Venue change announced for Oct. 18 Thunderbirds – Crunch NOJHL contest

SUDBURY, Ont. – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League has announced a venue change for the Friday, October 18 contest between the Soo Thunderbirds and Cochrane Crunch in Sault Ste. Marie. This match-up will now be held at the Soo Peewee Arena and still features the original start time of 7 p.m. With two league […]

Skrelja’s 4-point performance sends Eagles over Crunch

COCHRANE, Ont. – The Soo Eagles saw Dominic Skrelja score twice and add two assists to lead his side to a 6-1 victory over the Cochrane Crunch in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League action Saturday at Tim Horton Events Centre. A couple of man advantage opportunities helped Sault Ste. Marie strike twice in the first […]

GALLERY: Kirkland Lake comes back to clip Cochrane

KIRKLAND LAKE, Ont. – The Kirkland Lake Gold Miners broke a tie game with two third period tallies to help them skate to a 4-2 victory over the Cochrane Crunch in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League encounter Friday at Joe Mavrinac Community Complex. A late first period power play helped Cochrane collect the night’s […]

Cochrane ends Rayside-Balfour’s winning streak at 8

COCHRANE, Ont. – Capitalizing on a late giveaway, the Cochrane Crunch converted for the game-winner, while shorthanded, with under five minutes remaining in regulation helping put a stop to the eight-game winning streak of the Rayside-Balfour Canadians with an eventual 5-3 triumph in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League encounter Saturday at Tim Horton Events […]

NOJHL names its Players of the Month for September

SUDBURY, Ont. – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League announced Tuesday its respective player, defenceman, goaltender and rookie of the month for September. PLAYER OF THE MONTH – CALEB SERRE, (F) BLIND RIVER BEAVERS: Serre was superb in September for the Beavers helping his side start the campaign by going unbeaten in regulation in seven […]

Crunch skate to narrow 2-1 decision over Thunderbirds

COCHRANE, Ont. – Recently acquired goaltender Cody Levesque stopped 38 of the 39 shots he faced in his first home start to backstop the Cochrane Crunch to a narrow 2-1 triumph over the Soo Thunderbirds in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League action Saturday at Tim Horton Events Centre. The Cochrane power play helped account for […]

GALLERY: Newcomers lead Gold Miners past Crunch

KIRKLAND LAKE, Ont. – A couple of first-year Kirkland Lake Gold Miners’ players collected their initial Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League goals to help aid in a 4-1 victory over the Cochrane Crunch Tuesday evening at Joe Mavrinac Community Complex. Kirkland Lake got going offensively 15:45 into the first period as Caleb Thompson notched his […]

GALLERY: High-scoring Powassan pots 7 in home win over Cochrane

POWASSAN, Ont. – The highest-scoring team in the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League added another seven-spot to their overall totals Saturday as the Powassan Voodoos went on to top the Cochrane Crunch 7-3 at the Powassan Sportsplex. First period play saw the Voodoos come out flying as they skated to an early 3-0 cushion on […]

GALLERY: Montgomery stops 34 as Rapids edge Crunch

FRENCH RIVER – A Kyle Avery goal late in the first period held up as the game-winner while netminder Ben Montgomery finished with 34 saves to help lead the French River Rapids to a narrow 2-1 triumph over the Cochrane Crunch Friday night in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League play at Noelville Arena. All the […]

Boutin bests Boily as Crunch blank Wildcats

COCHRANE, Ont. – Action Thursday night at Tim Horton Events Centre saw Cochrane Crunch goaltender Carson Boutin turn aside all 35 shots he faced to register his first Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League shutout in a hard-fought 2-0 triumph over the Elliot Lake Wildcats. Cochrane came hard at the Wildcats to begin the contest, outshooting […]