5 NOJHL alumni win NCAA D-III title

SUDBURY, Ont. – Five Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League alumni are celebrating a NCAA D-III championship after their University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Pointers side went unbeaten in regulation play all season before going on to edge the Norwich University Cadets 3-2 in overtime Saturday, to capture a national crown before a sellout crowd on home […]

Timmins takes series over Cochrane on Decontie’s OT winner

COCHRANE, Ont. – A Mahingan Decontie marker with 19.8 seconds remaining in the first overtime lifted the Timmins Rock to a dramatic 2-1 victory over the Cochrane Crunch Sunday evening in an action-packed and thrilling Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League East Division quarter-final series contest at Tim Horton Events Centre. With the outcome, Timmins takes […]

GALLERY: Timmins takes series opener against Cochrane

TIMMINS, Ont. – Keegan McMullen tallied twice and added an assist to help propel the Timmins Rock to a 5-2 victory over the Cochrane Crunch Saturday in Game 1 of their Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League East Division quarter-final series in front of 1,016 spectators at McIntyre Arena. Continuing his solid campaign, Timmins captain Derek […]

NOJHL playoff preview: East quarter-final – Timmins Rock vs. Cochrane Crunch

SUDBURY, Ont. – Saturday in the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League has Game 1 of the East Division quarter-final match-up between the Timmins Rock and the Cochrane Crunch getting underway at 7 p.m. at McIntyre Arena. Fans have packed ‘The Mac’ all season long as the Timmins faithful helped the Rock lead the league in […]

NOJHL announces 2018-19 award recipients

SUDBURY, Ont. – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League announced Friday its 2018-19 regular season award winners as well as its first and second all-star team recipients. Earning the NOJHL’s Carlo Cattarello Trophy as league Most Valuable Player is Hearst Lumberjacks goaltender Nicholas Tallarico. The veteran netminder from Vancouver, B.C., played the second-most minutes in […]

NOJHL announces Timmins – Cochrane 1st round playoff series schedule

SUDBURY, Ont. – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League announced Friday the game schedule for the first round East Division quarter-final series between the Timmins Rock and the Cochrane Crunch. Game 1 of this best-of-three survivor series goes Saturday at 7 p.m. at McIntyre Arena before shifting to Tim Horton Events Centre in Cochrane for […]

GALLERY: Crunch hold off Canadians with 2-1 triumph

CHELMSFORD, Ont. – A Zach Hayes goal midway through the contest proved to be the game-winner as the Cochrane Crunch went on to slip past the Rayside-Balfour Canadians 2-1 Sunday in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League action at Chelmsford Arena. Cochrane opened the night’s scoring 16:40 into the first period on Trent Grimshaw’s 15th tally […]

Cochrane moves into tie with Powassan in NOJHL East following OT triumph

COCHRANE, Ont. – An Ethan Emanuel marker 2:41 into overtime proved to be the difference as the Cochrane Crunch pulled out a 4-3 decision over the Powassan Voodoos in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League play Friday at Tim Horton Events Centre. Both clubs connected twice offensively in the first period as Powassan book-ended markers from […]

Logjam atop NOJHL East standings gearing up to be settled

4 teams still with chance at East Division title; West champion Soo Thunderbirds wait for their division to play out SUDBURY, Ont. – While the overall regular season and West Division champions has been determined in the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League standings, it remains a hotly-contested race over in the NOJHL East, with just […]

Lumberjacks complete home-and-home sweep of Crunch

COCHRANE, Ont. – Max Griffioen tallied twice and set-up another while Bradley Golant had a goal and three assists to pace the Hearst Lumberjacks to an 8-4 victory over the Cochrane Crunch in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League affair Saturday at Tim Horton Events Centre. After taking the opening act of the home-and-home affair […]