NORTHERN ONTARIO JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE
NOJHL NETWORK MEDIA UPDATE
Release Date: Sunday, August 14, 2016
NOJHL announces additional preseason game
SUDBURY, Ont. – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League announced Sunday that another preseason game has been added to its exhibition schedule.
That match-up will feature the Elliot Lake Wildcats hosting the Blind River Beavers on Thursday, Sept. 1 at Centennial Arena in Elliot Lake. Game time is 7:30 p.m.
This brings the NOJHL’s preseason game total to 20, which features the five-team, 13-game Polar Bear Classic Sept. 1-4 at the Tim Horton Event Centre in Cochrane.
League exhibition action will commence Aug. 26 as Timmins visits Kirkland Lake and Espanola entertains French River in a pair of 7:30 p.m. starts.
The following is the current NOJHL 2016 preseason schedule:
| Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League | |||||
| 2016 Preseason Schedule /Results (As of Aug. 14) | |||||
| Dates/Times subject to change | |||||
| GM | DATE | AWAY | HOME | TIME | ARENA |
| 1 | Friday, Aug. 26 | Timmin | Kirkland Lake | 7:30 p.m. | Joe Mavrinac Community Complex |
| 2 | Friday, Aug. 26 | French River | Espanola | 7:30 p.m. | Espanola Regional Rec. Complex |
| 3 | Saturday, Aug. 27 | Kirkland Lake | Timmins | 7:30 p.m. | McIntyre Arena |
| 4 | Saturday, Aug. 27 | Espanola | French River | 7:30 p.m. | Sturgeon Falls |
| 5 | Wednesday, Aug. 31 | French River | Powassan | 2:30 p.m. | Powassan Sportsplex |
| 6 | Thursday, Sept. 1 | Iroquois Falls | Espanola | 6 p.m. | Tim Horton Event Centre |
| 7 | Thursday, Sept. 1 | Powassan | French River | 7:30 p.m. | Noelville Arena |
| 8 | Thursday, Sept. 1 | Blind River | Elliot Lake | 7:30 p.m. | Centennial Arena |
| 9 | Thursday, Sept. 1 | Kingston(OJHL) | Cochrane | 8:30 p.m. | Tim Horton Event Centre |
| 10 | Friday, Sept. 2 | Iroquois Falls | Cochrane | 10 a.m. | Tim Horton Event Centre |
| 11 | Friday, Sept. 2 | Kingston(OJHL) | Kirkland Lake | 12:30 p.m. | Tim Horton Event Centre |
| 12 | Friday, Sept. 2 | Iroquois Falls | Kirkland Lake | 6 p.m. | Tim Horton Event Centre |
| 13 | Friday, Sept. 2 | Espanola | Cochrane | 8:30 p.m. | Tim Horton Event Centre |
| 14 | Saturday, Sept. 3 | Kingston(OJHL) | Iroquois Falls | 10 a.m. | Tim Horton Event Centre |
| 15 | Saturday, Sept. 3 | Kirkland Lake | Espanola | 12:30 p.m. | Tim Horton Event Centre |
| 16 | Saturday, Sept. 3 | Cochrane | Kirkland Lake | 6 p.m. | Tim Horton Event Centre |
| 17 | Saturday, Sept. 3 | Espanola | Kingston (OJHL) | 8:30 p.m. | Tim Horton Event Centre |
| 18 | Sunday, Sept. 4 | PBC 4th Overall | PBC 1st Overall | 10 a.m. | Tim Horton Event Centre |
| 19 | Sunday, Sept. 4 | PBC 3rdOverall | PBC 2nd Overall | 12 p.m. | Tim Horton Event Centre |
| 20 | Sunday, Sept. 4 | PBC Semi Winner | PBC Semi Winner | 7 p.m. | Tim Horton Event Centre |
Any further league exhibition games will be announced once finalized and confirmed by the Commissioner’s Office.
For more information on the NOJHL, visit the league’s official website at nojhl.com or on social media at twitter.com/NOJHL or facebook.com/NOJHL.
