SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. – The Soo Thunderbirds picked up multi-point efforts from eight different skaters helping them go on to drop the Espanola Express 8-1 Tuesday in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League encounter at John Rhodes Community Centre. Sault Ste. Marie began the night’s scoring late in the first period, as following a […]
By Randy Russon – Hockey News North December 11, 2020 It is still early in the 2020-2021 regular season. But with a record of 3-1-2 through its first six games, the Espanola Express seems to be on the right track from what has been somewhat of a train wreck through its first five seasons as members […]
SUDBURY – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League released Monday the information for eight additional regular season games that will be on the slate for December. They will be a pair of four-game match-ups that feature the Soo Thunderbirds meeting the Espanola Express and the Blind River Beavers going up against the Rayside-Balfour Canadians. All […]
SUDBURY, Ont. – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League announced Thursday its respective players of the month for November in the forward, defenceman, goaltender and rookie categories. FORWARD OF THE MONTH – QUINTON HILL, HEARST LUMBERJACKS: Appearing in five games during the time frame, which were all Lumberjacks’ victories, the 19-year-old from Coquitlam, B.C., registered […]
SUDBURY, Ont. – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League announced Monday that Espanola Express forward Devon Savignac along with goaltenders Alex Bugeja of the Soo Thunderbirds and Michael Nickolau of the Cochrane Crunch have been named its Eastlink TV 3 Stars of the Week for the period ending November 29. DEVON SAVIGNAC, (F) ESPANOLA EXPRESS […]
FRENCH RIVER – Getting a goal and two assists from Devon Savignac helped propel the Espanola Express to a 6-1 triumph over the French River Rapids in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League match-up Saturday at the Noelville Community Centre. A harmless looking dump in helped Espanola open the scoring early in the contest when […]
FRENCH RIVER – The Espanola Express trio of Devon Savignac, James Eng and Bradley Brunet combined for 10 points to help lead them to a 7-4 victory over the French River Rapids in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League action Friday at the Noelville Community Centre. It was all Express in the opening 20 minutes as […]
ESPANOLA – The French River Rapids got two goals apiece from Ty Chambers, Cooper Bowman and Levi Siau to help power them past the Espanola Express 8-2 in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League Sunday matinee at the Regional Recreation Complex. An early power play helped French River get on the board first when Chambers […]
ESPANOLA – James Eng tallied twice and dished out an assist to help power the Espanola Express to a 5-4 triumph over the French River Rapids in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League play Friday at the Regional Recreation Centre. The home side needed just nine seconds to kick things off offensively as Devon Savignac went […]
FRENCH RIVER – A Jack Tos five-hole marker proved to be the only goal in the shootout as the French River Rapids prevailed with a 5-4 triumph over the Espanola Express in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League play Saturday night at the Noelville Community Centre. After also coming away victorious in extra shots Friday, French […]
