GALLERY: Trudeau-Paquet reaches 20-goal plateau in Gold Miners victory over Wildcats

KIRKLAND LAKE, Ont. – Gregory Trudeau-Paquet tallied twice to reach the 20-goal plateau in a season for the first time in his Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League career as the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners clipped the Elliot Lake Wildcats 4-1 Friday at the Joe Mavrinac Community Complex. With the win the Gold Miners moved back […]

GALLERY: Timmins takes 5-2 win over Espanola

TIMMINS, Ont. – The Timmins Rock used a well-balanced attack, getting goals from five different skaters, as they went on to defeat the Espanola Express 5-2 Friday in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League play encounter at McIntyre Arena. Espanola got the early jump offensively in this one when Nick Belisle picked up his third […]

3-point nights for Desando, Lacroix & Griffioen as Lumberjacks take down Express

HEARST, Ont. – The Hearst Lumberjacks picked up three-point nights from both Jake Desando, Maxin Lacroix and Max Griffioen to help them handle the Espanola Express 9-2 Thursday in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League encounter at Claude Larose Arena. Hearst came out quickly to open the night’s scoring as Bradley Golant put one in 26 […]

GALLERY: Timmins swamps French River with help from Brousseau’s hat trick

TIMMINS, Ont. – The Timmins Rock picked up a hat trick from Riley Brousseau to help them dump the French River Rapids 8-1 Thursday evening in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League action in front of nearly 700 spectators at McIntyre Arena. It took French River just 90 seconds to open the night’s scoring when Will […]

GALLERY: Bowen stops 36 for 1st shutout as Rayside-Balfour blanks Blind River

CHELMSFORD, Ont. – Rayside-Balfour Canadians netminder David Bowen stopped all 36 shots he faced to post his first Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League shutout, a 3-0 triumph over the Blind River Beavers, Thursday at Chelmsford Arena. After a scoreless opening 20 minutes, Rayside-Balfour would get on the board late in the second stanza when Brady […]

GALLERY: Cochrane picks up road win at Kirkland Lake

KIRKLAND LAKE, Ont. – The Cochrane Crunch collected four points apiece from Austin Whelan, Trent Grimshaw and Nicolas Flanders to help propel them to a 7-4 victory over the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners Wednesday night in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League match-up held at the Joe Mavrinac Community Complex. Kirkland Lake did get off […]

NOJHL names its Players of the Month for November

SUDBURY, Ont. – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League announced Tuesday its respective player, defenceman, goaltender and rookie of the month for November. PLAYER OF THE MONTH – NICK SMITH, (F) SOO THUNDERBIRDS: In seven appearances last month for surging Sault Ste. Marie, Smith racked up 16 points on six goals and 10 assists. Five […]

GALLERY: Voodoos rally in 3rd to edge Gold Miners

POWASSAN, Ont. – A pair of goals, less then two minutes apart, in the back half of the third period helped the Powassan Voodoos rally for a 3-2 triumph over the visiting Kirkland Lake Gold Miners in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League play Monday evening at the Powassan Sportsplex. After a tight-checking and scoreless opening […]

NOJHL names its Eastlink TV 3 Stars of the week

SUDBURY, Ont. – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League announced Monday that forward Gage Stephney of the Soo Thunderbirds along with goaltenders Dawson Rodin of the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners and Marshall Frappier of the French River Rapids have been named its Eastlink TV 3 Stars of the Week, for the period ending Dec. 2. […]

NOJHL’s Thunderbirds 7th in CJHL Rankings; Gold Miners 19th

CALGARY, Alta. – Winners of nine consecutive games and having gone 17-1-1-1 in their past 20 outings sees the Oakville Blades (OJHL) move into top spot in the latest Canadian Junior Hockey League’s Top 20 Rankings, released Monday. Oakville will have a chance right off the get go to test their No. 1 ranking as […]