Soo Eagles v. Timmins
The Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League has confirmed the schedule of games for the opening round playoff series between the fourth place Timmins Rock and fifth seed Soo Eagles.
…[read more]Beavers and Thunderbirds
Dates for the first round, best of seven, Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League playoff series between the third seed Blind River Beavers and the sixth place Soo Thunderbirds have been confirmed.
…[read more]Hearst v. Powassan
The Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League has confirmed the schedule for the upcoming best of seven first round playoff series between second seed Hearst Lumberjacks and the seventh place Powassan Voodoos.
…[read more]50 goals for Owen King
Blind River Beavers forward Owen King has reached a milestone with his 50th goal of the ’24-25 Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League season.
…[read more]Sudbury Cubs are number 1
They are primed to defend their Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League championship. And not only have the Sudbury Cubs clinched first place in the regular season standings but they have the NOJHL’s leading scorer.
…[read more]Kelly is solid as a Rock
Seasoned skater Jack Kelly has hit the 100 point plateau in his Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League career. The 2004 birth forward began his NOJHL career with the Powassan Voodoos and is now in his second season with the Timmins Rock.
…[read more]Vintage Manitoulin Islanders
They won a mere fraction of the regular season games they played from 2005 to 2011. Yet, almost 15 years after their departure from the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League, the Manitoulin Islanders are still an iconic franchise, at least to me. Most likely to many others as well.
…[read more]Bottled up in the North
The clock is ticking and time is dwindling on the ’24-25 Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League regular season. And with less than three weeks to play on the regular season slate, the standings remain bottled up.
…[read more]King of the Beaver pond
Forward Owen King has hit — and passed — the 40 goal mark for the Blind River Beavers of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League.
…[read more]Paper Kings over Rapids
Jack Helkie made 45 saves and five players had two point outings as the Espanola Paper Kings strengthened their hold on the eighth and final playoff spot in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League tonight with a 6-2 win over the visiting French River Rapids.
…[read more]Paper Kings clip Voodoos
Graydon Guthrie gunned a pair of goals and Jack Helkie handled 40 pucks as the Espanola Paper Kings moved into sole possession of the eighth and final playoff position in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League on Friday with a 5-1 verdict over the visiting Powassan Voodoos.
…[read more]Paper Kings and Rapids
Espanola Paper Kings and French River Rapids will face off against each other this weekend in a Saturday night showdown that is part of a frantic race for eighth place and the final playoff spot in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League.
…[read more]NOJHL race for 8th place
There are about five weeks to go on the regular slate in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. And as the stretch run in the regular season schedule has arrived there is playoff like pressure on three teams. Espanola Paper Kings, Iroquois Falls Storm and French River Rapids are all in a frantic race for the eighth and final playoff place in what looms as a furious finish into mid March.
…[read more]Rock star coach extended
Good guy Brandon Perry has signed a new three year contract extension to remain with the Timmins Rock of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League for the foreseeable future.
…[read more]Whiz kid Wicklander
Brantford Bulldogs have a potential steal of an Ontario Hockey League draft pick prospect in their possession in the person of forward Kaden Wicklander of the Espanola Paper Kings of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League.
…[read more]NOJHL czar was OHL star
He is tried, tested and true to his northern Ontario roots. Over time, he has gone from star player in the major junior ranks to a long serving commissioner of a reputable junior A hockey league. And Rob Mazzuca has done so by staying close to home.
…[read more]Paper Kings puck stopper
James Meredith has shrugged off a rough introduction to his rookie season in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League to become a go to goalie for the Espanola Paper Kings.
…[read more]NOJHL races and faces
There are four divisions to the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. Right now, the Sudbury Cubs are in a league of their own. Then it is a hotly contested race for second place featuring the Blind River Beavers, Soo Eagles, Hearst Lumberjacks and Timmins Rock. In the middle of the pack and in contention for the sixth, seventh and eighth and final playoff spots are the Powassan Voodoos, Soo Thunderbirds, Iroquois Falls Storm, French River Rapids and Espanola Paper Kings. And in no man’s land are the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners.
…[read more]RIP, good man Dan McCourt
Along with so many others, the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League is mourning the loss of Greater Sudbury product, Dan McCourt, who passed away on Monday of this week following an extended illness.
…[read more]Sudbury Cubs lead Canada
And the beat goes on. Winners of 18 games in succession, the Sudbury Cubs of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League are number one in the latest Canadian Jr. Hockey League top 20 rankings.
…[read more]Caulfield flies with Eagles
Chicago area product Lucas Caulfield is living and loving the hockey life up north in Sault Ste. Marie. The high scoring forward is a key component and team captain for the high flying Soo Eagles of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League.
…[read more]Paper Kings in pursuit
They are a true north team with 13 players from across the region. They are also one of the youngest teams in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League with 15 players who were born in either 2008, 2007 or 2006. And with all of that youth, the Espanola Paper Kings are in a multiple team chase for the eighth and final playoff spot in the NOJHL.
…[read more]EL Vikings go on hiatus
Ongoing issues at their home arena dating back to well over a year have resulted in the Elliot Lake Vikings of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League taking a leave of absence for the balance of the ’24-25 season.
…[read more]Here ‘n there in the NOJHL
Fresh from a Christmas holiday break, the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League is set for a resumption in play as the calendar year readies to flip from 2024 to 2025.
…[read more]Eagles lead Border Battle
The tide has turned in the long running Twin Soo Border Battle between the Soo Thunderbirds and Soo Eagles. While the Ontario based Thunderbirds won the war over the past couple of years in particular it is the Eagles of Michigan who are in command thus far this season.
…[read more]Cubs & ‘Taste of Sudbury’
First place Sudbury Cubs of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League will look to extend their winning streak to 11 games when they play host to the French Rapids on Thursday night at 7:05 at the Gerry McCrory Countryside Sports Complex.
…[read more]Soo T-Birds in transition
Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have confirmed what Hockey News North first reported on the weekend. That is, general manager Jamie Henderson will also serve as head coach for the balance of the ’24-25 season.
…[read more]T-Birds changing coaches
Cole Jarrett has reportedly handed the head coach duties of the Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League to his long-time sidekick, Hockey News North has been advised.
…[read more]Soo Eagles on 9-0-1 flight
Coached by Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario resident Jeremy Rebek, the Michigan Soo Eagles are flying high near the top perch of the standings in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League.
…[read more]Rock stars of the net
Not only are they two of the best goalies in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League but they are two of the younger ones. And not only that, Dryden Riley and Graham Gee both guard the net for the same team — the Timmins Rock, which is one of the top three clubs among the 12 of the NOJHL.
…[read more]Cubs help infant food bank
Sudbury Cubs of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League will be out to try to win their ninth straight game on Thursday when they play host to the Iroquois Falls Storm in a 7:05 pm. match at Countryside Sports Complex. RBC will sponsor Thursday’s game by providing prizes to fans who bring a donation to the game in support of the Pregnancy Care Centre and Infant Food Bank.
…[read more]A first for Wyatt Jarratt
Well, that didn’t take very long. Suiting up in his first game as an affiliate player for the Blind River Beavers of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League led to a goal by up and coming youngster Wyatt Jarratt.
…[read more]Assisting the Soo Eagles
They were born an hour apart on January 22, 1986. They have been friends since their youthful minor hockey days in Sault Ste. Marie. And Kelsey Wilson and Donnie Bruni are now together again as first year assistant coaches with the Soo Eagles of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League.
…[read more]Races for NOJHL places
Sudbury Cubs are atop the standings of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League with a near flawless record of 20-2-2. But the Cubs have company in the contender department of the NOJHL that includes the Hearst Lumberjacks, Timmins Rock, Blind River Beavers and Soo Eagles.
…[read more]Hound picks in NOJHL
Recently assigned 2007 birth year goalie Reid Thomas and 2008 birth year forward James Elliott are two Ontario Hockey League draft picks of the Soo Greyhounds who are developing with rival teams in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League.
…[read more]Cubs of the goal crease
Good teams usually get good goaltending as part of the victory formula. Very good teams usually get very good goaltending as part of the victory formula.
…[read more]Lights are on up North
It may not be a perfect junior hockey league. But is there any such thing as a perfect junior hockey league? The answer to that question is rather obvious. Just as it is obvious to a seasoned writer that the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League has a lot going for it in so many ways, shapes and forms.
…[read more]Newton returns to Cubs
Sudbury Cubs, already in first place among the 12 teams of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League, have added another star player to their lineup.
…[read more]Vikings toughing it out
There is good news to report relative to the 14 month old Centennial Arena saga and the Elliot Lake Vikings of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League.
…[read more]Paper Kings hard at work
They have moved on through trades of a number of impact veteran players from a ’23-24 season in which they posted a franchise history best record of 34-23-1. And while the small market Espanola Paper Kings have since committed to more of a youth movement for the ’24-25 campaign they nonetheless more than held their own through the first 15 games of the current Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League season.
…[read more]Eagles clip Thunderbirds
Close to 1,000 fans made their way into venerable Pullar Stadium on Friday to take in the latest instalment of the Twin Soo Border Battle between the Soo Eagles and the Soo Thunderbirds.
…[read more]Black Bears of the NOJHL
Based in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and with a solid Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario base of coaches and players to them, they arrived on the junior hockey scene with plans for longevity.
…[read more]Soo Eagles in nice flight
A slow start to the season has since turned into more of a surge for the Soo Eagles of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League.
…[read more]Cubs romp over the Rock
Make that 10 straight victories for the Sudbury Cubs. The Cubs retained their spot atop the standings of the 12 team Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League on Thursday with a convincing 5-1 win over the visiting Timmins Rock.
…[read more]Fort Frances to Timmins
From the Superior International Jr. Hockey League to the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. Timmins Rock of the NOJHL has obtained 2004 birth year forward Clark Scaddan from the Fort Frances Lakers of the SIJHL in a cash exchange.
…[read more]Capt. Caulfield of the Eagles
Soo Eagles have rebounded from a sluggish start to the ’24-25 regular season to move up to the middle of the standings among the 12 teams of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. Leading by example, captain Lucas Caulfield is one of the offensive forces for the Eagles with seven goals, three assists, 10 points in nine games.
…[read more]Romaniuk to the QMJHL
Scoring sensation Brant Romaniuk is moving up from the Timmins Rock of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League to the Gatineau Olympiques of the Quebec Maritimes Jr. Hockey League, Hockey News North has confirmed.
…[read more]NOJHL and its Game Day
Commissioner Rob Mazzuca has been known to stress that one of the first and foremost goals of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League is the development and promotion of its players.
…[read more]Rapids on a modest rise
They began the regular season with a 9-1 loss to the perennial powerhouse Timmins Rock. But in the three games since, the surging French River Rapids have gained points in each outing and thus have a 1-1-2 record heading into this week’s Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League Showcase Tournament.
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