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Five members of the North Bay Battalion are scheduled to head Tuesday to National Hockey League rookie camps and tournaments, including centre Ethan Procyszyn, a third-round pick in the 2024 NHL Draft by the Anaheim Ducks. Others on the way to NHL prospect gatherings are right winger Anthony Romani, centre

Sunday was Fan Fest at Memorial Gardens and the fans went home happy after a pre-season shootout win for the North Bay Battalion. Reigning OHL goal scoring leader Anthony Romani walks the red carpet at Battalion Fan Fest. Ahead of the match-up, crowds of people lined the red carpet on

Jacob Therrien scored in a shootout to lift the North Bay Battalion to a 3-2 victory over the Owen Sound Attack in Ontario Hockey League exhibition play Sunday. Lirim Amidovski and Andrew LeBlanc scored third-period goals to bring North Bay back from a 2-0 deficit before Therrien scored the only

After tying it in the late going, the Powassan Voodoos completed the comeback by defeating the French River 4-3 in overtime in a penalty-filled Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League preseason contest Saturday at the Powassan Sportsplex. The Voodoos pressed the pace early on, but they could not beat Rapids’ netminder

A Nathan Pelletier shorthanded marker with just over two seconds remaining in regulation propelled the Powassan Voodoos to a dramatic 4-3 victory over the French River Rapids in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League exhibition affair Friday at Noelville Arena. French River opened the scoring in the back-half of the

Goaltenders Jaeden Nelson and Collin MacKenzie combined to make 40 saves, backing the Ottawa 67’s to a 5-0 shutout over the North Bay Battalion in an Ontario Hockey League preseason game Friday night. Caden Kelly scored two goals and Kimi Korbler provided one goal and one assist for Ottawa,

The North Bay Battalion open the exhibition schedule on home ice Friday night against the Ottawa 67's. Game time is 7 o'clock at Memorial Gardens. The Troops also host the Owen Sound Attack on Sunday at 2 pm, with Fan Fest getting underway earlier in the

The North Bay Battalion broke training camp Sunday with 24 skaters and three goaltenders still contending for roster positions with the Ontario Hockey League club. Goaltenders Mike McIvor, Charlie Larocque and Carter Nadon were retained with nine defencemen, numbering Jacob LeBlanc, Wyatt Kennedy, Bronson Ride, Brayden Turley, Tyson Rismond, Zach

After winning his opening draw on Saturday, North Bay's Rob Shaw lost his quad singles quarterfinals match in wheelchair tennis at the Paris Paralympics on Monday. He dropped a straight sets decision (6-0, 6-0) to number 2 ranked Niels Vink of the Netherlands. Shaw was the lone Canadian

The Powassan Voodoos stayed close to home adding local 2006 birth year power forward Heath Bradley, the club announced on Friday. Bradley, spent last season playing for Chippewa in the NDA high school hockey league while affiliating with the North Bay U18 AAA Trappers.  The 6’3”, 190-pound forward was