Rayside-Balfour rolls over Elliot Lake

ELLIOT LAKE, Ont. – The Rayside-Balfour Canadians saw their captain Evan Krassey tally twice while goaltender Sebastien Plamondon handled all 17 shots he faced to post his third Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League shutout in a 6-0 triumph over the Elliot Lake Wildcats Saturday evening at Centennial Arena. First period play saw the Canadians collect […]

Herd sets franchise points record as Powassan skates past Espanola

ESPANOLA, Ont. – Powassan Voodoos forward Cade Herd scored once and assisted on two others to lead his side to a 7-3 win over the Espanola Express in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League match-up Saturday at the Regional Recreation Complex. The three-point night for Herd now gives him 140 in his NOJHL career, which establishes […]

Lumberjacks double up Rapids in St.-Charles

ST.-CLARLES, Ont. – A Cameron Clark goal 13:45 into the second period was the game-winner as the Hearst Lumberjacks went on to double up the French River Rapids 4-2 in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League neutral site affair Saturday at St.-Charles Arena. French River kicked off the proceedings with the night’s initial goal as […]

GALLERY: Timmins tops Kirkland Lake 4-1

KIRKLAND LAKE, Ont. – The Timmins Rock tallied twice in both the first and third periods to aid in an eventual 4-1 victory over the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League East Division meeting Friday in front of a season-high 638 spectators at the Joe Mavrinac Community Complex. Action in […]

GALLERY: Eagles hold off late Thunderbirds rally before prevailing 4-3

SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. – The Soo Eagles withstood a late push from the Soo Thunderbirds to pull out a narrow 4-3 triumph in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League match-up Friday at John Rhodes Community Centre. First period play saw neither side score in a tightly-contested session. Moving on to the middle stanza, the […]

GALLERY: Hearst halts Powassan’s winning streak at 4

POWASSAN, Ont. – Cameron Clark collected a pair of goals to help propel the visiting Hearst Lumberjacks past the Powassan Voodoos 5-2 Friday in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League play at the Powassan Sportsplex. Riding a four-game winning streak entering the contest, Powassan got the early jump in the match-up when Gabinien collected his 17th […]

McInall’s franchise-record 24th lifts Espanola over Blind River in OT

ESPANOLA, Ont. – Bret McInall’s franchise-record 24th tally of the season, late in overtime, lifted the Espanola Express to a dramatic 2-1 triumph over the Blind River Beavers in a tightly-contested Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League encounter Friday at the Regional Recreation Complex. After a scoreless first frame, it was Blind River that cracked the […]

Eagles’ D-man Butcher commits to NCAA D-III Wisconsin-Stevens Point

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – The Soo Eagles of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League have announced that defenceman Mikey Butcher has committed to attend school at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and play NCAA Division III hockey for the highly successful Pointers men’s program starting in the fall. The 20-year-old Butcher is in his […]

Rapids rally to clip Canadians in shootout

CHELMSFORD, Ont. – The French River Rapids rallied from a three-goal deficit and rode a 50-save performance from Carson Murison to come back and defeat the Rayside-Balfour Canadians 4-3, in a shootout, in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League action Thursday night at Chelmsford Arena. First period play saw Rayside-Balfour collect the lone marker of the […]