NOJHL East Division Final preview: Cochrane Crunch vs. Timmins Rock

SUDBURY, Ont. – It’s down to the final four in the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League with both division finals getting underway Friday evening. Here’s a look at the East Division match-up featuring the Cochrane Crunch and Timmins Rock. SCHEDULING NOTE: There has been a start time change for Game 6 of this best-of-seven affair […]

NOJHL announces Cochrane – Timmins East Division Final schedule

SUDBURY, Ont. – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League announced Monday the game schedule for its East Division Final between the Cochrane Crunch and Timmins Rock. This best-of-seven series gets underway Friday evening at 7 p.m. at Tim Horton Event Centre Cochrane will also host Game 2, which goes Saturday with the same start time […]

Cochrane completes series win over Kirkland Lake

COCHRANE, Ont. – The Cochrane Crunch are moving to the third round of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League playoffs are defeating the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners 3-1 Sunday in Game 5 of their East Division semifinal at Tim Horton Event Centre. Cochrane takes the best-of-seven series 4-1 and will now advance to the East […]

GALLERY: Miners edge Crunch to extend series

KIRKLAND LAKE, Ont. – With their season on the line the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners came up clutch as they edged the Cochrane Crunch 2-1 Saturday evening in Game 4 of their Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League East Division semifinal at the Joe Mavrinac Community Complex. The victory sees the Gold Miners’ trim the deficit […]

GALLERY: Crunch roll over Gold Miners to go up 3-0 in series

KIRKLAND LAKE, Ont. – The Cochrane Crunch were all business Thursday evening in Game 3 of their Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League East Division semifinal against the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners at the Joe Mavrinac Community Complex as they rolled to a one-sided 8-0 victory. The contest was scoreless deep into the first period until […]

Crunch take 2-0 series lead on Gold Miners

COCHRANE, Ont. – The Cochrane Crunch used the strength of three third period tallies to pull out a 4-2 victory over the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners Saturday in Game 2 of their Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League East Division semifinal at Tim Horton Event Centre. With the result Cochrane now leads this best-of-seven series 2-0 […]

Cochrane edges Kirkland Lake in back-and-forth affair

COCHRANE, Ont. – Mitchell Booth’s first Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League playoff goal proved to be the game-winner as the Cochrane Crunch defeated the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners 5-3 Friday in Game 1 of their East Division semifinal at Tim Horton Event Centre. Kirkland Lake did get off to the start they were looking for […]

CJHL Playoff Spotlight: The NOJHL

CALGARY, Alta. – Quarter-final action in the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League gets underway Friday. As one of the 10 members of the Canadian Junior Hockey League, the NOJHL boasts 12 teams, of which eight remain in the hunt for the Copeland Cup – McNamara Trophy championship. Here’s a look at the latest CJHL Playoff […]

NOJHL East Division semifinal preview: Cochrane Crunch vs. Kirkland Lake Gold Miners

SUDBURY, Ont. – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League’s East Division semifinal between the Cochrane Crunch and Kirkland Lake Gold Miners begins Friday evening at the Tim Horton Event Centre. Here’s a preview of this best-of-seven match-up. HOW THEY ARRIVED: After 56 contests, Cochrane finished second in the NOJHL East behind league-leading Powassan with a […]

Cochrane’s Herbster named CJHL’s 3rd Star for February

CALGARY, Alta. (Friday, March 9, 2018) – The Canadian Junior Hockey League announced Friday that forward Logan Schatz (Humboldt Broncos, SJHL); defenceman Kyle Auger (Thunder Bay North Stars, SIJHL) and forward Kyle Herbster (Cochrane Crunch, NOJHL) have been named its Gongshow Gear 3 Stars of the Month for February. 1ST STAR: LOGAN SCHATZ, (F) HUMBOLDT […]