NOJHL announces 2018 playoff format/timeline

SUDBURY, Ont. – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League announced Thursday the format and timeline for the upcoming NOJHL playoffs and the quest for the Copeland Cup-McNamara Trophy. Among the 12 league member clubs, the top five teams in each of the NOJHL’s East and West divisions will qualify for postseason play. Round 1 action […]

Cochrane comes back to slip past Kirkland Lake

KIRKLAND LAKE, Ont. – Gordon Whelan’s first Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League goal, coming six and a half minutes into the third period, helped the Cochrane Crunch complete a 4-3 come from behind victory over the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners Saturday at the Joe Mavrinac Community Complex. Both sides notched early tallies in this one […]

Bradburn’s power play OT winner sees Timmins top Kirkland Lake

KIRKLAND LAKE, Ont. – C.J. Bradburn’s second goal of the game, coming on a power play, 3:32 into overtime was the difference as the Timmins Rock edged the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners 5-4 Friday in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League East Division affair at Joe Mavrinac Community Complex. Jordan Picard started things off offensively […]

GALLERY: Masternak stops 34 as Rock shutout Gold Miners

TIMMINS, Ont. – Tyler Masternak turned aside all 34 shots he faced to register his second Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League shutout Wednesday evening as the Timmins Rock blanked the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners 1-0 in a low-scoring match-up in front of nearly 700 fans at McIntyre Arena. Timmins picked up what would be the […]

Gold Miners – Lumberjacks skate to 3-3 double OT draw

KIRKLAND LAKE, Ont. – Quinn Schneidmiller’s first Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League goal, coming with 3:12 remaining in regulation, lifted the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners into an eventual 3-3 double overtime draw with the Hearst Lumberjacks Sunday afternoon at the Joe Mavrinac Community Complex. First period play saw each team tally once beginning with the […]

Powassan scores 5 straight in home win against Kirkland Lake

POWASSAN, Ont. – After giving up the night’s opening goal the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League-leading Powassan Voodoos answered back with five unanswered markers to defeat the visiting Kirkland Lake Gold Miners 5-1 Friday evening at the Powassan Sportsplex. Kirkland Lake would get on the board first just past the 12-minute mark of the first […]

NOJHL alumnus Appleby makes 1st NHL start

SUDBURY, Ont. – Another Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League alumnus made his National Hockey League debut this week and also made his first NHL start last night. Former Kirkland Lake Blue Devils netminder Ken Appleby got the nod Thursday evening for the New Jersey Devils where he started against the defending NHL Western Conference champion […]

GALLERY: Wildcats edge Gold Miners in double OT

KIRKLAND LAKE, Ont. – Connor Taylor connected 43 seconds into double overtime to give the Elliot Lake Wildcats a narrow 3-2 victory over the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League contest Saturday at the Joe Mavrinac Community Complex. A tight-checking first period was scoreless with goaltenders Cade McEwen of the […]

Kirkland Lake completes comeback with OT triumph vs. French River

KIRKLAND LAKE, Ont. – A Tyler Fyfe tally 2:26 into overtime was the difference as the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners came back to upend the French River Rapids 4-3 Friday evening in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League action at Joe Mavrinac Community Complex. Neither side would connect offensively in a scoreless opening 20 minutes, but […]

Max Cavallini Signs NCAA Commitment

Congratulations to GoldMiners forward Max Cavallini, who  recently committed to NCAA Division III Lake Forest College, in Lake Forest, Illinois, on Chicago’s North Shore. The Barrington, Illinois resident, in his 2nd year with the GoldMiners, gets to play close to home. Max says, ” it’s about an hour drive down the road, so it’ll be […]