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 West Division semifinal preview: Rayside-Balfour Canadians vs. Blind River Beavers

SUDBURY, Ont. – Chelmsford Arena will be the site of Game 1 of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League’s West Division semifinal between the host Rayside-Balfour Canadians and the Blind River Beavers tonight at 7 p.m. Here’s a glance at this series. HOW THEY ARRIVED: Rayside-Balfour earned the No. 1 seed in the West Division […]

NOJHL announces Rayside-Balfour– Blind River West Division semifinal series schedule

SUDBURY, Ont. – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League announced Monday the game schedule for the upcoming West Division semifinal series between the Rayside-Balfour Canadians and the Blind River Beavers. Rayside-Balfour will host Games 1 & 2 in this best-of-seven affair with the opener slated for 7 p.m. on Friday, March 16 while the next […]

NOJHL names its initial Eastlink Playoff 3 Stars of the week

SUDBURY, Ont. – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League announced Monday that forward Owen Robinson, goaltender Garret Boyonoski and defenceman Matthew Murray of the Blind River Beavers have been selected as its initials Eastlink TV Playoffs 3 Stars of the Week for the period ending March 11. OWEN ROBINSON, (F) BLIND RIVER BEAVERS – Rookie […]

Beavers holds off resilient Wildcats side to take West quarter-final

ELLIOT LAKE, Ont. – A Nick Richards power play goal, nearly six minutes into the third period, proved to be the game-winner as the Blind River Beavers held off the Elliot Lake Wildcats 5-4 Sunday evening in Game 2 of their Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League West Division quarter-final at Centennial Arena. With the outcome, […]

Beavers open NOJHL playoffs with shutout of Wildcats

BLIND RIVER, Ont. – Owen Robinson tallied twice and set-up another while Garret Boyonoski turned aside all 29 attempts he faced as the Blind River Beavers blanked the Elliot Lake Wildcats 3-0 Friday evening in Game 1 of their Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League West Division quarter-final at the Blind River Community Centre. This best-of-three […]

NOJHL West Division quarter-final preview: Blind River Beavers vs. Elliot Lake Wildcats

SUDBURY, Ont. – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League’s regular season is now complete and the playoffs will commence Friday evening as the Blind River Beavers host the visiting Elliot Lake Wildcats in Game 1 of their best-of-three West Division match-up at the Blind River Community Centre at 7:30 p.m. Here’s a look at this […]

NOJHL announces 2017-18 award recipients

SUDBURY, Ont. – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League announced Thursday its 2017-18 regular season award winners as well as its CCM Hockey first and second all-star team recipients. Earning the NOJHL’s Carlo Cattarello Trophy as league Most Valuable Player is Cochrane Crunch defenceman Connor Lovie. The veteran NOJHL blueliner was also named the league’s […]

NOJHL announces Blind River – Elliot Lake first round playoff schedule

SUDBURY, Ont. – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League announced Wednesday the game schedule for its upcoming West Division quarter-final series between the No. 4 seeded Blind River and the No. 5 Elliot Lake Wildcats. This best-of-three match-up will get underway on Friday, March 9 at 7:30 p.m. at the Blind River Community Centre. Sunday, […]

Blind River doubles up Espanola 6-3

BLIND RIVER, Ont. – The Blind River Beavers used four unanswered second period goals to help them double-up the Espanola Express 6-3 in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League affair Saturday at the Blind River Community Centre. The Beavers were quick to gain the upper hand in the contest as Steven Khull collected his ninth […]