The French River Rapids Jr A Hockey Club, are very pleased to announce the signing of Jacob Romano. Jacob comes to the Rapids from the Oshawa Generals minor hockey program where he played Minor-midget AAA. He was named the top player on his team. “Jacob is a smart and intelligent hockey player who is a […]
By Ben Leeson, Sudbury Star Wednesday, April 26, 2017 7:37:10 EDT PM Sherry Bassin came east for work, but hockey followed him. Before becoming the legendary junior hockey executive who turned three OHL franchises into champions and built a pair of gold medal-winning world junior teams, Bassin grew up in the small town of Semans, […]
by Randy Pascal With just five wins to show for a total of 110 NOJHL (Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League) regular season games over the course of the past two years, the French River Rapids are fully aware of the mountain they have to climb, just to achieve respectability. Give owner Paul Frustaglia credit, however. […]
By Sam Laskaris MISSISSAUGA—A half dozen Anishinabek players will be among those hoping to help the Ontario boys’ team capture some hardware at the upcoming National Aboriginal Hockey Championships (NAHC). The 22-player roster was announced this past April 14. The squad will compete at the national tournament, which will be held May 1-6, in Cowichan, […]
2017-04-17 by Randy Pascal The French River Rapids would love nothing more than to take a page right out of the 2016-2017 yearbook of the Blind River Beavers. For the majority of their years in the NOJHL (Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League), the Beavers have found even reasonable competitiveness within the ranks as a somewhat […]
By Randy Russon hockeynewsnorth.com French River Rapids of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have confirmed a revamping of the two-year old franchise with the appointment of Sherry Bassin as senior director of hockey operations and Ken Strong as head coach. The 77-year old Bassin has a link to the Ontario Hockey League that dates […]
By Ben Leeson, Sudbury Star Monday, October 17, 2016 6:17:19 EDT PM Christian Gaudreau makes an hour-long commute several times each week between his home in Val Caron and Noelville Arena, where he suits up for the French River Rapids of the NOJHL. Gaudreau doesn’t mind travel, however. The big left-winger got used to it […]
NORTHERN ONTARIO JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE NOJHL NETWORK MEDIA UPDATE Release Date: Friday, Jan. 22, 2016 Hepler, MacLean, Lopez lead Elliot Lake over French River ELLIOT LAKE, Ont. – Cole Hepler and Spencer MacLean both had hat tricks and registered five and four points respectively while Chad Lopez dished out five assists to help send the […]
NOJHLCMHA branches launch Talk Today partnership; Suicide-awareness, mental health training coming for 300 players (Dec. 8, 2015) – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League (NOJHL) and four local branches of the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) are pleased to announce their partnership in Talk Today, one of the most comprehensive mental health education programs for […]
