Paper Kings ice the Rapids

Photos: Cassy Seguin NOELVILLE, ON – Lucas Signoretti, Owen Fergusson and Kyle den Ouden had two goals each as the Espanola Paper Kings dumped the French River Rapids 6-2 at the Noelville Arena on Sunday afternoon. Lucas Signoretti got the Paper Kings rolling as he scored his 35th only 3:35 into the game, as he […]

GALLERY: Lumberjacks cut through the Rapids

Photos: Cassy Seguin NOELVILLE, ON – The Hearst Lumberjacks broke open a close game with three unanswered third period goals as they defeated the French River Rapids 6-2 at the Noelville arena Saturday. The visiting Lumberjacks got going early as Liam Boswell got the visitors on the board at 1:36. The Rapids evened the score […]

GALLERY: Storm silence the Rapids

Photos: Cassy Seguin NOELVILLE, ON – The Iroquois Falls Storm scored four times in the third period and Andrew Cho scored a pair of shorthanded goals in the second period to pace the Iroquois Falls to a convincing 7-2 win over the French River Rapids in Noelville Friday night. Storm got on the board in […]

GALLERY: Voodoos outlast Rapids

Photo: Cassy Seguin Noelville, ON – The Powassan Voodoos broke open a 1-1 tie with 3 goals in just over 6 minutes late in the second as they skated away with a 4-1 win over the French River Rapids in Noelville Saturday night. Tucker Shields put home a rebound off a shot from linemate Rhys […]

GALLERY: Cubs fend off Rapids in a shootout

Photos: Cassy Seguin NOELVILLE, ON – Chris Innes scored in the seventh round of the shootout to propel the Greater Sudbury Cubs to a 5-4 shootout win over the French River Rapids in Noelville on Friday night. Oliver Smith led the Cubs with two goals while the Rapids Matthew Stringer countered with a pair of […]

GALLERY: Struggling Rapids denied by Rock

Photos: Cassy Seguin NOELVILLE, ON – Brant Romaniuk scored twice to lead the visiting Timmins Rock to a 5-2 over the French River Rapids at the Noelville Arena on Saturday night. The Rock’s Jack Anderson got going quickly with a pair of early goals less than 2 minutes apart to get the visitors out to […]

GALLERY: Paper Kings clog up the Rapids

Photos: Cassy Seguin NOELVILLE, ON – The Espanola Paper Kings broke out of a two-game losing streak with a 4-1 win over the French River Rapids at the Noelville Arena on Saturday night. The Paper Kings opened the scoring on the power play as Owen Fergusson scored his 28th of the season at 6:51 of […]

Memorial Cup & French River

  Rapids forward Chase Lefebvre in action versus the Timmins Rock during April 7, 2022 playoff game at the “Mac” | Photo: Thomas Perry –  The Daily Press/Postmedia Network By Randy Russon – Hockey News North May 25, 2023 This looks good — really good — on both the French River Rapids and the Northern Ontario Jr. […]

Meet the Canadian hockey legend who defied danger to help Soviet Jews

Sherry Bassin and his teams won five J. Ross Robertson Cups. in 1982 Bassin helped the Canadian National junior team win its first gold medal. Sherry Bassin smuggled Jewish prayer books into the Soviet Union in the early 1980s. CBC News – Gary Waleik (freelance journalist) Growing up in a small Jewish community in Semans, […]

Community celebrates as player brings Memorial Cup home to Noelville

It was standing room only inside the Noelville Community Centre on Friday morning as Memorial Cup winner Philippe Daoust made a triumphant return home to French River. Ian Campbell CTVNorthernOntario.ca Videojournalist Follow | Contact Published Aug. 12, 2022 6:43 p.m. EDT The 20-year-old was a part of the Memorial Cup winning Saint John Sea Dogs […]