The Memorial Cup champions are coming to town

Tickets still available for charity game between Rouyn-Noranda Huskies and Sudbury Wolves by: Maija Hoggett A charity hockey match raising cash for children’s mental health is coming up.Tickets are still available for the pre-season game between the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies, the reigning Memorial Cup champions, and Sudbury Wolves. This is the second consecutive year that the Quebec Major […]

Keegan McMullen cracks Peterborough Petes roster, despite late selection

He played with the Timmins Rock during the 2018-19 season by: Mark Pare – KitchenerToday Players will be the first to tell you once they’re on the ice, where you were selected – or IF you were selected – becomes irrelevant. Even if that player literally carries with him the moniker of “Mr. Irrelevant,” a term […]

Rock ready to host Panthers

Rock fans will have the unique opportunity Wednesday night to see how their NOJHL squad stacks up against the GOJHL’s Pelham Panthers. Thomas Perry – The Daily Press More from Thomas Perry The contest — scheduled for a 7 p.m. start at the McIntyre Arena — will be the second and final exhibition tilt for the […]

Rock exhibition season opens Wednesday in KL

The 2019-20 version of the Timmins Rock will open their NOJHL exhibition schedule at the Joe Mavrinac Community Complex in Kirkland Lake Wednesday night. Thomas Perry – The Daily Press More from Thomas Perry In preparation for the engagement with the Gold Miners, the Rock — who have 13 veterans back from the 2019-20 campaign […]

Timmins Rock 4th Annual NHL Celebrity Golf Tournament Was A Success

It’s a tournament like this one that signals the end of the off season and the beginning of a new season for our Timmins Rock. by alain.quevillon This year the team was fortunate enough to bring some even bigger names to their annual golf tournament. Shayne Corson, Darcy Tucker, and George Laraque were this year’s […]

America’s Got Talent comic star to perform at Rock fundraiser

Taylor Williamson will perform in Timmins on Thursday, Oct. 17. Jordan Horrobin – The Daily Press More from Jordan Horrobin The Timmins Rock Junior ‘A’ hockey club embarked on their latest fundraising venture this week, with tickets now on sale for a comedy show featuring a comic who rose to fame on a popular network […]

Timmins North Stars alumni excited for upcoming reunion

When Chip Mercier was 20, he made a deal with himself during a summer break from school. Jordan Horrobin  – The Daily Press More from Jordan Horrobin If he got a mining job and made the Timmins North Stars – the amateur Intermediate ‘A’ team he grew up idolizing – he would remain in Timmins. […]

Canada East roster Rock

The Timmins Rock will be well represented at the Team Canada East selection camp to be held in advance of the 2019 World Junior ‘A’ Challenge in Dawson Creek, B.C., this December. Thomas Perry More from Thomas Perry Three members of the Rock — forwards Derek Seguin and Keegan McMullen, as well as blue-liner Phil […]

Rock sign Caron, Tremblay

The Timmins Rock have made a significant upgrade to their blue-line by adding a defender with Major Junior experience in two leagues to their D corps. Thomas Perry More from Thomas Perry Timmins native Phil Caron — a 2000-birth-year blue-liner who spent time with the Soo Greyhounds (25, 0-2-2, 6) and the Guelph Storm (1, […]

Tucker, Corson and Laraque to tee off at Rock golf tourney

Fourth-annual Timmins Rock NHL Celebrity Golf Tournament at Spruce Needles Golf Club on Thursday, Aug. 15 Thomas Perry More from Thomas Perry The Timmins Rock have assembled a forward line that would leave even the most-feared NHL tough guy trembling in his skates. Darcy Tucker, Shayne Corson and Georges Laraque — who will be the […]