VIDEO IROQUOIS FALLS - The Soo Thunderbirds flew off with a 5-2 victory over the Abitibi Eskimos Saturday night at the Jus Jordan Arena. The final outcome on the scoreboard didn’t reflect the effort put forth by the two sides, however, as the Eskimos gave the visitors everything they could handle. “We competed, I like the […]
TIMMINS - One of the Abitibi Eskimos top snipers will not be in the lineup this weekend when the NOJHL squad hosts the league’s only two unbeaten teams. Winger Aaron Kerr, who almost made the OHL’s Owen Sound Attack roster earlier this year, will be in Acadie-Bathurst for a tryout with the QMJHL’s Titan. Kerr was en […]
VIDEO IROQUOIS FALLS - The Abitibi Eskimos will be in tough this weekend as they look to find their way back to the victory column. The Northern Ontario Junior ‘A’ Hockey League’s only two undefeated teams — the Soo Thunderbirds and the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners — will visit the Jus Jordan Arena in hopes of adding […]
VIDEO IROQUOIS FALLS - The Espanola Rivermen earned the first victory in the Northern Ontario Junior ‘A’ Hockey League franchise’s history Saturday night. The visitors skated off with a 3-1 decision to the dismay of the Abitibi Eskimos and more than 700 fans at the Jus Jordan Arena. “I was not pleased with our effort in […]
VIDEO IROQUOIS FALLS - Eskimos fans will get their first look at the NOJHL’s newest franchise when the Espanola Rivermen skate onto the ice at the Jus Jordan Arena Saturday night for Abitibi’s 2013-14 home opener. And after an off season, the Eskimos will be looking to re-establish the Jus Jordan Arena as a difficult place […]
ESPANOLA - Count coach Tom McCarthy among those not 100% sure what kind of team the Espanola Rivermen will be in their first season in the Northern Ontario Junior ‘A’ Hockey League. The Rivermen got their first game action of the 2013-14 campaign in Kirkland Lake Friday night against the Gold Miners and will play their second […]
SUDBURY - Brady Clouthier’s goal with just under three minutes to play lifted the Abitibi Eskimos to a 3-2 win over the Sudbury Nickel Barons Wednesday night. The game, played at the McClelland Arena, was the first game of the Northern Ontario Junior ‘A’ Hockey League’s 2013-14 regular season. Kealey Cummings and Brennan Roy earned assists on […]
SUDBURY - The puck drops on the Northern Ontario Junior ‘A’ Hockey League regular season Wednesday night at the McClelland Arena. And the visiting Abitibi Eskimos will be looking for a better result than when they opened the 2012-13 campaign against the Sudbury Nickel Barons at the Jus Jordan Arena. The visitors skated off with a 6-2 […]
The regular Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League season starts on Wednesday for the home-town side. The Abitibi Eskimos are set to start the season with a record of no wins – and two losses. Granted, those two losses were against the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners in a two-game home-and-home series – the only two games […]
GALLERY KIRKLAND LAKE - Abitibi Eskimos coach and general manager Paul Gagne was livid following Sunday’s 3-2 double-overtime exhibition loss to the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners. “It was a mistake off the boards, coming up the middle, and bang, they tied the game,” he said, describing Alex Hulford’s goal with 2:05 to play in regulation. “And […]
