The Cochrane Crunch are excited to be able to start announcing some of our recruits now from out of province as they get cleared to play here. The Crunch are very pleased to announce the signing of Braeden Pearce he is a big strong young lad from Victoria BC. Braeden brings excitement to the game […]
Cochrane Crunch would also like to announce another key signing from their AAA affiliate the Kapuskasing Flyers AAA. The Crunch would like to officially welcome big strong tough rugged D-man Kyle Sanford. Kyle played and dressed for the Crunch 13 of the 15 playoff games and the last 3 weeks of regular season. The Crunch look for […]
The Crunch would like to announce another signing through their AAA Affiliate the Kapuskasing Flyers AAA Midgets. The Crunch would like to welcome Kaps Assistant Captain Tyler Minoletti. Tyler is a Thunder Bay product who made the move to the Kap Flyers AAA program after his AAA Thunder Bay Kings folded. Tyler has a work […]
The Crunch started announcing new players by starting with local product Goalie Kurtis David from Cochrane Ontario. Kurtis who is coming to the Crunch from the Kapuskasing Flyers AAA Midgets spent the last two seasons in Kap and has been getting better and better each season. The Crunch have been keeping an eye on Kurtis since last […]
Let`s all give Jim Newell a big warm Cochrane Crunch welcome! Jim was recently hired as an assistant coach for the Crunch. He was born and raised in Ottawa Ontario and currenlty lives in Cochrane. Jim played AAA with LMHA 79-83 Jr. D with Thamesford Trojans and 87-88 Sr. A Ingersoll “Bs”. Some of his coaching experience includes 3 Yrs Midget, 2 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
