GALLERY: Face-paced 3rd period sees Gold Miners slip past Rapids

KIRKLAND LAKE, Ont. – The Kirkland Lake Gold Miners picked up a pair of goals and an assist from Tyler Fyfe to help them slip past the French River Rapids 4-3 Saturday evening in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League play at the Joe Mavrinac Community Complex. Game action was scoreless into the latter stages of […]

Eagles derail Express 6-2

ESPANOLA, Ont. – Two tallies in each period helped the Soo Eagles get past the Espanola Express 6-2 in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League action Friday evening at the Regional Recreation Complex. It didn’t take the Eagles long to get going offensively as Christian Bardarson connected just 35 seconds after the opening face-off. Owen Kipke […]

Special teams pivotal as Cochrane triumphs over Hearst

COCHRANE, Ont. – The Cochrane Crunch and Hearst Lumberjacks combined for seven special teams tallies Friday in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League match-up won 6-4 by the home side at Tim Horton Event Centre. Returning for their first contest at home since Sept. 28 after from a six-game road swing that included two tilts […]

Voodoos win 5th straight with triumph over Wildcats

POWASSAN, Ont. – The surging Powassan Voodoos got goals from six different skaters to propel them to their fifth consecutive Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League victory, by holding on for a 6-4 decision Friday over a persistent Elliot Lake Wildcats side at the Powassan Sportsplex. Fresh off a pair of wins earlier in the week […]

PASCAL: NOJHL Showcase brings out the scouts

Noah Serre of the Rayside Balfour Canadians and James Redmond of the Timmins Rock battle for the puck during the NOJHL Showcase 2017 at the Gerry McCrory Countryside Sports Complex in Sudbury, Ont. on Tuesday October 10, 2017. Gino Donato/Sudbury Star/Postmedia Network By Randy Pascal, For The Sudbury Star Wednesday, October 11, 2017 6:00:15 EDT PM […]

Eastern Canada Cup All-Star Challenge ticket packages on sale now

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – The Ontario Junior Hockey League (OJHL), in partnership with the City of Quinte West and the Trenton Golden Hawks, have announced ticket package prices for the 2017 Eastern Canada Cup All-Star Challenge, November 13-15, in Trenton, Ont. All games during the course of the three-day will be played at the Duncan McDonald […]

NOJHL Showcase concludes with Canadians OT win over Rapids

SUDBURY, Ont. – A Matthew Nault power play goal, off a deflection, 3:34 into overtime was the decider as the Rayside-Balfour Canadians rallied for a 4-3 win over the French River Rapids Wednesday evening in the final game of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League Showcase in Sudbury. French River kicked off the night’s scoring […]

Espanola’s Scott stones Rock to post club’s 1st win

SUDBURY, Ont. – Espanola Express goaltender Adam Scott turned in an impressive 54-save performance to lead his squad to their first win of the season, a 4-1 decision over the Timmins Rock Wednesday at the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League Showcase in Sudbury. Despite getting outshot 14-4 in the first period, Scott stood tall in […]

Voodoos double up Beavers at NOJHL Showcase

SUDBURY, Ont. – The Powassan Voodoos picked up two tallies apiece from Harrison Israels and Tomas Yachmenev to lead them to a 6-3 triumph over the Blind River Beavers Wednesday at the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League Showcase in Sudbury. Each side scored once in the opening 20 minutes thanks to Yachmenev at 1:39 followed […]

Thunderbirds’ Schuch stymies Crunch

SUDBURY, Ont. – Soo Thunderbirds netminder Eric Schuch turned in another solid performance for his side Wednesday as his 32-save performance aided in a 3-0 win over the Cochrane Crunch at the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League Showcase Gerry McCrory Countryside Sports Complex in Sudbury. Sault Ste. Marie started strong in the contest grabbing a […]