GALLERY: Kirkland Lake earns home ice win over Cochrane

KIRKLAND LAKE, Ont. – The Kirkland Lake Gold Miners scored once in each period to help them skate to a 3-1 triumph over the visiting Cochrane Crunch in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League play Saturday at the Joe Mavrinac Community Complex. Action in the opening stanza saw Patrick Murphy put the home side in front […]

Rapids rally late, then edge Crunch early in OT

COCHRANE, Ont. – The visiting French River Rapids rallied late to tie it in the final minute of regulation then proceeded to strike early into overtime to pull out a dramatic 4-3 victory over the Cochrane Crunch Friday in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League action at Tim Horton Events Centre. Picking up the first power […]

Gold Miners edge Crunch in shootout

COCHRANE, Ont. – Gregory Trudeau-Paquet scored once in regulation and also notched the lone goal in the shootout as the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners skated to a 4-3 decision over the Cochrane Crunch in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League play Wednesday evening at Tim Horton Events Centre. Recently acquired Nicholas Blachman, who was making his […]

3rd period rally lifts Cochrane past Hearst

HEARST, Ont. – The Cochrane Crunch rebounded from an early deficit then picked up a pair of third period tallies to help them defeat the Hearst Lumberjacks 5-4 in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League action Tuesday evening in front of 639 fans at Claude Larose Arena. The hometown Lumberjacks got off to a nice start […]

Cochrane kicks off 2019 with win over Espanola

COCHRANE, Ont. – The Cochrane Crunch kicked off their 2019 portion of their Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League schedule Friday with solid efforts on both ends of the ice as they defeated the Espanola Express 4-2 at Tim Horton Events Centre. A late first period power play helped Cochrane open the night’s scoring as Tristan […]

NOJHL names its Eastlink TV 3 Stars of the week

SUDBURY, Ont. – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League announced Monday that defencemen Ryan Mulligan of the Blind River Beavers and Alec Johnson of the Hearst Lumberjacks along with Cochrane Crunch forward Justin Bofshever have been named its Eastlink TV 3 Stars of the Week, for the period ending Dec. 16. RYAN MULLIGAN, (D) BLIND […]

Cochrane hits their holiday break after home ice triumph over Powassan

COCHRANE, Ont. – The Cochrane Crunch collected goals from seven different skaters to help prople them to a 7-4 victory over the Powassan Voodoos Friday in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League action at Tim Horton Events Centre. The visiting Voodoos didn’t take long to get in flight in this one as Henry Scott scored 19 […]

GALLERY: Cochrane holds off Timmins rally with OT win

TIMMINS, Ont. – Justin Bofshever’s second goal of the game, coming 2:05 into overtime, helped the Cochrane Crunch hold off a comeback bid by the Timmins Rock as they prevailed with a 5-4 victory in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League action Tuesday evening in front of 868 spectators at McIntyre Arena. Entering the contest having […]

Cochrane’s Grimshaw; Hearst’s Griffioen; Rayside-Balfour’s Plamondon named NOJHL 3 Stars of the Week

SUDBURY, Ont. – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League announced Monday that forwards Trent Grimshaw of the Cochrane Crunch and Max Griffioen of the Hearst Lumberjacks along with goaltender Sebastien Plamondon of the Rayside-Balfour Canadians have been named its Eastlink TV 3 Stars of the Week, for the period ending Dec. 9. TRENT GRIMSHAW, (F) […]

Hearst takes 4-3 shootout decision over Cochrane

COCHRANE, Ont. – Max Johnson had the lone goal in the shootout as the Hearst Lumberjacks pulled out a 4-3 victory over the Cochrane Crunch in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League contest Sunday night at Tim Horton Events Centre. It was the visiting Lumberjacks who were quick to open the evening’s scoring as Johnson […]