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The Powassan Voodoos have signed another key player from the Great North U18 AAA champion North Bay U18 AAA Trappers.   The Voodoos are adding forward Scott Szczygiel (pronounced SEA-GULL), the club announced on Thursday.   The 2008 birth year forward was the Trappers' captain and netted 26 goals and 34

By Richard Coffin The hammer has curled into the sunset for North Bay’s Team Winters. The U18 team from the North Bay Granite Club has announced they’re parting ways with two members heading out-of-town for post-secondary school. It’s been quite a run for the North Bay rink,

The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League’s (NOJHL) Timmins Rock have announced that defenceman Braedyn Cyr has committed to attend NCAA Division III Albertus Magnus College in New Haven, Conn., where he will further his education and skate with the Falcons’ men’s hockey program. A second-team NOJHL All-Star, the

The Timmins Rock of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League (NOJHL) have announced that forward Lucas Lowe has committed to attend Buffalo State University where he will attend school and play NCAA Division III hockey in the fall. A four-year member of the Rock, the 20-year-old Lowe amassed 175 points

By Richard Coffin The Powassan Voodoos have signed North Bay U18 AAA Trappers netminder Carson Ruddy. The NOJHL club says he’s a star goalie from North Bay, who had a perfect 18-0 regular season last year and was 4-0 in the Great North Tournament of Champions, leading the Trappers

By Richard Coffin The North Bay Battalion drafted 17 players at the OHL Priority Selection on the weekend. They chose nine forwards, six defencemen and two goaltenders over 15 rounds. In the first round Friday night, the Troops selected goaltender Owen Loftus of the Don Mills Flyers U16s with the

The Powassan Voodoos stayed close to home for the organization’s first new player signing of the 2026-27 season.  The Voodoos inked 17-year-old forward Cedar Montreuil from the North Bay U18 AAA Trappers, the club announced on Monday.  The Mattawa product had a stellar season with the Great North U18

Momentum is building for Canada Celebrates the FIFA World Cup 2026™ in North Bay, with new programming details now confirmed for the Saturday July 11th quarter-final celebration.  Co-hosted at the College Drive campus by Nipissing University and Canadore College, the event will begin at 3:00pm with the first quarter-final

A vast multitude of Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) alumni took part in the Canadian university ranks during the 2025-26 season. In all, the numbers featured 612 CJHL alumni who competed in USPORTS men’s hockey programs over the recently completed campaign. That is an increase of 82 from the

By Richard Coffin Canadore College has appointed Bill Crowdis as head coach of the Panthers Men’s Varsity Basketball team. Officials say he brings extensive coaching experience at the collegiate level, with a strong track record of success across the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA). He previously served as head