I know from some of the past posts i have read, that everyone was a little confused about where cam norris-jones was headed. well i have recently talked with him and this is what he told me. ( i asked for his permission to post this ) He recently received 2 offers... 1 from salmon arm and another from ferrnie. salmon arm looks doubtfull to him as their deadline is today. he hasent heard back from ferrnie whos deadline is jan 15th. if nothing happens with either of these teams, comox jr. b wants him and since that is his only other option if he wants to play this year then he will most likely take that. he has been released. if it ends up that he isnt playing hockey this year he has told me he will work full time until july when i am moving to calgary and i told him he can come and i think he just might do that as he will be there teaching a hockey school anyways. i hope that this has cleared up allot of questions you may have had. and ill keep you updated so you know whats going on! haha PEACE OUT

NoJo apparently was listed for the Comox game against Penninsula tonight. Don't think he played, but looks like Comox signed him.

he was not at the game
i was, he was not

Nojo is going to Comox. Pablo got lit for 5.
Comox will down CR.
Any Questions?

can i get tickets still?

Nojo IS signed with comox.

no he ISN'T

guaranteed, he has not signed with them YET

not saying he isn't going to though

it is almost definate that nojo has signed with comox...and he can show the coaches who didnt want him in cr what he is made of..

and what exactly is he made of?

chocolate

and I'm sure it's at the top of his mind to skate on to the ice, thinking that he's going to make those CR coaches really, really sorry. They may even shed a tear, they'll feel such great shame and sorrow.

"Hear my cry: "you'll be sorry!"

I know cam and he has great respect for the Campbell River organization. His goals for this season are not to knock off CR, or make people angry or anything like that.

He wants to better himself and get back where he belongs, in JrA

if he belonged in jr.a he would have stayed there and got himslef a position. Not lose it to other goalies.

i hear that. he lost it. if he was so great like all of you say. then why did he get choppped.

He didnt get chopped, he quit. They were for reason's unknown, but he quit, and then they released him. He could have stayeed there if he wanted to. He does have great respect for cr and us fans.. but he says he's gunna lighter up down there.. a major threat.

NoJo was told he was traded to Salmon Arm

This was the coach in Pentictons way to keep him quiet from talking to other teams and such. Penticton held him until 11pm Jan 10th.

Where else could he have gone?
check the other goalies stats on Penticton, then look at his.
Who was the better of the 3?

Am not surprised with the news that Penticton has given another young man the shaft. Word is try to avoid this area. Coach thinks he's gonna coach in the NHL someday.

i am replying to whoever wrote the statement implying that Nojo was pretty much trying to rub it in the faces of the CR coaches that they didnt pick him. Unless you are cam... i really dont see how you could say that. not only was that making him sound like someone he is not but you could have started a conflict there that was not needed. im not intending this to sound rude or anything but i really to think that the person who wrote that should think about what they wrote and how it was not their place to write that. i am only saying this because i am a good friend of cams and i know that thats not something that he would not say. yes he wanted to come back here, but that didnt happen and he is with comox now. hes not going to seek revenge or whatever you would want to call it on the cr coaches. hes going to go out there in comox colors and play his game...hockey.

It is very apparent from the above messages of people who know Cam, and then the ones who don't.

I do know Cam, and I do know that he is not bitter towards Campbell River. He just wants to play hockey, wherever it may be.

There are very few people that know that actual true story of what happened in Penticton. Cam is one of them, his old coach and his parents. Other people more then likely know. But if you want the real story, ask him yourself.

Was advised there was some discussion on Cameron on this forum, so of course had to check it out.
We (mom & dad) want to make sure that it is known there is NO bitterness towards the Campbell River organization - in fact, Ed & Co. have been incredibly helpful & supportive of Cam. This is one of the best junior hockey organizations (A or B)that we have come across, and we wish the management and team only the best. We will, however, be cheering louder for Cam :>

If you are a parent of a player, and would like to know our experience with Penticton before sending him off to Jr A, please email privately.

Thanks. Why are the soap opera stories always around goalies? Between Nojo and Passas and Pablo and on and on and on, this forum is goalie-obsessed, but not in a good way.

Clarity. The whole forum isnt based around goalies, just this topic. As for Nojo, he IS SIGNING with Comox on friday night.He is up in Courtenay now.. playing the game he loves to play. Good Luck up there Cam, you will always have CRs support!!!!!

with oviatt playing the way he is playing now and nojo going to sign with Comox....those two themselves can carry a team to an island championship. comox has the team who can beat cr on a consitant basis..my prediction in comox will beat cr and go on to face victoria for the island championship.

well we'll see about that... I think that comox is cr's number one competition at this point in time... and with nojo on the team now... its a little nail-biting.. I do agree with you. I think there is a 50/50 chance.. storm boys gotta stepper up now to beat both goalies now...

I agree with you i do believe comox is cr's number one competeter...I also believe that in the last two games they played each other comox has sent a good message that this isnt gonna be a walk right thro the playoffs and they is someone who now has a team better than them.it dont matter what the points say in season play. comox has now set a toan for playoffs to get off the trolly tracks cr cause the train is coming through.

Not as much of a threat without NoJo, but still a threat unless we pick it up for playoffs.

no jo isnt playing any more. he is gone back to vic.

yep, and that's not rumour or anything, he left today to go and get a job and do school back in vic. Hockey is over for him this year.

Then what's CR going to do for a #1 goalie; I heard the whoever was in net down in Victoria yesterday let in 3 soft ones.

And I also heard that Pssas wasn't dressed for Peninsula yesterday; they're going with some kid from Las Vegas.

Are there still moves to be made?

where did NoJo end up?
I know there are a few people on here that are good friends with him. Any info would be great on his whereabouts!
Thanks.

no jo doesn't live in Victoria.

ummm ya he does.. its like 20 minutes outa downtown vic.. colwood or something. And no he isnt playing hockey this year.. he's just working and going to school.

oops its not colwood its mechosin... close enough eh.

bud, that was last year! Get u r self updated.

I have never seen so much chat over someone, and the deadline has come and gone, why cant people leave it alone, let the guy live his life, and lets stop this

I guess cause there doesn't seem to be much else going on that ppl want to talk about. If u have something else u would like discussed then y don't u post it?

People are just asking what he's doing now, if you thought the topic should be over why'd you write back. Nojo is great, who wouldtn wanna talk about him.

he'll be back in hockey this year
guaranteed

heard that NoJo could be back in hockey this season, like the above post stated...
Hes living at home and there are 4 JrB teams near him and 2 JrA teams near him...which is it going to be?
I believe hes said he is staying at home this year and doing some schooling.

nojo is staying at home. he told the coaches just that... he is doing some courses through correspondance and working. that IS what he is doing.

Story I heard is he can't come to grips with Jr B clubs who arent' prepared to put him as # 1 and in JR A the word is that he's been to too many Jr A clubs already, he needs to suck it up if he is any good and get too work, he may be done for good. Fall off the horse you better get back on if you want to keep riding!

no body cares what You HEARD thank you very much. i for one am proud of cam for going back to school and wating to make some money. so take what you HEARD and post it elsewhere. ( i have a few sugestions for places if you need them! )

Panthers.

well, that would be typical, showing great respect for their all-star Passas, who carried them through 90% of the season, and then dumping him.

Cam is a good person and he has just gone from the frying pan and into the fire. If he thought Penticton was bad wait till he sees what Pete and the boys will have in store for him. Pen even with Cam are not a team they are a group of kids with no leadership from their coaches. I guess the banner can be hoisted for another year in CR.

I am sick of the Panthers and the way they treat their players. This is a hard one for Passas. I hope a team grabs him real soon.

hey, this is great! so it's not just me that thinks the Pen mgt. keep screwing up and ruining what should be a pretty good hockey club? Like they say, it all starts at the top.

Welcome back to the VIJHL CAM. the Panthers just got a great guy. GOOD LUCK see ya in the playoffs.

From my understanding NoJo signed with peninsula because he is to get some games with the salsa and practice with them daily.

he is there to improve his game and get back on track.

Right, that's exactly why Passas signed with them in the fall. If the Salsa wanted him they would have picked him and not signed some forward from Las Vegas. You know the hockey capital of North America.

thank god this has all come to an end. Cam and Pete deserve each other. Good Luck to both!

I heard cam played tonight for Peninsula, against the Salsa

Salsa won 9-3, NoJo let in 2

who cares how NoJo is doing doesn't anyone see what they did to this passas kid. They have ruined his hockey career just before it was about to end. How do you think he is going to feel when he looks back on his career when he is older and thinks of what has just happened. What a miserable way to treat someone. They have tainted his career, and the people should never forget what they did to this good kid. Imagine if it was you or your son. How would you be right now?

The last post is the most honest thing that has been written about NOJO. Why should people in CR care how he is doing when the Panthers have given everyone in the VIJHL a black eye with the treatment of their all-star goalie. We shouldn't forget what they did, if fact we should all write the Panthers and tell them how we as fans of the VIJHL feel about their treatment of a good kid.

How about this thought? With all the crap that NOJO had to take as a goaltender in his Jr. A stops in the last two seasons, why would he be part of a scheme to screw Passas out of an end to his career? It all has a really bad smell to it.

I find the last comment offensive, I don't believe that any player would do this to another player. The problem is the Panthers plain and simple, they are the ones who screwed Passas not NOJO. Passas getting cut isn't the end of the earth, he will go on and play at college or university and be the class act he is. However we are going to be stuck with the Panther organization again next year. As far as I am concerned the VIJHL has taken a real step back into Jungle B and given a whole new meaning to BUSH league.

I understand that the Panther organization has made a drastic decision here and ended a young mans final year of hockey months early. But does anyone TRULY, HONESTLY know for a FACT why Passas was released? The organization said Personal Problems i believe, but we all know that when they say personal problems it is something much more then that or something less.

Could someone clarify?

Also, anyone who thought NoJo had anything to do with this...Smarten the hell up. All my encounters with him have been positive and he is always out there to have fun. He isn't there to end a 20 year olds career. From my understanding he is with the Peninsula Panthers so he is able to practice with the Salsa daily.

Coach/GM: "Congrats, Andrew, on making it to the all-star game a couple of weeks ago. You really deserved it. Oh, by the way, could you clear your locker? You're cut."

The organization never said personal problems, that was an assumption because Passas didn't agree with the excuses that the coaches were making for the teams performance. Passas was released because the Panthers are in trouble and they are desperate to win. The GM and coach should have stepped down because they aren't doing their job. Passas is an all-star with the best SV% in the league, he is without doubt the most entertaining goalie in the league. The Panthers have every right to release a guy, however do it with some class. Give the guy who was the 1st team all-star, the leading first star in home games votes, and the first guy to post three shut-outs including back to back efforts, a chance to finish his junior days with some dignity. The Panthers are a disgrace to the league and I for one will not travel across the street to see them play.

some of the post on here must make you laugh. First no one knows why passas was let go, every one is making there own assumtions on why.
2nd if you read some of the post on here some fans in Comox would like to have signed nojo and let there other goalie go but thats OK,
fans in the river are all over there goalies and how they suck and wanted nojo or passas and let one of there goalies go but thats OK
Panthers do sign nojo and let one of there goalies go but thats not OK talk about two faced wow.
with all the assumtions going on I am sure one day right or wrong we will hear why passas was let go, till then it's all just rumors, who knows maybe the kid did do something wrong then some people not only would be two faced but maybe a little red faced lets wait to here the truth before we judge

Ok the truth. That's what we need here. But these people saying he got let go because of personal problems, is good enough for me. It definatley wasnt because of the way that he was playing, for all we know he probably stood up to whoever the hell his coach is. I've heard rumours of Passas leaving since like mid november... and now they've CUT him, not TRADED him and that's horrible, just as everyone else has said. And for you who made the last comment....we're not two faced. Our coaches didn't let a 20 year-old all star goalie go after it was too late. It's complete bull. And those people who said our goalies suck and we need new ones, well that's their opinion, but there hasnt been too many responses on how we need new goalies latley. I think we're great with what we have. And its pat and mike's descision weather they let a goalie go or not.. but our goalies are not 20 years old, and they are not the best goalies in the league either. See the difference. And Comox only has Oviatt for their goalie, the other is just a midget call-up so if they picked up Passas... or before when they picked up Nojo.. it was to actually have a 2nd goalie on their bench (or on the ice). Not just a fill in. I guess we'll all have to wait and find out because everyone has pretty strong feelings of what they feel... all i say is i hope Passas gets to play hockey again this year, if he was planning on this being his last year.

you are saying it's ok to let one of your goalies go because he's not 20 I don't see the diff., and that no one has said anything lately about your goalies,look again at this past weekends post, I belive people said they were brutle
could you tell me again why it would be ok for you to get rid of one your goalies I don't seem to get it why you think sending a 18 year old home is ok but not a 20

seems that two-faced is suggesting Passas may have done something wrong and deserved to be cut.....nice try.

why do yo think that the storm need a different golie? we got two great golies, pablo and justin. We are at the top of the league and isn't that good enough for all you demanding people. I gues that everyone has forgot that this is suposed to be fun, not some diplomatic dimocracy.

Passas was let go because the coaches thought they could win with NOJO, no personal problems, no money issues, no nothing. The problem is that they knew this was going to happen when the Comox deal fell apart even if there was a Comox deal. The Panthers by waiting until after the deadline shutout any other team from talking to Passas and that is the issue. Passas could have been 15, 16 or whatever and it still would not be OK to do this not only to him but to the whole league. Lets face it the Panthers have given every player and every fan the finger and it's about time someone (the league) should take that finger and do something nasty back to the Panthers.

how do you know that it was nothing, what have you got more romurs our facts from who ???

help me out here, Passas could still be signed by a team until February 9 or 10th IF they have an available card. Is this not true?
That being the case, he cold go to Comox and hang with Oviatt. What a great one-two Punch that would be!

one has to ask if what you are saying is the panthers did this so no else could get passas, then I must say I don't think so or they would have let him go at 12:01 on Jan 11, he has played for them since I think there is more to this I have heard little bits here and there but still don't know for sure yet

i really dont no what you guys are talking about. i live in cr and i think we need a new goalie, ya pablo and foot are pretty good but there not consistent enough for playoffs. i think storm has the worst goals in the league. and if they have to chance to get a better goalie we should go for it. if you can't see that we need and new goalie then you should be watching hockeyn cause you dont no what the hell you are watching anyways.

How do you know that the people saying that CR goalies are sh*itty are actually from campbell river?? Correct me if i'm wrong.. but im pretty sure EVERYONE has visited this forum and has said what's on their mind. THe storm forum is the only forum used in the vijhl... (im pretty sure) And those that are from campbell river that do beak the goalies... well that's what they think personally... not the whole town. Give me a break. People can be storm fans and not like the way the goalies are performing... like who said u have to Love every player on the team and love they way they perform? it's a team thing... and people can have their own opinions baseed on individual players, doesnt mean they're not storm fans.

I hope Cam thought long and hard about his decission because there have not been very many guys who have been in Jr. A, then gone down to Jr. B and have made it back. I know of 2 guys in the PIJHL who were cut from Jr. A and never got back. Both of these guys were good goalies but they got a reputation in Jr. A (right or wrong) of not being able to cut it. I wouldn't want to trust anything Pete and the boys promise considering their treatment of Passas.

bchl message board says NoJo is playing friday night for the salsa

like.. starting, or sitting on the bench?

What are NOJO's stats? Is he that experienced?

Great move for the Panthers they get Trask and a midget call-up against Comox on Friday. If this was the plan for NOJO why release Passas they must have had the cards?

he starts on Friday

33 G Norris-Jones, Cam (84)

GP MIN GA AVG W L T Saves SAVPct PIM A
23 1161 74 3.82 8 11 2 581 88.7 8 0


With the Langley Hornets 01-02

GP MIN GAA W L
17 857 4.11 4 10

are those good stats?

This years stats put him 11th in the league for goalies

on a last place club
very respectable numbers considering the team he was on

save percentage says everything 88% is not that good at all. not at all.

The last comment is harsh, 88% is pretty good considering the two guys the Salsa have are 86.9% with 4.77 and 5.03 GAA. Hey maybe Pete should have sent these two guys to the Panthers and kept NOJO and Passas for the Salsa. I understand one guy played at a Florida Acadamy, does Pete know something about hockey in the deep south that know one else knows.

I think it's a team rule; as long as the team is called the Salsa, 25% of the players must be from areas where Spanish is the second official language.

a save % of 88 isn't bad if u consider the type of shots a goalie might get. if most of his shots are from the blue line then yes thats a bad save%.

also take into consideration that is 88.7
which is about 25 saves from 89%, and I bet nobody will say 89% is bad.

Plus take into the equation he was on a last place club.

Ryan Riddle is at 87.3 on a first place club

this thread isn't about riddle

lets just see how Norris-Jones does tonight

he is playing for ANOTHER last place club, playing against the BEST coastal team, and 2nd BEST team in the League. Victoria also has one of the worst Goals Against in the league so i'm guessing the D-Core isn't too strong.

Good luck nojo

Who cares how he does, as one GM in the BCHL said the guy is bouncer and he won't stick anywhere for long. This thread might not be about Riddle but he has hung in with a pretty good team all season and playing behind Stanton is going help him develop into a much better goalie then someone who goes from team to team.

I agree with the last comment one hundreded percent. NoJo might be a skilled goaltender but he has lost the edge over Riddle. He has put a serious black mark on his resume. He will be lucky to stick anywhere now in jr. a. Well maybe the Salsa because Pete is such a joke. Might be a good fit, a goaltender who is not that soild and a Gm who is slow like forest gump.

thanks for your two cents passas

Is every one living in a cave!? Norris-Jones has had problems with every team that he played for including the Storm.He screwed around Comox telling them some B.S. about going to school and that he wasn't going to sign with anyone this year, but then signed with Peninsula!There is a common denominator in all these problems .... Norris-Jones!!!Or do you think that the six or seven teams that he has had problems with are wrong?

That's right. Keep telling yourself NoJo's the bad guy. Do you play hockey?

May I ask what the problem was with the Storm?
What the problem was with Langley?

you seem to know so much

I think what some of you people fail to see is that if Penticton never traded for NoJo in the summer, there never would have been a problem anywhere.

Penticton is at the root of this problem. He had no problems in CR, he went to Langley, Langley liked him, he liked Langley, but he wanted the chance to play more often, so Langley told him that if a deal arose that would give him the chance to play more, they'd move him. Penticton came and said they'd give him more games. So the deal was made. Penticton had no intentions of keeping Nojo and sent him off to Quesnel, where Mike Cameron was. If Mike Cameron had not been fired, Nojo would still be in Quesnel, but obviously, mike was fired and the new coach there cleared all players of Mikes regime. Penticton then made a deal to get Nojo back. Why? nobody is sure. Nojo went there, played very well while he was there, only to get absolutely screwed over on the deadline.

Where was he supposed to go then? Comox gave him an opportunity to play, he tried it out and decided to go back home to pick up some courses and a job. That was not BS because he is picking up school courses.

Peninsula came along and offered him a chance to practice with the Salsa daily and play some games and play a few games with Peninsula. Nojo wants to play JrA and he had told the coaches of Comox that if a JrA team offered, he'd take that. So a JrA team offered, and he took it.

Why not take it? He played for the Salsa last night, and from what I have heard played unbelievable even though it was a 4-1 loss.

He has not played any games for Peninsula and 1 game for Salsa. And all you people came on here saying that Pete told Passas he'd play if they needed him, well last night the Salsa didn't need nojo, but they still used him. And i'm sure its not the last time.

NoJo is not the problem, Penticton is more the problem then anything. Nojo will be back in JrA, i guarantee you that. People in the BCHL knows what goes on in Penticton and knows how the coach there works. He may have played for a few JrA teams in 2 years, but he was also in Penticton on 3 different occasions. Now tell me, why is NoJo the problem?

He should have hung the pads up for this season, and started fresh next season. The signing has obviously caused problems for the panther's organization, and how will his resume look if both the Salsa don't make the playoffs, and the Panthers exit early? I think he's put himself in a high-risk, no-win position.

How is that a high risk no win situation?

He gets in 5 more JrA games, and 5 or so JrB games.

And gets to stay in game shape and stay at the JrA speed. How is that a no win situation?
I think he has made the best of an absolute worst situation.

What are you talking about, the Salsa need a goalie. Mensing is out and the other guy can't stop a ballon. It is no secret in the BCHL that NOJO can't stick, and I am sure Penticton has a lot to do with that trash talk but there it is. Part of Passas problem was that he openly expressed his views on the Salsa and he had no interest in playing for them. It will be interesting to see if NOJO is on the Feb. 10 protected list. By the way 4 goals on 32 shots is pretty average not a great night for a guy making a come back.

4 goals on 36 shots
2 power play
1 short handed

first game in over 6 weeks, and against the best team in the BCHL.

average? maybe so, but above average from what anyone expected out of him for that game.

Who cares whats this got to do with the Storm. Pete and NOJO deserve each other and the Storm will send him packing if he gets that far.

What's it got to do with the storm? Well, following from the other thread about hair cuts and gut loss, if this was only about Storm-related issues, we should use the forum for sharing low fat recipes and how to use hair gel...then it would be about the Storm!

Well said, NOJO and Passas are far more interesting than what is going on with Storm.

Yes!! i'm the 100th post!

this has got to be some sort of record.

also, wonder if the Salsa will use nojo tonight and waste one of his AP games with the #1 team in the BCHL which seems like its a no chance for the salsa to win. If they are smart, they won't play him and save him.

Proud to say also, i'm the 101th post. In the long run, Passas is still screwed and Nojo is trying to make the best of a really really gay situation. Mind you, it could change so fast, which is exactly why there is 101 posts on one thread.

I'm going to make a 2nd page because it's hard to navigate this page. I'll probably make additonal threads after 50 posts.