French River survives Hearst rally with OT victory

HEARST, Ont. – The French River Rapids let a late three-goal lead get away before eventually prevailing in overtime as they pulled out a 6-5 victory over the Hearst Lumberjacks Saturday night in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League contest at Claude Larose Arena. Hearst did open the scoring 80 seconds into the match-up on […]

Crunch outlast Rapids in high-scoring affair played in Iroquois Falls

IROQUOIS FALLS, Ont. – With plenty of offensive fire power on both sides the Cochrane Crunch went on to outlast the French River Rapids Friday with an eventual 8-7 victory in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League neutral site affair at Jus Jordan Arena in Iroquois Falls. Cochrane came out quickly and skated out to […]

GALLERY: Rock move into 1st overall following road win

FRENCH RIVER – Two goals apiece from Tyler Schwindt and Phil Caron helped propel the Timmins Rock to a 6-2 decision over French River Rapids Sunday in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League meeting at Noelville Arena. The victory moves Timmins into first place overall in the NOJHL standings, two points clear of the idle […]

GALLERY: Smith strikes in OT as Rapids top Lumberjacks

FRENCH RIVER – A Ryan Smith marker off a nice individual rush near the midway point of overtime was the difference as the French River Rapids came back to slip past the Hearst Lumberjacks 4-3 in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League encounter Friday evening at Noelville Arena. On the power play, six and a […]

Make-up date; venue change announced for pair of NOJHL contests

SUDBURY, Ont. – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League has announced a make-up date for a previously postponed contest as well as a venue change for an upcoming game. The earlier December 12 called off match-up between the Timmins Rock and Kirkland Lake Gold Miners will now be played at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, January […]

NOJHL names its Eastlink TV 3 Stars of the Week

SUDBURY, Ont. – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League announced Monday that forward Nicholas Grandy (Cochrane Crunch) along with goaltenders Sebastian Woods (French River Rapids) and Sam Evola (Soo Thunderbirds) have been named its Eastlink TV 3 Stars of the Week for the period ending Jan. 5. NICHOLAS GRANDY, (F) COCHRANE CRUNCH – The 20-year-old […]

GALLERY: Powassan moves back into 1st with road win against French River

FRENCH RIVER – The Powassan Voodoos built an early three-goal lead, then withstood a third period comeback bid by the French River Rapids before eventually prevailing with a 3-2 road win in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League meeting Sunday at Noelville Arena. The victory gives the Voodoos 58 points on the season and puts […]

Rapids sink Gold Miners thanks to 3-goal 2nd

FRENCH RIVER – The French River Rapids rode the strength of a three-goal second period to help send them on their way to an eventual 5-1 victory over the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League play Saturday at Noelville Arena. French River got going offensively 4:22 into the contest as Ryan […]

GALLERY: Rapids blank Wildcats in NOJHL action Friday

FRENCH RIVER – The French River Rapids scored once in each period and had a combined 28 saves from netminders Chase Johnson and Sebastien Woods to help them blank the Elliot Lake Wildcats 3-0 in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League action Friday evening at Noelville Arena. Ryan Smith got the Rapids going six and a […]

GALLERY: Voodoos victorious vs. Rapids

FRENCH RIVER – The Powassan Voodoos fell behind early, but countered by notching the night’s final four tallies as they went on to defeat the French River Rapids 4-1 in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League action Wednesday evening at Noelville Arena. As mentioned, French River was the first to strike on the night on Ben […]