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Calgary Canucks to welcome nine CJHL champions to Canada’s National Junior A Championship Hockey Canada and the Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) have announced that the 2025 Centennial Cup, presented by Tim Hortons, will be played in Calgary for the first time in the 54-year history of the tournament.

The Voodoos have added local 16-year-old defenseman Samuel Rivet, the club announced on Friday. Rivet was taken in the 11th round, 218th overall by the North Bay Battalion in the 2024 OHL Priority Selection.   The Voodoos are the North Bay Battalion’s junior ‘A’ affiliate team.  The 6’0”,196-pound

The Powassan Voodoos have been busy completing several trades as the club's main camp approaches. The Voodoos acquired 2006 birth year forward Matthew Diniz and defenceman Dawson Coleman from the Winchester Hawks of the Eastern Ontario Jr. ‘B’ Hockey League (EOJHL) for a development fee.  Diniz, a 5’

The North Bay Battalion has traded defenceman Tnias Mathurin to the Windsor Spitfires, the Ontario Hockey League club announced Thursday. For Mathurin and its 13th-round pick in the 2025 OHL Priority Selection, North Bay received a second-rounder in 2025 and fourth- and sixth-round choices in 2026, all conditional, as well

The Powassan Voodoos have named defenceman Jackson Smith the Voodoos new captain for the upcoming 2024-24 season. Smith, a 20-year-old Calgary, Alberta product joined the Voodoos in early 2024 after starting the season with the Camrose Kodiaks of the AJHL.  In 17 regular season games, Smith netted 1 goal and

Northern Ontario Division ski racing team back on snow The North Bay Ski Racing Club (NBSRC) is proud to announce that six of its athletes have accepted their nomination to the Northern Ontario Division (NOD) team. This upcoming season will be the first for the team after a 15 year

The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League (NOJHL) and its Board of Directors held its 2024 Annual General Meeting July 11-12 in Sudbury. As part of the two-day collaborations between the league and its 12-member clubs, a number of new regulations have been implemented for the upcoming 2024-25 season.   With that,

The Canadian Paralympic Committee and Tennis Canada has announced Shaw has been nominated to represent Canada in wheelchair tennis at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.   It will be Shaw’s second consecutive Paralympic appearance, with officials saying he's looking to improve upon his opening round defeat in his

Anthony Romani and Ryder Carey of the Ontario Hockey League’s North Bay Battalion have been invited to Program of Excellence summer camps, Hockey Canada announced Tuesday. Right winger Romani is one of 18 OHL performers, including 12 forwards, named to the roster for the national junior team’s Summer

Ryan Oulahen, coach of the Ontario Hockey League’s North Bay Battalion, has been named one of two assistant coaches with Canada’s national summer under-18 team, which will defend its Hlinka Gretzky Cup championship next month. Kris Mallette of the Western Hockey League’s Kelowna Rockets will serve as