Powassan prevails over Espanola in OT

ESPANOLA, Ont. – Mitch Wilkie’s first NOJHL goal, coming 3:55 into overtime, propelled the Powassan Voodoos to a 3-2 decision over the Espanola Paper Kings in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League competition Friday at the Regional Recreation Complex. The Voodoos also started strong, snagging a 2-0 lead after one period of play on tallies from […]

VIDEO / GALLERY: Espanola comes back to defeat Powassan

Photos: Powassan Voodoos POWASSAN, Ont. – The surprising Espanola Paper Kings came back from an early two-goal deficit to defeat the Powassan Voodoos 4-2 Wednesday night in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League match-up at the Powassan Sportsplex. Picking up an early power play, Powassan took advantage as they opened the scoring 2:40 into the […]

CJHL 2022-23 season early glance

CALGARY, Alta. – Seven of the nine members organizations that comprise the Canadian Junior Hockey League see their years nicely underway while the remaining two leagues will commence regular season competition Friday. Here’s an early glance at each of the nine CJHL leagues, with an updates on the beginning of the 2022-23 campaign. MHL President: […]

NOJHL names its Eastlink TV 3 Stars of the Week

SUDBURY, Ont. – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League announced Monday that defenceman Alex Little (Powassan Voodoos) as well as forwards Atley Gringorten (Espnaola Paper Kings) and Nicolas Pigeon (Timmins Rock) have ben tabbed its Eastlink TV 3 Stars of the Week, for the period ending Sept. 18. ALEX LITTLE, (D) POWASSAN VOODOOS – An […]

GALLERY: Gringorten grabs spotlight in Espanola win vs. Blind River

ESPANOLA, Ont. – The efforts of Atley Gringorten saw him score three times to propel the Espanola Paper Kings to a 6-2 triumph over the Blind River Beavers in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League affair Friday at the Regional Recreation Complex. All business early on, Espanola roared out to a 3-0 first period lead […]

VIDEO / GALLERY: Paper Kings edge Cubs in OT

Photos: Sudbury Light Event Photography SUDBURY, Ont. – A Yan Bessette man advantage marker, off a turnover, nearly three minutes into overtime lifted the Espanola Paper Kings to a 4-3 victory over the Greater Sudbury Cubs in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League match-up Thursday at Gerry McCrory Countryside Sports Complex. Espanola were first to strike […]

Hearst rallies late in Espanola

ESPANOLA, Ont. – A pair of late power play tallies, in the final minute of regulation, propelled the Hearst Lumberjacks to a dramatic 5-4 victory over the Espanola Paper Kings Saturday in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League meeting at the Regional Recreation Complex. Breaking into Espanola territory in the first minute of the contest […]

Paper Kings wrap-up win over Crunch

ESPANOLA, Ont. – The new-look Espanola Paper Kings impressed in their debut, defeating the Cochrane Crunch 7-3 Friday night in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League affair held at the Regional Recreation Complex. The two teams traded tallies in the first half of the opening period with Collin Lapointe connecting for Cochrane before Liam Bridgeman […]

NOJHL 2022-23 season preview

SUDBURY, Ont. – While it was 60 years ago the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League began its first-ever season, six decades later it’s the current 12-member clubs will commence play to determine a title holder for the 2022-23 campaign. Back in the day, it was the Espanola Eagles that were crowned the initial winners, while […]

Rapids sink Paper Kings in shootout

FRENCH RIVER – A Jackson Doyle rising backhand in the fourth round of the shootout was the difference at the French River Rapids defeated the Espanola Paper Kings 5-4 in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League exhibition play Thursday evening at Noelville Arena. French River started fast in the match-up thanks to a nice effort from […]