GALLERY: Whelan’s 3rd period winner helps Crunch edge Rock

TIMMINS, Ont. – An Austin Whelan goal with 8:19 remaining in regulation held upas the game-winner as the Cochrane Crunch went on to edge the Timmins Rock 2-1 Thursday in a low-scoring Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League contest at McIntyre Arena. Cochrane kicked off the night’s scoring three and a half minutes into the contest […]

NOJHL announces 2018 playoff format/timeline

SUDBURY, Ont. – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League announced Thursday the format and timeline for the upcoming NOJHL playoffs and the quest for the Copeland Cup-McNamara Trophy. Among the 12 league member clubs, the top five teams in each of the NOJHL’s East and West divisions will qualify for postseason play. Round 1 action […]

GALLERY: Hearst gets past Timmins 4-2 in potential playoff preview

TIMMINS, Ont. – The Hearst Lumberjacks broke a tie game with a pair of third period tallies to help them defeat the Timmins Rock 4-2 Tuesday evening in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League contest in front of 688 fans at McIntyre Arena. The hometown Rock opened the night’s scoring 14 and a half minutes […]

NOJHL names its Eastlink 3 Stars of the week

SUDBURY, Ont. – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League announced Monday that goaltender Tyler Masternak and defenceman Will Caston of the Timmins Rock as well as Powassan Voodoos forward Tyson Gilmour have been named its Eastlink TV 3 Stars of the Week for the period ending Feb. 4. TYLER MASTERNAK, (G) TIMMINS ROCK – In […]

Powassan picked 9th in latest CJHL rankings

CALGARY, Alta. (Monday, February 5, 2018) – Rolling right along with 44 wins in 52 outings sees the Carleton Place Canadians (CCHL) holding down their place as the No. 1 ranked Canadian Junior Hockey League again this week. Meanwhile the red-hot Okotoks Oilers (AJHL) and Nipawin Hawks (SJHL) are also among the highly-touted teams in […]

Blind River impresses in road win over Rayside-Balfour

CHELMSFORD, Ont. — Goaltender Garret Boyonoski was there to stop all 30 shots he faced to post his second Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League shutout while forward Zach Senecal tallied twice as the Blind River Beavers blanked the Rayside-Balfour Canadians 5-0 Sunday evening at Chelmsford Arena. Senecal started Blind River off with the eventual game-winning […]

Crunch connect early leading to win over Lumberjacks

HEARST, Ont. – The Cochrane Crunch stormed out to an early three-goal lead and never trailed as they went to on defeat the Hearst Lumberjacks 5-1 Sunday in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League play at Claude Larose Arena. Cochrane needed just 43 seconds after the opening face-off to get on the board thanks to Levi […]

Beavers bite Canadians in double OT

BLIND RIVER, Ont. – A Josh Norman goal 3:21 into the second overtime was the difference as the Blind River Beavers edged the Rayside-Balfour Canadians 4-3 in an action-packed Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League West Division affair at the Blind River Community Centre. Jacob Partridge staked the visitors to the early lead as he picked […]

Thunderbirds win 650th NOJHL game in franchise history with triumph over Express

ESPANOLA, Ont. – The Soo Thunderbirds picked up two goals apiece from Alex Acosta and Spencer Van Tiem to help them register their 650th Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League victory in franchise-history Saturday as they skated to a 7-1 triumph over the Espanola Express at the Regional Recreation Complex. The result also saw the Thunderbirds […]

GALLERY: Timmins and Powassan skate to 3-3 double OT draw

TIMMINS, Ont. – A Tyson Gilmour goal with 3:17 left in regulation helped the Powassan Voodoos rally for a 3-3 double overtime tie with the Timmins Rock Saturday night in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League action in front of 1,068 fans at McIntyre Arena. Sporting retro Timmins Bears jerseys, when that franchise was members of […]