ELLIOT LAKE - The Abitibi Eskimos concluded a successful road trip with a 6-3 win over the Bobcats Sunday night. The Eskimos were able to earn four of a possible six points during the trip, with only one bad period in Sault Ste. Marie preventing that point total from being even higher. “The third period, when they […]
BLIND RIVER - Landon Heibert scored his first two goals in an Abitibi uniform Saturday night to lead the Eskimos to a 4-2 victory over the Beavers. Jacob Kenney staked the visitors to a 1-0 lead in the first period of their second game of a three-game road trip. Heibert then notched the first of his […]
SAULT STE. MARIE - The Soo Thunderbirds scored three unanswered third-period goals to snap a 2-2 tie and defeat the visiting Abitibi Eskimos 5-2 at the Essar Centre Friday night. The game was the first of three weekend road games for the Eskimos. Grant Syrette gave the Thunderbirds a 1-0 lead in the first period and added […]
SUDBURY – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League released Wednesday its roster for the upcoming Central Canada Cup Challenge Dec. 27-29 in Terrebonne, Que. A total of 20 players, as well as four alternates, were named to the squad that will represent the NOJHL at the three-day event that will also feature teams from the […]
SUDBURY – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey announced Monday Kirkland Lake Gold Miners defenceman Jeremy Picard-Fiset along with forwards Brenden Locke of the Abitibi Eskimos and Joey Miller of the Soo Thunderbirds have been named the “3 Stars” of the week for the period ending Dec. 1. JEREMY PICARD-FISET, (F) KIRKLAND LAKE GOLD MINERS – […]
IROQUOIS FALLS - Brenden Locke scored three goals to lead the Abitibi Eskimos to a 7-2 win over the Sudbury Nickel Barons at the Jus Jordan Arena Saturday night. The Eskimos scored early and often to route a Sudbury team that dressed just 13 skaters and two goalies for the contest and lost forward August Jarecki to […]
NORTH BAY - The Abitibi Eskimos dominated the North Bay Trappers to secure a 5-2 win in the final game of a three-game road trip Sunday. The first two games of the trip — a 6-3 loss to the Bobcats in Elliot Lake Friday night and a 4-2 loss to the Nickel Barons on Saturday night — […]
SUDBURY – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey announced Monday that Kirkland Lake Gold Miners forward Samuel Wilbur along with goaltender Kenny Fitzgerald and Abitibi Eskimos forward Brady Clouthier have been its “3 Stars” of the week for the period ending Nov. 17. SAMUEL WILBUR, (F) KIRKLAND LAKE GOLD MINERS – Wilbur was recognized for […]
Friday nights at the “Mac” were always special in years gone by – whether it was because the Abitibi Eskimos were in town to take on the T&S Flyers, or the Columbians were meeting Schumacher Bears – it was always a night out in small town Northern Ontario. Fans relived the experience last […]
VIDEO IROQUOIS FALLS - Abitibi goalie Sylvain Miron got his groove back Saturday night, former Eskimos goalie Etienne Roy, not so much. Miron, making his first start after sitting six-straight games, was steady in the net, while stopping 30 of the 34 shots Elliot Lake fired his way. “We feel relieved for him,” said Eskimos coach […]
