos Thursday at Tim Horton Event Centre. The Voodoos picked up the lone tally of the opening frame as defenceman Eric […]

NOJHL names its CCM Hockey players of the month for January

SUDBURY, Ont. – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League announced Thursday its respective CCM Hockey player, defenceman, goaltender and rookie of the month for January. CCM HOCKEY PLAYER OF THE MONTH – KYLE LIINAMAA, (F) RAYSIDE-BALFOUR CANADIANS: January was an impressive one for the second-year Canadians forward. In nine games played the 19-year-old Sudbury product […]

GALLERY: Masternak stops 34 as Rock shutout Gold Miners

TIMMINS, Ont. – Tyler Masternak turned aside all 34 shots he faced to register his second Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League shutout Wednesday evening as the Timmins Rock blanked the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners 1-0 in a low-scoring match-up in front of nearly 700 fans at McIntyre Arena. Timmins picked up what would be the […]