SUDBURY – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League announced Monday that Soo Thunderbirds goaltender Brian Kment, Abitibi Eskimos forward Brenden Locke and Cochrane Crunch forward Dustin Cordeiro have been selected the Eastlink TV 3 Stars of the week for the period concluding Oct. 5. BRIAN KMENT, (G) SOO THUNDERBIRDS – Thunderbirds’ goaltender Kment stood tall […]
IROQUOIS FALLS - Captain Kevin Walker scored a goal and added an assist to the Abitibi Eskimos to a 4-3 victory over the Powassan Voodoos at the Jus Jordan Arena Saturday night. “(Brady) Clouthier was in the corner doing all the work and I really can’t take much credit for it,” Walker said of his goal that […]
TIMMINS - Brenden Locke netted his second hat-trick in as many games to lead the Abitibi Eskimos to a 5-3 win over the Mattawa Blackhawks at the Archie Dillon Sportsplex Friday night. Locke, who now has eight goals on the season, found the back of the net in each period and also accounted for the game-winner, playing […]
TIMMINS - The Mattawa Blackhawks have yet to win a game, a trend the Abitibi Eskimos are hoping will continue Friday night. That might be easier said than done, however, given that the Eskimos will tangle with the physical Blackhawks on the smaller ice surface of the Archie Dillon Sportsplex. “It is going to be a little […]
TIMMINS - The defending-champion Kirkland Lake Gold Miners retain their spot atop Tom’s Top 9 NOJHL power rankings this week, but there is plenty of movement below them. The first number refers to this week’s ranking, the second to last week’s and the third to the initial preseason predicted order of finish: 1. (1-3) Kirkland Lake Gold […]
IROQUOIS FALLS - Defenceman Brennan Roy scored three goals and added an assist to lead the Abitibi Eskimos to an 11-2 win over the Blind River Beavers at the Jus Jordan Arena Saturday night. “The first one, the puck just kind of came out to me and I just tried to fire it on net, there were […]
SUDBURY - The Nickel Barons notched three power-play goals en route to a 5-3 win over the visiting Abitibi Eskimos at the McClelland Arena Wednesday night. Two of those goals — scored while Eskimos forward Cameron Etherington was serving a five-minute major for head contact late in the second period — proved to be especially costly. “It […]
IROQUOIS FALLS - The Kirkland Lake Gold Miners edged the Abitibi Eskimos 3-2 at the Jus Jordan Arena Tuesday night, gaining a little revenge for a one goal loss to their NOJHL East Division rivals four days earlier. “We competed more, that’s No. 1,” said Gold Miners coach and general manager Marc Lafleur, when asked to describe […]
SUDBURY – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League announced today that a trio of goaltenders have been named Eastlink TV 3 Stars of the week for the period concluding Sept. 21. Earning Eastlink TV 3 stars honours are goaltenders Braddock Baalerud of the Abitibi Eskimos, Kevin Labelle of the Sudbury Nickel Barons and A.J. Smith […]
IROQUOIS FALLS - The Abitibi Eskimos will be looking to hand the NOJHL East Division-leading Kirkland Lake Gold Miners their second loss Tuesday night at the Jus Jordan Arena. The Eskimos succeeded in shutting down a “sleepy” Gold Miners squad Friday night while posting a 2-1 win over Kirkland Lake at the McIntyre Arena. The Gold Miners […]
