The Timmins Rock put on their most dominant performance of the 2021-22 NOJHL campaign, beating the Beavers 10-0 at the Community Center on Friday night.

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BLIND RIVER — The Timmins Rock put on their most dominant performance of the 2021-22 NOJHL campaign, beating the Beavers 10-0 at the Community Center on Friday night.

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It was the third straight victory for the Rock (28-7-3-1) who came within four points of the inactive Hearst Lumberjacks (31-7-2-0) in the race for first place. of the NOJHL East Division. ranking.

A balanced offense saw the Rock get goals from nine different players and all but four skaters scored at least one point in the game.

It took just 3:04 for the Rock to reach the scoreboard on Friday night, with Nolan Ring finding the back of the net for his ninth count of the season, a scorer that would prove to be the game-winning goal.

Just over a minute later, Henry Brock added an unassisted scorer, his 10th goal of the season.

And captain Tyler Schwindt capped the first period scoring with his 27th goal of the season to make it a 3-0 hockey game.

The Rock then broke for five unanswered second-half counts to take full control of the contest.

Harry Clark rolled the puck 1:06 into the frame when he scored his fourth goal of the season.

Schwindt then added his second goal of the night and 28th of the season to put the Rock ahead 5-0.

Nicholas Frederick followed with his eighth goal of the campaign less than three minutes later.

Liam Wells found the back of the net for his 13th goal of the season with 2:18 left in the frame and defender Bode Dunford followed with his eighth goal of the campaign with 17 seconds left.

The Rock took that 8-0 advantage in the locker room for the second intermission.

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The third period saw Gabinien Kioki score his first goal of the season, having gone close in his previous three games.

And converted defenseman Chase Longhurst closed the scoring with his third goal of the season at 12:02 of the final period.

Rock goaltender Gavin McCarthy stopped all 27 shots he faced to record his third shutout of the season and earn his 20th NOJHL win of the campaign.

Beavers starting goaltender Gavin Disano, who stopped 25 of the Rock’s 31 shots, was marked in the loss.

Patrick Boivin blocked 18 of the 22 shots he faced during his 22:04 relief.

NOJHL NOTES — The three stars of the game were Schwindt (two goals, one assist), Nicolas Pigeon (three assists) and Eric Moreau (four assists)… The Rock and the Beavers both went 0-5 on the powerplay… Official attendance at the Blind River Community Center was 211 … Friday’s other action saw the Voodoos shut out the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners 4-0 in Powassan, the Thunderbirds cruise past the Cochrane Crunch 6-1 in Sault Ste. Marie, the French River Rapids edge the Express 3-2 in overtime at Espanola and the Greater Sudbury Cubs beat the Red Wings 2-1 in a shootout in Elliot Lake… The Rock will return to action on Friday when they will host the Express at McIntyre Arena at 7:30 p.m.