Riding the sled of a first winter in Cochrane from which the Crunch posted a 29-21-2 regular-season record and made it all the way to the playoff finals against the eventual-champion Soo Thunderbirds, coach-general manager Ryan Leonard has confirmed several player commitments for the 2015-2016 campaign. According to Leonard, eight returnees and two affiliates have […]

The 2014-2015 season ended for the Cochrane Crunch a little over two weeks ago with a loss to the Soo Thunderbirds in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League championship series. With a rather-successful first season in Cochrane just over, Crunch owner-general manager-coach Ryan Leonard is already on the road, recruiting players for the 2015-2016 campaign. […]

They are four hockey towns in a northeast nook of the region, separated by less than two hours of rugged roads. Timmins Rock, Iroquois Falls Eskimos, Cochrane Crunch and Kirkland Lake Gold Miners figure to be fierce foes when the first pucks drop on the 2015-2016 Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League season in about four […]

Cochrane Crunch sweep Powassan Voodoos to win NOJHL East Division final POWASSAN - The Cochrane Crunch broke open a close game with a four-goal second-period outburst en route to a 7-4 win over the Voodoos Wednesday night at the Sportsplex. The victory — by the same score the Crunch opened the series — allowed Cochrane to sweep […]

Cochrane Crunch eliminate Abitibi Eskimos in Game 6 of NOJHL East Division semifinal series The Abitibi Eskimos are dead, long live the … Josh Racek’s empty-net goal, his second of the game, with 25 seconds remaining on the clock sealed the Cochrane Crunch’s 5-3 win over the Eskimos at the Jus Jordan Arena Saturday night […]

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In the final season of the Rayside-Balfour Canadiens’ existence back in 1994-95, Mike Mooney was head coach, his brother played on the team and their father was the owner. Now, 20 years later, Mooney is the owner of the Canadiens. That’s right, Rayside-Balfour will be home to an NOJHL franchise again, as the Canadiens have […]

The Cochrane Crunch will be excepting resumes for both full time Assistant Coach with recent back ground of todays game and also the team needs a full time trainer for next season! Anyone interested please send us your resume or interest to our email cochranecrunch@hotmail.com deadline is May 5th

The Cochrane Crunch are pleased to announce through the hard work of our staff and the players that the Crunch have 5 players committed as of now for next year to play College Hockey through Hockey Scholarships playing for the Crunch. Josh Racek – Northland College NCAA Max Glashauser – Northland College NCAA Henry Berger […]

DUDLEY-HEWITT CUP DHC MEDIA UPDATE Release Date: Saturday, May 2, 2015 Photo credit: Shawn Muir/OJHL Images Soo Thunderbirds crowned Dudley-Hewitt Cup champions FORT FRANCES, Ont. – A Matt Pinder goal four minutes into the third period proved to be the game-winner as the Soo Thunderbirds (NOJHL) edged the Fort Frances Lakers (SIJHL) 3-2 Saturday in the […]