Wed Sep 16 North Bay Trappers Kal Tire Sudbury Jr. Wolves 7.30 PM
Game 1 Paul Lizotte Fuels Challenge Cup
The opening game of the rubber series you might call this as each team has won a pair of season series in the battle for the Paul Lizotte Fuels Challenge Cup.
The Skyhawks won the series the past two seasons and at home have enjoyed a big advantage with eight wins against two losses. Their record in the Jr. Wolves home barn has also been impressive with seven wins against three losses.
All four wins by the Skyhawks last season at home were by three goals while the Jr. Wolves only victory in North Bay was a 4-3 win.
The Skyhawks also won a pair of three goal and two goal wins on the road while the Jr. Wolves won an 8-5 shootout for their only home victory.
Wed Sep 16 Soo Eagles Soo Thunderbirds 7.30 PM
The cross border rivalry opens at the John Rhodes Complex where the Thunderbirds enjoyed great success against the Eagles last season winning five and dropping just one game, a 7-6 shootout loss.
The high scoring Thunderbirds machine registered six or more goals in each of their home games against the Eagles winning the first five contests.
The Eagles however have something to build on from last season as they won the last three games of the season battle against the Thunderbirds.
Thu Sep 17 Soo Thunderbirds Blind River Beavers 7.00 PM
Game 1 Carmen Provenzano Cup
Will this season be any different as these two teams battle for the Carmen Provenzano Cup?
The Thunderbirds have won all three season battles that the two teams have fought for the cup with the wins coming in the 2005-06, 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons.
The series will open this season at the home of the Beavers where the home team was successful in winning three times, all by one goal, 2-1 and 4-3 twice last season however suffered four defeats at the John Rhodes Complex.
Fri Sep 18 North Bay Trappers Manitoulin Islanders 7.30 PM
The battles between these two teams at the Little Current-Howland Complex have been very close for the most part with the Islanders pulling off a big 5-4 shootout victory in the final meeting of the season last year.
The victories for the most part by the Skyhawks on the road have been close battles and while they have come up with victories they have been of the two goal differential or less in many cases.
Fri Sep 18 Kal Tire Sudbury Jr. Wolves Temiscaming Royals 8.00 PM
The Royals enjoyed a very successful season against the Jr. Wolves last season winning three times and losing twice both at home and on the road to record the season series victory.
Goals, goals and more goals was the theme last year in both buildings with all games in Temiscaming resulting in totals of 11 or more goals, and neither team scoring less than five while in Jr. Wolves home games the total scores were all over seven.
Sat Sep 19 Manitoulin Islanders Soo Eagles 7.30 PM
The Islanders were not very successful against the Eagles in last year’s confrontations , however after two early blowouts in the first three games the rest of the nine contests were entertaining affairs and the Islanders picked up single victories at home and on the road in the final meetings of the season.
The games were high scoring affairs and more of the same can be expected in this seasons series.
Sat Sep 19 Kal Tire Sudbury Jr. Wolves Blind River Beavers 7.30 PM
Over the past three seasons these two teams have battled to a virtual tie with no winners being declared in the season series.
In the past season the visiting team won four of the six games played with both the Beavers wins on the road coming in extra time while the Jr. Wolves won the final two contests in the Beavers backyard.
Sat Sep 19 Temiscaming Royals Abitibi Eskimos 7.30 PM
These two teams had some very close games in their inaugural season of battles however the Eskimos came out on top in the season series with nine wins including one of the lowest scoring games ever in NOJHL history a 1-0 shootout victory in Temiscaming.
The Royals won three of the first six games, including a pair of one goal victories in Iroquois Falls before the Eskimos came on and won the last six games.
Sun Sep 20 Manitoulin Islanders Soo Thunderbirds 7.00 PM
Reggie Leach and his Islanders hockey club will be looking to break a lengthy losing streak against the Thunderbirds that has now reached 23 games with the Islanders not having won since January 21, 2007 when they picked up a 4-2 victory at the John Rhodes Complex.
A lack of scoring power saw the Islanders keep the contests close in the first couple of periods before the Thunderbirds outscored them in the final period.
Sun Sep 20 North Bay Trappers Blind River Beavers 2.00 PM
When the Skyhawks have gone to the Blind River Memorial Centre in recent seasons one thing has been certain, the games will be close and likely move into extra time.
In the last seven games played at the Beavers home arena, four have gone into extra minutes with the Beavers winning the only overtime game and also having a winning record in shootouts two games to one.
The Beavers will be looking to stop a four game losing streak that covered last seasons four games against their Eastern rival.
by Dave Harrison
NOJHL Historian
Info from: http://www.nojhl.com/?content=news.php&id=563
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