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A Marcus Krats marker off an early rush, moments into overtime, lifted the Powassan Voodoos to a 3-2 win over the Espanola Paper Kings Friday in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League play at the Powassan Sportsplex. The Voodoos took flight midway through the first period when Justin Rousseau worked his

Rolling out to an early lead, the Greater Sudbury Cubs did not look back from there as they went on to down the Powassan Voodoos 9-2 in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League action Thursday at Gerry McCrory Countryside Sports Complex. The Cubs opened the scoring a couple of minutes into

Ryder Cali scored two third-period goals, the winner and an empty-netter, to lift the North Bay Battalion to a 4-2 Ontario Hockey League victory Thursday night over the Ottawa 67’s. Nick Wellenreiter provided one goal and two assists and Ethan Procyszyn had the other goal for the Battalion, while

By Richard Coffin A couple of local curling teams are back on the pebbled ice Wednesday morning at the North Bay Granite Club. Team Riley Winters and Team Jeff Brown both opened the men’s Northern Ontario provincial championship with losses on Tuesday. It’s a triple-knockout event. Defending champion

Powassan Voodoos defenceman Marcus Krats has committed to Concordia University Wisconsin NCAA D III hockey team, the club announced on Tuesday.   The 20-year-old Labrador City, NL product has netted 7 goals and 15 assists for 22 points in 26 games this season for the Voodoos.   “It’s extremely exciting, at

By Richard Coffin It’s a first down for efforts aimed at bringing back senior football at Chippewa Secondary School (CSS). Officials say the Ravens Flight 2026 campaign is halfway to its fundraising goal, having raised nearly $30,000. A fundraising concert has also been lined up by Jamie Carruthers,

The North Bay Battalion has acquired centre Sebastien Gervais and defenceman Hayden Barch from the Saginaw Spirit in an Ontario Hockey League trade announced Monday. For overager Gervais and Barch, Saginaw receives five OHL Priority Selection picks, made up of three third-rounders and two fifths. Gervais, a left shot, had

Ethan Procyszyn scored two goals and added an assist to power the North Bay Battalion to a 5-2 victory Sunday over the Sudbury Wolves and a split of their Ontario Hockey League home-and-home series. Parker Vaughan provided one goal and two assists and Nick Wellenreiter one goal and one assist,

Jack Pridham scored the winning goal and added an assist, pacing the Kitchener Rangers to a 4-2 Ontario Hockey League victory Wednesday over the North Bay Battalion in the Troops’ traditional New Year’s Eve matinee. Avry Anstis, Haeden Ellis and Dylan Edwards, into an empty net, each had a

By Richard Coffin The North Bay Granite Club is set to host the Northern Ontario Curling Association’s men’s and women’s provincial playdowns. From Jan. 6-11, rinks from across the region will be competing for the chance to represent Northern Ontario at the national curling championships, the Montana’