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A three-goal night from Pavel Barclay helped propel the Powassan Voodoos past the French River Rapids 12-2 Saturday evening in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League play at the Powassan Sportsplex. Making the most of a couple of early opportunities, each team tallied once before the contest was three minutes old.

A Benjamin Coupal marker nearly seven minutes into the third period proved to be the game-winner as the Powassan Voodoos went on to defeat the Espanola Paper Kings 5-3 in a back-and-forth Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League meeting Friday at the Powassan Sportsplex. Carter Drigo got things going for the

Nick Wellenreiter scored in a shootout to give the North Bay Battalion a 3-2 comeback victory Thursday night over the Brampton Steelheads in an Ontario Hockey League game. Wellenreiter had one goal and one assist earlier, and Carter Kunopaski provided the other goal. Goaltender Jack Lisson made 20 saves through

By Richard Coffin Parry Sound is celebrating. Hometown freestyle skier Megan Oldham won bronze in the slopestyle final at the Winter Games in Italy on Monday. Already in third place through the first two runs, the 24-year-old upped the ante with a score of 76.46 in her third and

Cole Beaudoin scored three goals, including an empty-netter, and added an assist to power the Barrie Colts to a 7-4 Ontario Hockey League victory Sunday over the North Bay Battalion and a sweep of their home-and-home series. Ben Wilmott had two goals and one assist and Mason Zebeski one goal

A trio of Anthony Boyes tallies; multiple assists from Pavel Barclay and the initial Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League shutout from Cole Vreugdenhil all played a part in a 12-0 romp by the Powassan Voodoos over the French River Rapids Friday at Noelville Arena. Powassan’s Dylan Rousselle opened the

On a night that featured multiple impressive goals by both sides, it was the Greater Sudbury Cubs who eventually held off the Powassan Voodoos 4-3 in a well-executed Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League on-ice affair at Gerry McCrory Countryside Sports Complex. Late on a brief man advantage midway through the

Nick Wellenreiter scored the only goal in a shootout to help rally the flu-ridden North Bay Battalion to a 5-4 Ontario Hockey League victory Thursday night over the Windsor Spitfires, avenging a road loss to the same team a week earlier. Kaden Pitre had one goal and two assists and

Nipissing Lakers Athletics and the Nipissing District Softball Club have officially joined forces to launch a new Junior Lakers partnership, strengthening opportunities for girls’ softball development in the North Bay region. As part of the new affiliation, the Nipissing District Softball Club will now compete under the Jr. Lakers identity,

The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League (NOJHL) announced Monday that forward Ryan Saginaw (Powassan Voodoos); goaltender Derrick Champagne (Powassan Voodoos) and forward Luc Warner (Hearst Lumberjacks) have been named its Rogers 3 Stars of the Week for the period ending February 1. Ryan Saginaw, (F) Powassan Voodoos – Leading all NOJHL