Rock to retire Sullivan’s No. 26

By Thomas Perry, The Daily Press (Timmins) Thursday, December 3, 2015 4:57:03 EST PM   TIMMINS – The Timmins Rock have announced the NOJHL team will retire Steve Sullivan’s No. 26 jersey during a ceremony prior to Sunday afternoon’s game against the Soo Eagles at the McIntyre Arena. “It is humbling, to be honest,” Sullivan said during […]

Eskis host Rock Friday

By Thomas Perry, The Daily Press (Timmins) Wednesday, December 2, 2015 6:41:26 EST PM   IROQUOIS FALLS – The Eskis 7-20-0-0 record in the team’s first season based out of the Jus Jordan Arena is a result of being consistently inconsistent. You need look no further than the team’s recent two-game road trip for a clear illustration […]

Rock ink Aaron Kerr, cut three

By Thomas Perry, The Daily Press (Timmins) Wednesday, December 2, 2015 5:06:55 EST PM   TIMMINS – The landscape of the Northern Ontario Junior ‘A’ Hockey League changed significantly with the arrival of Dec. 1. That’s the date all Canadian Junior Hockey League franchises — including the 12 in the NOJHL — have to reduce the number […]

GALLERY/VIDEO: Rock triple Rapids

By Thomas Perry, The Daily Press (Timmins) Saturday, November 28, 2015 1:05:26 EST AM TIMMINS – The Timmins Rock tripled French River 9-3 in the Rapids first ever visit to the McIntyre Arena Friday night. Fresh off an emotional 4-3 win over the Crunch in Cochrane Friday night, the Rock jumped out to a 5-0 lead and […]

GALLERY/VIDEO: Ferrington saves Rock

By Thomas Perry, The Daily Press (Timmins) Friday, November 27, 2015 2:22:09 EST AM COCHRANE – Logan Ferrington has made 1,057 saves in the NOJHL but none likely more significant than his game-saving glove-hand stop with the final seconds ticketing off the clock in the third period of Thursday night’s game at the Tim Horton Event Centre. […]

Rock make first trip to Cochrane

By Thomas Perry, The Daily Press (Timmins) Wednesday, November 25, 2015 9:49:10 EST PM   COCHRANE – Crunch fans will get their first look at the Rock when the Timmins franchise makes its inaugural visit of the 2015-16 NOJHL regular season to the Tim Horton Event Centre Thursday night. It will also be an opportunity for Cochrane […]

GALLERY: Rock roll over Eskis

By Thomas Perry, The Daily Press (Timmins) Sunday, November 22, 2015 2:13:16 EST AM IROQUOIS FALLS – The Timmins Rock exploded for six third-period goals en route to a 7-2 win over the Eskis at the Jus Jordan Arena Saturday night. One night after giving up six unanswered second-period goals to the Gold Miners in Kirkland Lake, […]

GALLERY: Gold Miners blast Rock

By Thomas Perry, The Daily Press (Timmins) Saturday, November 21, 2015 2:24:00 EST AM KIRKLAND LAKE – The Timmins Rock suffered a second-period collapse of monumental proportions at the Joe Mavrinac Community Complex Friday night. The Gold Miners netted six unanswered goals during the 20-minute span to break open what had been a close hockey game and […]

Rock trade Romain, ink duo

By Thomas Perry, The Daily Press (Timmins) Friday, November 20, 2015 4:43:07 EST PM   TIMMINS – The Timmins Rock made a number of roster moves prior to Friday night’s game against the Gold Miners in Kirkland Lake. The NOJHL team has traded forward Tyler Romain to the Napanee Raiders, of the Empire B Junior C League. […]

Tom’s Power Rankings November 16

By Thomas Perry, The Daily Press (Timmins) Monday, November 16, 2015 7:39:03 EST PM TIMMINS – As we near the mid-season mark in the Northern Ontario Junior ‘A’ Hockey League its 12 teams are beginning to separate themselves into favourites, contenders, pretenders and lost causes. With winning percentages of over .800, you have to group the Soo […]