Battalion prospects thinned
The North Bay Battalion’s training camp saw nine players and three goaltenders depart Wednesday, leaving a total of 44 still listed in contention for roster spots with the Ontario Hockey League club.
Three veterans, in Mike McIvor, Charlie Larocque and Jack Lisson, were joined by Cole Vreugdenhil, a fifth-round pick in the OHL Priority Selection in April, as the surviving goaltenders after cuts were made following the first of the day’s two intrasquad games.
Twenty-five forwards and 15 defencemen remained in the battle to start the campaign with the Troops, including Russia’s Evgeny Dubrovtsev, a first-round pick in the Canadian Hockey League Import Draft in July. He finally got in the air after three flight delays in leaving St. Petersburg and was to be picked up at the Toronto airport Wednesday night.
Dubrovtsev, holdover Ihnat Pazii of Ukraine and Belarus’s Arseny Pronin, the Battalion’s second-round selection in the 2025 Import Draft, give the Troops three import forwards. Before this season, CHL teams were restricted to two imports.
Team White and Team Green split the games Wednesday. White defenceman Kent Greer made his camp debut in the nightcap after overcoming sickness, while Green was without Dubrovtsev and rearguard Declan Gallivan, who hasn’t appeared in a game while recovering from an illness.
Assistant coaches Bill Houlder and Matt Marquardt again ran the White and Green benches respectively while coach Ryan Oulahen watched the 60-minute games from the stands.
The camp ends after a fifth intrasquad game at 10 a.m. Thursday. Admission to Boart Longyear Memorial Gardens for the game is free.
FOURTH GAME RECAP
Ryder Cali scored the first two goals of a four-goal first period, giving White all it would need in an eventual 3-1 decision. White’s Larocque and Green counterpart Lisson staged a goaltending duel as the winners clinched the camp title with their third victory.
Lineups
White: Charlie Larocque, Cole Vreugdenhil, Aaron Enright, Kent Greer, Sam Weedmark, Devran Brown, Easton Poe, Carter Kunopaski, Richard Wang, Lucas Van Steensel, Cam Warren, Parker Vaughan, Ryder Cali, Jack Foley, Arseny Pronin, Ethan Procyszyn, Kam Hodgson, Stepan Chukharev, Shamar Moses, Tristan Konobelj, Nick Wellenreiter.
Green: Jack Lisson, Mike McIvor, Oskar Konobelj, Brandt Harper, Jonathan Kapageridis, Sam Rivet, Ryan Fairbairn, Aaron Manzo, Bronson Ride, Briir Long, Ryder Carey, Adam Smeeton, Javian Nei, Quinn Kipfer, Nolan Laird, Lincoln Edwards, Ihnat Pazii, Austin Brekelmans, Jax Pereira, Daks Klinkhammer, Lirim Amidovski.
White goals: Cali 2, Wellenreiter.
Green goal: Brekelmans.
THIRD GAME RECAP
Lincoln Edwards and Ben Maharaj scored in a shootout set at five rounds to give Green a 4-3 victory, its first of the camp. Daks Klinkhammer had two first-period goals for Green, while Kam Hodgson provided a pair of second-period goals for White. Goaltender Carter Nadon went the distance for Green, and Logan Coates and Gavin Zepp, who took the loss, split time for White.
Lineups
Green: Cole Vreugdenhil, Carter Nadon, Oskar Konobelj, Colton D’Amico, Karter Buchmann, Dylan Rousselle, Jonathan Kapageridis, Ryan Fairbairn, Adrian Manzo, Briir Long, Ryder Carey, Adam Smeeton, Javian Nei, Quinn Kipfer, Ben Maharaj, Owen Smith, Lincoln Edwards, Austin Brekelmans, Jax Pereira, Daks Klinkhammer, Lirim Amidovski.
White: Logan Coates, Gavin Zepp, Aaron Enright, Sam Weedmark, Sam Rivet, Devran Brown, Easton Poe, Carter Kunopaski, Richard Wang, Lucas Van Steensel, Dylan Nobili, Isaac Tracze, Cam Warren, Parker Vaughan, Ryder Cali, James Rosenberg, Jack Foley, Arseny Pronin, Kam Hodgson, Stepan Chukharev, Tristan Konobelj.
Green goals: Klinkhammer 2, Amidovski.
White goals: Hodgson 2, Warren.
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