The Rayside Balfour Canadians Jr. A Hockey Club are pleased to announce the return of TOPPERS PIZZA as a team partner! Among an array of sponsorship benefits, the TOPPERS PIZZA logo is fixated into the ice at the Chelmsford Arena again this season. In addition, every community arena in Greater Sudbury will feature a TOPPERS […]

The Rayside Balfour Canadians are pleased to welcome Ron Belanger & Belanger Construction back as a major corporate sponsor this season. Ron Belanger and his family and staff at Belanger Construction are strong supporters of the development of young people in our community through organizations like the Rayside Balfour Canadians. Over the years, Ron & […]

The Rayside Balfour Canadians Jr. A Hockey Club is pleased to announce the formation of a new community resource called:  CANADIANS CARE HOCKEY FUND.   This fund will help raise money for a number of amateur hockey-related causes including:  Financial assistance for player fees and protective equipment needs. To generate revenues for the fund, the Rayside […]

TODAY IS DAY 1 of Tim Hortons Smile Cookie week – September 14 – 20. The Rayside Balfour Canadians encourage you to purchase a freshly baked chocolate chunk Smile Cookie for $1, plus applicable taxes, and the Tim Hortons Restaurant Owners will donate the full $1 from each cookie sold back to a local charity […]

The Rayside Balfour Canadians Jr. A hockey club is pleased to announce that they have finalized their coaching staff for the 2020-21 pending NOJHL season! Vagelli Sakellaris will take-over the Head Coaching reins while assistant coaches will be Bobby Chaumont and Jadran Beljo.  Sakellaris, 40, was a member of the NOJHL West Division Championship team […]

SUDBURY, Ont. – Despite the premature end to the 2019-20 Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League campaign, teams and players contributed some solid statistics during the season. Here’s a look at some of them; By the Numbers: 0: As in goals allowed during a game. Timmins’ netminder Tyler Masternak did that eight times during the season […]

SUDBURY, Ont. – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League announced Monday that Timmins Rock goaltender Tyler Masternak, Rayside-Balfour Canadians forward Benjamin Hatanaka and Kirkland Lake Gold Miners’ defenceman Gabriel Leblanc have been named its Eastlink TV 3 Stars of the Week for the period ending Oct. 14. TYLER MASTERNAK, (G) TIMMINS ROCK – Having won […]

CALGARY, Alta. – The Canadian Junior Hockey League, in conjunction with the National Hockey League and Hockey Canada announced Wednesday that Okotoks, Alta., has been selected as the host city for the 14th annual CJHL Prospects Game, which will be held on Tuesday, January 22, 2019 at 7 p.m. MT at Pason Centennial Arena, home […]

SUDBURY, Ont. – Players in the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League from the 2017-18 season continue to make commitments to move on to the next level as well as further their education for the upcoming campaign. The following is an updated list of those in the league this season who have recently or previously committed […]

By: Grant Trayner CHEMLSFORD, ON – The Rayside-Balfour Canadians have made a deal with the Elliot Lake Wildcats to acquire forward Taylor Woolcott (Mississauga, ON) in exchange for defenceman Dawson Garcia (Oakville, ON). This season with the Wildcats the Mississauga native has two goals and eight assists in 15 games. Woolcott will add experience and age to […]