NOJHL’s Beavers moving up in CJHL rankings

CALGARY, Alta. – The Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) announced Monday its Top 20 Rankings for the period wrapping up Oct. 2, and for a second straight week, the Collingwood Blues (OJHL) maintain their place at No. 1 nationally. Collingwood remains red-hot, as they’ve come away victorious in each of their first nine games to […]

VIDEO / GALLERY: Hearst handles Cochrane for 5th straight win

Photos: Northern Lights Photography HEARST, Ont. – The Hearst Lumberjacks skated to the fifth consecutive Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League victory Sunday in defeating the Cochrane Crunch 4-2 at Claude Larose Recreation Centre. The Lumberjacks connected three and a half minutes into the match-up as Tyler Patterson knocked one in off a goal-mouth scramble with […]

NOJHL names its Players of the Month for September

SUDBURY, Ont. – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League announced Saturday its Forward; Defenceman; Goaltender and Rookie of the Month for September. FORWARD OF THE MONTH: ZACHARY DEMERS, (F) HEARST LUMBERJACKS – A tremendous opening month of the campaign saw the 20-year-old St-Hubert, Que., product register a league-best 17 points with six impressive goals and […]

GALLERY: Hearst picks up narrow win in Cochrane

COCHRANE, Ont. – Riley Klugerman’s eighth goal in his past four outings, coming 16 and a half minutes into the first period, held up as the game-winner as the Hearst Lumberjacks skated away with a narrow 2-1 triumph over the Cochrane Crunch Friday in a fast-paced Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League affair at Tim Horton […]

NOJHL names its Eastlink TV 3 Stars of the Week

SUDBURY, Ont. – The Hearst Lumberjacks tandem of Zachary Demers and Riley Klugerman, along with fellow forward Alex Antoine of the Elliot Lake Red Wings have named the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League’s Eastlink TV 3 Stars of the Week, for the period ending Sept. 25. ZACHARY DEMERS, (F) HEARST LUMBERJACKS – Providing four highlight-reel-tallies […]

GALLERY: Lumberjacks take 2nd straight from Thunderbirds

Photos: Gary Rosevear HEARST, Ont. – Picking up multi-point nights from Zachary Demers and Riley Klugerman, for a second consecutive evening, the Hearst Lumberjacks knocked down the Soo Thunderbirds 7-3 in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League play Friday at Claude Larose Recreation Centre. Like Thursday’s match-up, Sault Ste. Marie got on the board first as […]

VIDEO / GALLERY: Klugerman, Demers lead Lumberjacks over Thunderbirds

Photos: Marc Johnson/Gary Rosevear HEARST, Ont. – The Hearst Lumberjacks saw Riley Klugerman notch a hat trick and Zachary Demers tally twice with a five-pack of highlight reel goals as part of a 6-2 victory over the Soo Thunderbirds Thursday night in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League action at Claude Larose Recreation Centre. Sault Ste. […]

CJHL 2022-23 season early glance

CALGARY, Alta. – Seven of the nine members organizations that comprise the Canadian Junior Hockey League see their years nicely underway while the remaining two leagues will commence regular season competition Friday. Here’s an early glance at each of the nine CJHL leagues, with an updates on the beginning of the 2022-23 campaign. MHL President: […]

GALLERY: Lumberjacks crown Gold Miners

Photos: Marc Andre Longval HEARST, Ont. – The Heart Lumberjacks stormed back from an early deficit and notched seven unanswered tallies to defeat the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners 7-1 in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League action Friday at Claude Larose Recreation Centre. Kirkland Lake needed just 12 seconds to strike when Ian McDonald was the […]

NOJHL announces pair of schedule changes

SUDBURY, Ont. – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League announced Friday a pair of scheduling changes. Due to a Hydro One Maintenance Shutdown, which will see the closure of the Claude Larose Recreation Centre on Sunday, September 25, the contest between the Soo Thunderbirds and host Hearst Lumberjacks has been moved to Thursday, Sept. 22. […]