GRAND PRIZE WINNER – $ 3,000.00 Robert O’Connor – Timmins Ticket No. 1484 (left- right) Mitch Gauthier (Eskimos) – Robert O’Connor – Yves Laundry (Wal-Mart) – Eric Ouellet (Salesman) CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNER – $ 500.00Michel Forget – Iroquois FallsTicket No. 4833 (left – right) Eric Ouellet (Salesman) – Michel Forget – John Sedgwick (Wal-Mart) CONSOLATION […]
Abitibi Eskimos coach and general manager Paul Gagne has not stopped smiling since the team re-acquired forward Marc-Alain Begin from the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies. And after a weekend in which the scoring star picked up 12 points in a pair of victories for the Iroquois Falls-based Northern Ontario Junior ‘A’ Hockey League team, who can blame […]
The Abitibi Eskimos will have a familiar face back in the lineup when they kick off the second half of their Northern Ontario Junior ‘A’ Hockey League schedule in Kirkland Lake Friday. Eskimos coach and general manager Paul Gagne confirmed on Thursday that Marc-Alain Begin, the team’s leading scorer, is returning to the lineup after […]
(Sudbury,Ontario– January 5, 2012) – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League (NOJHL) and The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport(CCES) are pleased to announce a new two-year agreement under which the CCES will provide anti-doping education and testing services in support of the NOJHL’s newly implemented anti-doping policy. “It is very encouraging to see the […]
SMITHS FALLS— Team NOJHL found the victory column at the 2011 Central Canada Cup All-Star Challenge on Wednesday night. And three members of the Abitibi Eskimos played a significant role in the 1-0 win over Ontario Junior Hockey League North. Goaltender J.P. Fecteau split the game with Kirkand Lake’s Ken Appleby, who was credited with […]
The Central Canada Hockey League is pleased to announce the first annual CENTRAL CANADA ALL-STAR CHALLENGE will be hosted by the CCHL in Smiths Falls at the new Smiths Falls Community Memorial Centre. The event will take place December 27-29, 2011 and see all-star teams from the CCHL, the OJHL, the QJAAAHL and the NOJHL […]
NORTH BAY — The Trappers closed to within two points of the Abitibi Eskimos in the Northern Ontario Junior ‘A’ Hockey League standings with a 6-3 victory over the visitors Thursday night. Even so, the strong play of affiliate players gave Eskimos coach and general manager Paul Gagne plenty of reasons to smile heading into […]
The scoresheet shows the Abitibi Eskimos dropped a 3-2 overtime decision to the North Bay Trappers Wednesday night, but it was a moral victory for the home side. With five regulars out of the lineup because of injury and suspension, it would have been easy for the Eskimos to fold their tents. That was especially […]
The Abitibi Eskimos head into an important home-and-home series with the North Bay Trappers this week with continuing concerns about a short bench. North Bay trails the Eskimos by five points in the Northern Ontario Junior ‘A’ Hockey League’s Eastern Division standings, with two games in hand heading into Wednesday night’s encounter at the Jus […]
BLIND RIVER — The Abitibi Eskimos built up a 4-0 first-period lead Saturday night en route to defeating the Beavers 6-3. The victory evens the Eskimos record on their current three-game road trip at 1-1. Guillaume Rheault scored twice and added an assist to help Abitibi end its three-game losing streak. Captain Richard Therrien, Jacob […]
