 From 1962 until 1971, Espanola played in the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey Association and stayed until a year before it folded due to lack of enough competition.They joined the local NOHA Jr. B league (which would become the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League in 1979).Espanola, a very small Northern town, always struggled to keep the team viable and competitive and the franchise went on hiatus after the 1988–89 season.