GALLERY: Timmins tames Kirkland Lake 5-1

TIMMINS, Ont. – The Timmins Rock picked up goals from five different skaters Saturday evening using a well-balanced attack to defeat the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners 5-1 in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League match-up in front of 768 fans at McIntyre Arena. Timmins got going offensively 2:41 into the contest as Tyler Planetta notched […]

Cochrane blanks Kirkland Lake

COCHRANE, Ont. – The Cochrane Crunch collected two goals and an assist from Austin Stauffer along with a shutout from Shayne Battler in aiding in a 4-0 shutout of the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League affair Friday at Tim Horton Event Centre. Stauffer started the scoring 3:50 into the […]

Big 3rd period sends Blind River past Elliot Lake

ELLIOT LAKE – The Blind River Beavers rallied from a two-goal third period deficit by striking for four unanswered markers late to defeat the Elliot Lake Wildcats 4-2 in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League play Friday at Centennial Arena. It was a solid start for Elliot Lake as they skated out to a 2-0 lead […]

GALLERY: Voodoos win 6th straight with 8-3 triumph over Lumberjacks

HEARST, Ont. – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League-leading Powassan Voodoos picked up three points apiece from forwards Harrison Israels and Quintin Loon-Stewardson along with defenceman Dayton Murray to help propel them to their sixth straight victory, an 8-3 decision over the Hearst Lumberjacks, Friday night at Claude Larose Arena. Powassan came out flying in […]

Wildcats hold off Express rally with double OT win

ELLIOT LAKE – The Elliot Lake Wildcats held off a rally by the Espanola Express before eventually prevailing with a 5-4 win in double overtime Thursday night in a tightly-contested Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League match-up at Centennial Arena. Achiel Schlepp’s first NOJHL goal five minutes into the match-up gave Espanola the early lead. Elliot […]

Thunderbirds move back into 1st in NOJHL West with triumph over division-rival Canadians

CHELMSFORD, Ont. – The Soo Thunderbirds picked up a pair of tallies from Mark Tassone to help lift them to a narrow 3-2 decision over the Rayside-Balfour Canadians Thursday evening in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League contest at Chelmsford Arena. It took Rayside-Balfour just 101 seconds to open the night’s scoring in this one […]

GALLERY: Hearst handles Timmins 5-3

HEARST, Ont. – A four-goal second period outburst sent the hometown Hearst Lumberjacks on their way Wednesday evening as they went on to defeat the Timmins Rock 5-3 in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League match-up at Claude Larose Arena. Timmins did take the lead in the contest as C.J. Bradburn put the visitors in […]

NOJHL names its Eastlink 3 Stars of the week

SUDBURY, Ont. – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League has announced that forwards Gregory Trudeau-Paquet, formerly of the French River Rapids and now with the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners along with Nick Techel of the Soo Eagles and Harrison Israels of the Powassan Voodoos have been named its Eastlink TV 3 Stars of the Week […]

Voodoos up to 5th in CJHL Top 20 rankings

CALGARY, Alta. (Monday, Nov. 20, 2017) – The latest Canadian Junior Hockey League Top 20 rankings are out and the Carleton Place Canadians (CCHL) are the new No. 1 club in the 132-team CJHL. MHL: The surging South Shore Lumberjacks remain 10th in the rankings this week with the Edmundston Blizzard moving to 14th and […]

GALLERY: Gordon backstops Thunderbirds to 2-0 shutout win

SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. – Soo Thunderbirds goaltender Brandon Gordon turned aside all 25 shots he faced Sunday evening to backstop his side to a 2-0 triumph over the Elliot Lake Wildcats in a low-scoring Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League encounter at John Rhodes Community Centre. A first period power play allowed Sault Ste. Marie […]