Trio of rookie defencemen named NOJHL Eastlink 3 Stars of the week

SUDBURY, Ont. – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League announced Monday that a trio of rookie defencemen, in Hayden Clark, Ethan Lavallee and Steve Bellini of the Soo Eagles, Rayside-Balfour Canadians and Soo Thunderbirds respectively have been named its Eastlink TV 3 Stars of the Week for the period ending Dec. 3. HAYDEN CLARK, (D) […]

NOJHL’s Voodoos 7th; Thunderbirds Honourable Mention in CJHL Rankings

CALGARY, Alta. (Monday, Dec, 4, 2017) – Rolling right along, the Carleton Place Canadians (CCHL) remains the No. 1 ranked team in the Canadian Junior Hockey League and they are the first CJHL club to 30 wins this season. MHL: The Edmundston Blizzard won all three of their games last week and sit first overall […]

Rayside-Balfour doubles up Blind River 4-2

CHELMSFORD, Ont. – A Taylor Woolcott tally nearly 15 minutes into the second period proved to be the game-winner as the Rayside-Balfour Canadians doubled up the visiting Blind River Beavers 4-2 Sunday evening in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League West Division affair at Chelmsford Arena. NOJHL veteran Matthew Neault picked up the lone marker […]

GALLERY: Crunch hold off Rapids rally before winning 5-4 in 2nd OT

NOELVILLE – The latest 125-win team in the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League is the Cochrane Crunch as they reached that mark by holding off a determined comeback by the French River Rapids Sunday before prevailing 5-4 in double overtime Sunday at Noelville Arena. A night after the league-leading Powassan Voodoos won their 125th NOJHL […]

GALLERY: Thunderbirds skate to 6th consecutive win, 20th overall, in triumph over Express

SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. – The Soo Thunderbirds picked up a pair of goals from rookie defenceman Robert Calisti to help power them past the visiting Espanola Express 7-2 Sunday afternoon in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League match-up at John Rhodes Community Centre. Sault Ste. Marie pressed the pace in the first period, outshooting […]

Thunderbirds take 5th straight with win vs. Beavers

BLIND RIVER, Ont. – An Alex Acosta goal late in the second period stood up as the game-winner as the Soo Thunderbirds skated to their fifth consecutive Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League win Saturday as they defeated the Blind River Beavers 3-1 at the Blind River Community Centre. After a scoreless opening 20 minutes, Dylan […]

GALLERY: Powassan posts 125th victory in franchise history with OT win at Kirkland Lake

KIRKLAND LAKE, Ont. – The Powassan Voodoos recorded their 125th Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League regular season victory in franchise history Saturday evening by edging the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners 3-2 in overtime at the Joe Mavrinac Community Complex. Powassan picked up the lone tally of the opening frame 16:13 into the contest as Ryan […]

GALLERY: Eagles cap off successful road trip with triumph over Rock

TIMMINS, Ont. – The Soo Eagles capped a successful three-game Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League road trip Saturday evening with a third consecutive road win and fifth in a row overall as they defeated the Timmins Rock 3-1 at McIntyre Arena in front of 729 fans. After a scoreless opening frame, Bobby Price put the […]

Eagles come back again to defeat Crunch in 2nd OT

COCHRANE, Ont. – For a second consecutive Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League road game, the Soo Eagles rallied as they got past the Cochrane Crunch 4-3 in double overtime Friday evening at Tim Horton Event Centre. After coming back for a win in Hearst Thursday, Sault Ste. Marie was the comeback kids once more on […]

GALLERY: Gold Miners take low-scoring affair vs. Rapids

NOELVILLE – A Sam Ellwood goal just past the 14-minute mark of the second period proved to be the game-winner as the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners earned a narrow 2-1 triumph over the French River Rapids Friday in a low-scoring Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League affair at Noelville Arena. Lucas Lyszyk’s first NOJHL goal three […]