Wild finish sees Wildcats claw past Canadians in OT

ELLIOT LAKE, Ont. – After allowing the Rayside-Balfour Canadians rally for two goals in the late going to force overtime, the Elliot Lake Wildcats regrouped to pull out a 5-4 victory in extra time Friday in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League action at Centennial Arena. Elliot Lake opened the scoring 5:55 in as William Bucsis […]

GALLERY: Powassan pots 6 in 1st in romp over Rapids

FRENCH RIVER – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League regular season champion Powassan Voodoos notched six first period goals to send them on their way to an 8-3 triumph over the French River Rapids Friday night at Noelville Arena. It was all Voodoos in that opening frame as they connected a half-dozen times in just […]

Herbster scores 2, sets up 2 more as Cochrane defeats Hearst

HEARST, Ont. – Kyle Herbster tallied twice and helped set-up two more to power the Cochrane Crunch to a 5-2 victory over the Hearst Lumberjacks in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League action at Claude Larose Arena Friday night. Cochrane kicked off the night’s scoring 5:22 into the contest as Levi Johnson scored for the ninth […]

Soo Eagles earn community recognition

SUDBURY, Ont. – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League would like to extend its congratulations to the Soo Eagles on their recognition by War Memorial Hospital in Sault Sainte Marie, Mich., for being named WMH’s February Partner of The Month. The Eagles were recognized in part by the continued support shown by the players, coaches […]

Eagles cool off Canadians

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League’s leading point-getter, in Nick Techel of the Soo Eagles, added three more to his totals Wednesday, including a pair of goals that featured the game-winner, while netminder Carter McPhail turned in a stellar 38-save shutout to lead their side to 5-0 victory over the […]

GALLERY: Timmins earns home ice triumph over Kirkland Lake

TIMMINS, Ont. – A three-goal second period broke open a tie game as the Timmins Rock went on to earn a 7-2 home ice triumph Wednesday evening over the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League contest held at McIntyre Arena in front of 711 spectators. Tyler Fyfe staked Kirkland Lake […]

GALLERY: Lovie’s hat trick helps lead Crunch past Rock

TIMMINS, Ont. – Cochrane Crunch captain Connor Lovie collected his first Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League hat trick to help his side to an eventual 7-5 victory over the Timmins Rock in a Family Day match-up Monday afternoon in front of nearly 1,000 fans at McIntyre Arena. Kyle Herbster started things off for the Crunch […]

NOJHL announces its Eastlink 3 Stars of the Week

SUDBURY, Ont. – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League announced Monday that Hearst Lumberjacks forward Spencer Silver along with goaltenders Logan Sawka of the Elliot Lake Wildcats and Andrew Rocha of the French River Rapids have been named its Eastlink TV 3 Stars of the Week for the period ending Feb. 18. SPENCER SILVER, (F) […]

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 […]