Crunch win Polar Bear Classic

THOMAS PERRY/THE DAILY PRESS Crunch forward Jacob Stos gets off a shot on goal past Andrew Gavros, of the French River Rapids, late in the third period of one of Saturday’s Junior Division contests during the Polar Bear Classic at the Tim Horton Event Centre. The Crunch, who went on to win the championship in […]

Unruh off to Northland

We have another player off to school to announce. The Cochrane Crunch want to wish Goalie Taylor Unruh all the best as he has accepted his offer to play goal for Northland College  (NCAA III) where he will join many other Crunch Alumni for the 2018 season. Taylor is a hard worker and is a […]

Majors “D” signs with Crunch

With only 3 days left before training camp, the Crunch would like to welcome a new face to the program. The Crunch would like to welcome defencemen Trevor Mayappo from Eastmain Quebec. Trevor played for the Crunch rookie team in Toronto in June and played last winter for the Timmins Majors. Trevor is a big […]

Crunch acquire Buzzi for Bobyk

The Cochrane Crunch continue to bolster their lineup with veteran players from all over North America and yesterday we finalized a trade with Fort Francis Lakers of the SIJHL. We have traded young defenceman Presten Bobyk to the Laker’s in exchange for highly skilled 19 yr old veteran forward Hunter Buzzi. Presten was injured most […]

New addition to the D

The Cochrane Crunch are excited to finally get to announce the signing of one of our first commitments of the spring. We couldn’t be happier to announce our new addition to our D core. Lets welcome from Courtney BC Austin Heidt. Austin is complete player. He is skilled, physical, moves the puck well and is […]

Florida forward en route

The Crunch are happy to announce that, after some long talks and many options, American forward Alex Morawski has decided he would like to play for the Crunch this year. Alex was one of our top recruits that we started to reach out to when starting our recruiting process back in May. With so many […]

Battler’s back!

The Crunch would like to welcome back a familiar face to the program. One that many will remember for his great performance in the NOJHL Championship last season. The man behind the mask and in the crease goalie Shayne Battler. Shayne was a big part of our playoff run after he came in for starter […]

Meetsma joins Crunch

The Crunch would like to welcome, all the way from Everett Washington, 19 year old forward Sean Meetsma. Sean is a dual citizen as his family is from Western Canada and has been playing Junior A hockey now for the last 3 year with the same program the Bellingham Blazers of the WSHL. Sean comes […]

Osoyoos BC forward joins the Crunch

The Cochrane Crunch roster is starting to shape up nicely. Things keep getting better as we have many players who have signed with us ,or returning, that have yet to be named. But as time gets closer, we will keep the player announcements coming as camp starts in two weeks. This player we want to […]

Crunch ink veteran goalie

The Cochrane Crunch are happy to announce that they have acquired veteran goalie Justin Vertesi for a player development fee. Justin has played two years of Junior hockey already. Last season played for the Burlington Cougars and Newmarket in the OJHL. Justin is a 19 year old experienced goalie with a pretty impressive resume. The […]