IROQUOIS FALLS - The Abitibi Eskimos will kick off the 2013-14 Northern Ontario Junior ‘A’ Hockey League regular season campaign in Sudbury. Following that game on Sept. 4, however, the Eskimos will play six-straight games on home ice. The first of those games will be on Saturday, Sept. 7, when the NOJHL’s newest entry, the yet-to-be-named Espanola […]

IROQUOIS FALLS – the Abitibi Eskimos are pleased to announce that Brady Clouthier will be suiting up for the black-and-gold this season. The 19-year old high-end forward toiled last year with the Brampton Bombers of the GOJHL while attending York University for Kinesiology (Bachelor Science). He plans to continue his studies at Northern College (Paramedic) […]

NORTHERN ONTARIO JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUEwww.nojhl.com NOJHL COMMUNICATIONSMEDIA RELEASE Release date: Monday, June 24, 2013 NOJHL Notebook: League meetings news includes addition of Espanola for 2013-14 SUDBURY – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League held meetings at Laurentian Lodge in Elliot Lake over the weekend with a plethora of news items coming about from the two-day […]

IROQUOIS FALLS – the Abitibi Eskimos are pleased to announce that Tommy Labrecque will be suiting up for the black-and-gold for the upcoming season. The 6’ 02” – 190 lbs. left winger has been playing Junior A hockey in the USA. Last season, with the Trenton Habs of the NSHL, Labrecque tallied 51 points in […]

IROQUOIS FALLS – the Abitibi Eskimos are pleased to announce that Will Wickersham has agreed to sign for the upcoming season. The 20-year-old, 5’ 10”, 190 lbs. defenseman was a standout last season with the Richmond Generals of the MJHL (Metropolitan Junior Hockey League). The MJHL is the oldest Junior hockey league in the United […]

IROQUOIS FALLS – the Abitibi Eskimos are pleased to announce that Dan Dube has accepted the newly created position of Assistant General Manager with the region’s Junior A hockey club. The affable Dube has just completed his first full season as an assistant bench boss for the Eskis, a role he will continue to fill […]

TIMMINS – Winning hockey games is a team effort. For Timmins Eagles’ head coach James Daschuk, (Abitibi Eskimos 1999-2000) being named the Northern Ontario ‘AAA’ Bantam Hockey League coach of the year was also a team effort. The humble coach was quick to deflect the attention off of himself and on to the coaching staff. […]

IROQUOIS FALLS - The fat lady has sung. The Abitibi Eskimos were eliminated from the Northern Ontario Junior ‘A’ Hockey League playoffs following a 6-3 defeat at the hands of the Soo Thunderbirds on Sunday at the Jus Jordan Arena in Iroquois Falls. Five goals in the third period sealed the Eskimos’ fate. “We played another awesome […]

TIMMINS – The Eskimos are down two games, but don’t count them out just yet. Five goals over the final 40 minutes of Game 2, including a natural hat trick and shorthanded goal from Justin Holiday over a span of less than eight minutes in the third period, has the Abitibi Eskimos hungry for Game […]