Rock add D-man McGuire

By Thomas Perry, The Daily Press (Timmins) Thursday, October 29, 2015 4:08:43 EDT PM   TIMMINS – The Timmins Rock have bolstered their blue-line following last week’s deal that saw defenceman Tyler Somers shipped to the Blind River Beavers in a straight cash transaction. Brennan McGuire, a 20-year-old Bloomington, Minn., native who started the season with the […]

Tom’s NOJHL power rankings October 27

By Thomas Perry, The Daily Press (Timmins) Tuesday, October 27, 2015 6:33:43 EDT PM   TIMMINS – The Powassan Voodoos are now just 39 victories away from a perfect season after they pushed their NOJHL season-opening winning streak to 13 games this past weekend. I know, I know, the chances of the Voodoos winning all 52 games […]

GALLERY: Voodoos edge Rock

By Thomas Perry, The Daily Press (Timmins) Sunday, October 25, 2015 1:33:43 EDT AM TIMMINS – Jake Staples power-play goal with less than a second remaining in the third period lifted the Powassan Voodoos to a 5-4 win over the Timmins Rock Saturday night. It was Staples second goal of the night and 11th of the season […]

GALLERY/VIDEO: Rock crush Eskis

By Thomas Perry, The Daily Press (Timmins) Thursday, October 22, 2015 12:58:51 EDT AM TIMMINS – The Timmins Rock rolled to their sixth-straight victory and crushed the Iroquois Falls Eskis 10-2 in the process Wednesday night at the McIntyre Arena. The Rock’s top two lines feasted on Eskis’ goaltending, with Jordan Rendle and Tristan Salesse each netting […]

Voodoos look to strafe North

By Thomas Perry, The Daily Press (Timmins) Wednesday, October 21, 2015 4:00:20 EDT PM TIMMINS – Local hockey fans will get their first look at the Canadian Junior Hockey League’s No. 1-ranked team this weekend as the Powassan Voodoos make a strafing run through the North. The Voodoos, with 10-straight wins under their belt, are the NOJHL’s […]

Rock host Eskis Wednesday

By Thomas Perry, The Daily Press (Timmins) Tuesday, October 20, 2015 12:20:05 EDT AM TIMMINS – The Timmins Rock will be looking to extend their winning streak to six games when they host the Iroquois Falls Eskis at the McIntyre Arena Wednesday night. Coming off a 6-5 victory over the NOJHL East Division-leading Cochrane Crunch Sunday afternoon, […]

GALLERY/VIDEO: Rock edge Crunch

By Thomas Perry, The Daily Press (Timmins) Sunday, October 18, 2015 9:02:05 EDT PM TIMMINS – The Timmins Rock held on to edge the Cochrane Crunch 6-5 and extend their winning streak to five games at the McIntyre Arena Sunday afternoon. The two teams combined for four goals — with the Rock netting three of them — […]

GALLERY: Rock derail Express

By Thomas Perry, The Daily Press (Timmins) Saturday, October 17, 2015 1:13:44 EDT AM TIMMINS – The Timmins Rock battled back to derail the Espanola Express 4-2 at the McIntyre Arena Friday night. Bain Cunningham’s goal 49 seconds into the final period snapped a 2-2 tie and stood up to be the game-winner. Cunningham, playing his first […]

Rock host Express, Crunch

By Thomas Perry, The Daily Press (Timmins) Thursday, October 15, 2015 6:00:48 EDT PM TIMMINS – Paul Gagne likely had his computer tuned into FastHockey.com’s broadcast of Thursday night’s NOJHL game between the Espanola Express and the Cochrane Crunch. Doing so would have provided the Timmins Rock coach and general manager with a chance to scout his […]

GALLERY/VIDEO: Rock double Gold Miners

By Thomas Perry, The Daily Press (Timmins) Thursday, October 8, 2015 1:07:53 EDT AM TIMMINS – The Timmins Rock doubled the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners 4-2 at the McIntyre Arena Wednesday night The victory allowed the home side to overtake the Gold Miners for third place in the NOJHL’s East Division standings, although the visitors have three […]