GALLERY: Chitaroni OT hero as Thunderbirds slip past Beavers

Photos: Helene Rancourt BLIND RIVER, Ont. – A Mason Chitaroni marker just over three minutes into overtime lifted the Soo Thunderbirds to their 15th consecutive Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League victory Sunday afternoon, a 4-3 decision over a resilient Blind River Beavers side, at the Blind River Recreation Centre. Sault Ste. Marie converted on the […]

GALLERY: Beavers double-up Gold Miners 4-2

Photos: Helene Rancourt BLIND RIVER, Ont. – Dylan Hendrick tallied twice Saturday night to help lead the Blind River Beavers to a 4-2 victory over the visiting Kirkland Lake Gold Miners in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League contest at the Blind River Recreation Centre. The hometown Beavers started the scoring 16 and a half […]

GALLERY: Timmins earns home win over Blind River

TIMMINS, Ont. – Henry Brock collected a pair of first period markers to help lift the Timmins Rock to a narrow 3-2 decision over the visiting Blind River Beavers Sunday in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League action at McIntyre Arena in front of a season-high 1,087 spectators. The game’s first goal came 12 and a […]

GALLERY: Beavers’ Boivin blanks Lumberjacks

Photos: Marc-André Longval HEARST, Ont. – Blind River Beavers goalkeeper Patrick Boivin was credited with 37 saves in backstopping his side to a 2-0 shutout victory over the high-scoring Hearst Lumberjacks in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League inter-divisional meeting at Claude Larose Recreation Centre. Play in the first period failed to provide any tallies […]

GALLERY: Naughton tallies twice in Beavers win vs. Crunch

Photos: Helene Rancourt BLIND RIVER, Ont. – A pair of Meguire Naughton deflection tallies, including one that proved to be the eventual game-winner helped send the Blind River Beavers on their way to a 5-2 triumph over the Cochrane Crunch Sunday in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League matinee at the Blind River Community Centre. […]

Timmins swamps Blind River

BLIND RIVER, Ont. – The Timmins Rock scored early and often Friday night as they went on to a one-sided 10-0 triumph over the Blind River Beavers in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League contest held at the Blind River Community Centre. Like they did in a Thursday evening road victory over Greater Sudbury, Timmins […]

GALLERY: Delarosbil hat trick help Thunderbirds tame Beavers

Photos: Bob Davies SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. – Cole Delarosbil scored three times to collect his first Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League hat trick Wednesday night as the Soo Thunderbirds skated to their ninth consecutive win, a 6-2 decision over the Blind River Beavers, at John Rhodes Community Centre. Blind River’s James Ingram began the […]

NOJHL announces schedule changes

SUDBURY, Ont. – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League announced Wednesday a number of game changes for contests this weekend. Of note, all three road match-ups the Hearst Lumberjacks had scheduled have all been postponed as a number of their players have tested positive and the team has entered league and provincial-mandated COVID protocols. With […]

GALLERY: Beavers double-up Gold Miners

Photos: Allyson Demers KIRKLAND LAKE, Ont. – A strong second period helped send the Blind River Beavers on their way as they went on to double-up the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners 6-3 Saturday in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League play at Joe Mavrinac Community Complex. It was scoreless until late in the first frame when […]