IROQUOIS FALLS - Boris Katchouk scored two goals and added two assists to lead the Soo Thunderbirds to an 8-3 win over the Abitibi Eskimos at the Jus Jordan Arena Sunday afternoon. The victory allowed the Thunderbirds to sweep their three-game road trip through the NOJHL’s East Division, after they earned a 5-2 win over the Crunch […]
KIRKLAND LAKE - After upsetting the Gold Miners 2-1 Tuesday night, the Abitibi Eskimos couldn’t complete a sweep of their home-and-home series Saturday night at the Joe Mavrinac Community Complex. The home side got a pair of goals from Bryan Lubin, his fourth and fifth of the season, and went on to clock the Eskimos 6-1, despite […]
TIMMINS - Local NOJHL fans will get their second and final look at the Soo Thunderbirds this weekend unless either the Cochrane Crunch or the Abitibi Eskimos advance to the championship series. The Thunderbirds will take on the Crunch at the Tim Horton Event Centre in Cochrane Saturday night and the Eskimos at the Jus Jordan Arena […]
IROQUOIS FALLS - Brennan Roy’s power-play goal with 5:43 to play in the third period lifted the Abitibi Eskimos to a 2-1 win over the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners at the Jus Jordan Arena Tuesday night. “That was a huge goal,” Roy said. “It was like playoff hockey out there tonight and I was just happy to […]
TIMMINS - The top two scorers in the NOJHL — Cochrane Crunch forward Cody Gratton (40, 49-33-82, 33) and Abitibi Eskimos forward Brady Clouthier (37, 36-36-72, 53) — have a lot in common. Most notable is the fact they’ve both produced nine-point games this season in which they scored six goals and added three assists. Gratton turned […]
TIMMINS - Brendan Locke’s 30th goal of the season, scored with 38 seconds remaining in the first overtime period, lifted the Abitibi Eskimos to a 4-3 win over the Mattawa Blackhawks at the Archie Dillon Sportsplex Friday night. “(Brennan) Roy was giving me some pointers on the bench, just telling me what to do and where to […]
TIMMINS - The Abitibi Eskimos know better than most NOJHL teams that the Mattawa Blackhawks can’t be taken lightly. The Blackhawks have managed just nine victories so far this season, but two of those wins — both in Mattawa — have come at the expense of the Eskimos. And both of those decisions came prior to the […]
SUDBURY - The Abitibi Eskimos surrendered four-straight third period goals en route to an 8-5 loss to eh Nickel Barons at the McClelland Arena Wednesday night. After falling behind 4-1 during the first 20 minutes of play the Eskimos stormed back to tie the score 4-4 in the second period and jumped in front 5-4 2:25 into […]
TIMMINS - There are a lot of positive things that can be said about the Northern Ontario Junior ‘A’ Hockey League’s unbalanced schedule. For example, having teams in the same conference, like the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners, the Cochrane Crunch and the Abitibi Eskimos, play each other 10 times — five at home and five on the […]
IROQUOIS FALLS - Brennan Roy scored three goals and set up two others to lead the Abitibi Eskimos to a convincing 8-2 win over the Cochrane Crunch at the Jus Jordan Arena Saturday night. The victory — the third-straight for the Eskimos — pulled the home side within three points of the second-place Crunch in the NOJHL’s […]
