GALLERY: Miners ‘Gun’ down Rock

By Thomas Perry, The Daily Press (Timmins) Friday, February 3, 2017 12:09:45 EST PM TIMMINS – The Timmins Rock’s hopes of finishing second in the NOJHL’s East Division standings were dealt a severe blow Thursday night at the McIntyre Arena. While the Rock (27-12-3-0) were sleep walking their way through a lethargic effort that ended with the […]

GALLERY: Rock edge Eskis in OT

By Thomas Perry, The Daily Press (Timmins) Sunday, January 29, 2017 1:54:20 EST AM IROQUOIS FALLS – Wayne Mathieu’s second goal of the game and 20th of the season with 20 seconds remaining in the first overtime period lifted the Timmins Rock to a 5-4 win over the Eskis Saturday night at the Jus Jordan Arena. It […]

VIDEO & GALLERY: Rock edge Beavers in 2OT

By Thomas Perry, The Daily Press (Timmins) Saturday, January 28, 2017 1:35:15 EST AM TIMMINS – Bain Cunningham’s goal with less than a second remaining in double overtime lifted the Timmins Rock to a 5-4 win over the Blind River Beavers at the McIntyre Arena Friday night. Playing three-on-three in the second five-minute session, Cunningham took a […]

Rock host Beavers Friday

By Thomas Perry, The Daily Press (Timmins) Wednesday, January 25, 2017 6:28:11 EST PM TIMMINS – Timmins Rock fans will get their first — and likely only — look at the new and improved Beavers when Blind River invades the McIntyre Arena Friday night. The only way the Rock and the Beavers will meet again is if […]

Rock tops in attendance

By Thomas Perry, The Daily Press (Timmins) Tuesday, January 24, 2017 5:17:46 EST PM TIMMINS – On the ice, the Timmins Rock have the fourth-best winning percentage in the NOJHL and that success has certainly translated well at the box office. After finishing second in attendance to the Soo Eagles in last year’s campaign, the franchise’s first […]

Voodoos edge Rock

By Thomas Perry, The Daily Press (Timmins) Sunday, January 22, 2017 1:02:52 EST AM TIMMINS – The Rock came up one goal short in their quest to ground the Voodoos at the Sportsplex Saturday night. Trailing 2-0 after 40 minutes, the Rock were able to cut the Voodoos lead to 2-1 on a third-period goal by Stewart […]

GALLERY: Rock double up Rapids

By Thomas Perry, The Daily Press (Timmins) Saturday, January 21, 2017 1:17:47 EST AM FRENCH RIVER – Alexandre Brisson scored a pair of empty-net goals to help lead the Timmins Rock to a 4-2 win over the Rapids Friday night at the Noelville Arena. The victory allowed the Rock (25-10-3-0) to keep pace with the Crunch (27-11-4-1) […]

GALLERY: Lague will add size

By Thomas Perry, The Daily Press (Timmins) Wednesday, January 18, 2017 7:57:37 EST PM TIMMINS – The Timmins Rock lineup got a little bigger Tuesday afternoon with the arrival of forward Maxime Laguë in the City with the Heart of Gold. The 19-year-old native of St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., was acquired by the Rock from the La Ronge Ice […]

Kiriacou ready for playoffs

By Thomas Perry, The Daily Press (Timmins) Tuesday, January 17, 2017 3:21:20 EST PM TIMMINS – New Rock forward Dean Kiriacou has a ways to go before his facial hair will rival San Jose Sharks Joe Thornton and Brent Burns, but he arrived in Timmins with his playoff beard well underway. “This is me after three weeks […]

Rogers earns weekly star

By Thomas Perry, The Daily Press (Timmins) Tuesday, January 17, 2017 3:32:22 EST PM TIMMINS – Timmins Rock goalie Albert Rogers has been named one of the Eastlink TV Three Stars of the Week in the NOJHL. Soo Eagles goalie Kade Phipps was named first star, while his teammate, forward Chris Murphy claimed second star honours and […]