HEARST, Ont. – Spencer Silver scored two goals to give the Hearst Lumberjacks a solid lead, but then had to hold off a French River Rapids rally before skating to a 6-5 win Saturday in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League action at Claude Larose Arena. It was the hosts that had early advantage of the […]
ELLIOT LAKE, Ont. – Ryan Winter turned aside all 40 shots he faced to post his Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League-leading third shutout of the season as the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners blanked the Elliot Lake Wildcats 3-0 Saturday at Centennial Arena. A first period power play helped Kirkland Lake notch the eventual game-winning goal […]
BLIND RIVER, Ont. – Two nights after falling to the Blind River Beavers on home ice, the Soo Eagles repaid the favour Friday as they earned an identical 3-2 triumph in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League play at the Blind River Community Centre. Jake Saxton put Sault Ste. Marie in front near the six-minute mark […]
ELLIOT LAKE, Ont. – The Rayside-Balfour Canadians built up a comfortable lead in the third period then had to withstand a late comeback bid by the Elliot Lake Wildcats before eventually prevailing 8-7 Friday in a high-scoring Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League affair at Centennial Arena. Rayside-Balfour started strong in this one grabbing a 3-1 […]
ESPANOLA, Ont. – Marshal Nikitin’s second goal of the game, coming with 3:48 remaining in regulation, saw the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners nip the Espanola Express 4-3 Friday in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League action at the Regional Recreation Complex. A flurry of activity in the latter stages of the first period saw Kirkland Lake […]
COCHRANE, Ont. – The Cochrane Crunch used tallies from five different skaters to win their third Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League game in a row Friday as they defeated the visiting French River Rapids 5-3 at Tim Horton Event Centre. A strong start for the home side saw the Crunch jump out to an early […]
TIMMINS, Ont. – A Wayne Mathieu marker with 3:22 remaining in the second period held up as the game-winner as the Timmins Rock went on to edge the Hearst Lumberjacks 3-2 Friday in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League contest in front of 827 fans at McIntyre Arena. Special teams helped the Rock pick-up the […]
CHELMSFORD, Ont. – Backed by the continued stalwart netminding of MacKenzie Savard, the Rayside-Balfour Canadians earned their fifth straight Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League victory Thursday, a 3-0 triumph over the visiting Kirkland Lake Gold Miners at Chelmsford Arena. With the result Savard won for a ninth consecutive start for Rayside-Balfour while having allowed only […]
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – On a down turn that featured only one win in their past 10 outings, the Blind River Beavers picked up a much-need victory Wednesday as they defeated the Soo Eagles 3-2 in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League match-up at Pullar Stadium. Sault Ste. Marie pressed the attack in the […]
SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. – An impressive natural hat trick four and a half minutes apart by Nick Smith was part of a five-goal night for him as he helped send the soaring Soo Thunderbirds to their seventh straight victory, a one-sided 12-1 triumph over the Espanola Express, at John Rhodes Community Centre in Northern […]
