Generating offence has not come easy for the Rock, either in exhibition action or the start of the regular season

SUDBURY — While the puck may have dropped on the 2025-26 NOJHL regular season at the Gerry McCrory Countryside Sports Complex Thursday night, the Timmins Rock clearly remain a work in progress. Article content

And coach and general manager Brandon Perry was not about to claim any moral victories after his squad dropped a 4-0 decision to the defending NOJHL champion Greater Sudbury Cubs. Article content Article content

Holding the Cubs, who scored the second-most goals (252) during the 2024-25 campaign, to just four tallies could be viewed as a positive.

“Not really,” Perry said, when asked if things went a little better on the defensive side of the puck. “Our 16-year-ol

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