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By Richard Coffin More than 60 prospects took part in the Powassan Voodoos summer development camp on the weekend at Pete Palangio Arena in North Bay. Coach Peter Goulet says it was exciting to see the attendance numbers at the summer skate. “In my 22 years of doing camps at

By Richard Coffin There’s plenty of North Bay Battalion representation at NHL development camps this week. There’s plenty of North Bay Battalion representation at NHL development camps this week. They include Ethan Procyszyn with Anaheim, Ryder Cali and Shamar Moses in Florida, Lirim Amidovski with Minnesota, Jack Lisson

By Richard Coffin Two North Bay Battalion players were drafted by NHL teams on the weekend. Centre Ryder Cali was selected by the Florida Panthers in the second round, while the San Jose Sharks picked defenceman Alexander Karmanov in the seventh round. West Nipissing’s Andre Mondoux, a former Trappers’

The Powassan Voodoos have signed a multi-sport athlete who will be competing in two sports this fall, the club announced on Thursday.   The Voodoos signed Nicholas Ludgate from the Mississauga Rebels U18 AAA team, where the 2008 birth-year forward netted 11 goals and 28 assists for 39 points in 56

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