GALLERY: Rayside-Balfour rolls right along with OT win in Elliot Lake

ELLIOT LAKE, Ont. – The rolling Rayside-Balfour Canadians stayed unbeaten in 2020 as they skated to their ninth straight win of the new year as they edged the Elliot Lake Wildcats 5-4 in overtime Friday in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League action at Centennial Arena. Action in the opening 20 minutes saw Elliot Lake hold […]

GALLERY: Espanola edges Elliot Lake in OT

ELLIOT LAKE, Ont. – A Lukas Lyszyk power play goal 2:15 into overtime was the difference as the Espanola Express edged the Elliot Lake Wildcats 2-1 in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League encounter Saturday at Centennial Arena. Lots of shots in a scoreless first period saw Espanola hold a 17-16 edge in that department, […]

GALLERY: Thunderbirds continue winning ways by blanking Wildcats

SAULT STE. Marie, Ont. – A fifth consecutive Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League victory was collected by the Soo Thunderbirds Wednesday night as they blanked the Elliot Lake Wildcats 7-0 Wednesday night at John Rhodes Community Centre. Sault Ste. Marie got going offensively in the first period with a power play marker from Jacob Kovacs […]

GALLERY: Red-hot Rayside-Balfour sinks Elliot Lake

CHELMSFORD, Ont. – Getting multi-point performances from 10 different players, the rolling Rayside-Balfour Canadians racked up their seventh straight victory for the month as they went on to defeat the Elliot Lake Wildcats 10-3 in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League action Sunday night at Chelmsford Arena. The home side began by grabbing a 2-0 lead […]

GALLERY: Beavers rally late to edge Wildcats

BLIND RIVER, Ont. – Down a goal with under eight minutes remaining in the third period, the Blind River Beavers tallied twice late to pull out a narrow 2-1 decision over the Elliot Lake Wildcats Saturday in a tightly-contested Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League West Division affair at the Blind River Community Centre. It was […]

GALLERY: Orfanos pots pair to pace Eagles past Wildcats

ELLIOT LAKE, Ont. – George Orfanos’ second goal of the game, coming late in the second period, during a man advantage, proved to be the game-winner as the Soo Eagles secured a narrow 3-2 road decision over the Elliot Lake Wildcats Friday in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League encounter at Centennial Arena. The lone […]

Weather causes postponement pair of NOJHL contests tonight in Sault Ste. Marie

SUDBURY, Ont. – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League has announced that a pair of scheduled contests tonight (Saturday, January 18) in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario and Michigan have been postponed. Both the Espanola Express at Soo Thunderbirds and the Elliot Lake Wildcats at Soo Eagles games have been called off due to weather. With […]

GALLERY: Maltais tallies twice in Canadians triumph over Wildcats

ELLIOT LAKE, Ont. – Brady Maltais picked up a pair of goals to help lead the Rayside-Balfour Canadians to an eventual 5-1 triumph over the Elliot Lake Wildcats in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League affair Friday at Centennial Arena. A first period frenzy saw Rayside-Balfour storm out to a 4-0 lead which they carried […]

GALLERY: Serre leads the way in Blind River victory in Elliot Lake

ELLIOT LAKE, Ont. – As he has done the majority of the season, Caleb Serre was once again instrumental in a Blind River Beavers victory, as his four-goal, one-assist effort paved the way in an eventual 7-1 decision over the Elliot Lake Wildcats in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League West Division contest Sunday evening […]

Gilmore gets shutout as Eagles blank Wildcats

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – Soo Eagles goaltender Ryan Gilmore turned aside all 23 shots he faced to post his second Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League shutout of the season in backstopping his club to a 4-0 win over the Elliot Lake Wildcats Saturday at Pullar Stadium. Sault Ste. Marie out shot Elliot Lake 13-5 […]