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Nick Wellenreiter scored one goal and added an assist as the North Bay Battalion defeated the Peterborough Petes 5-4 Thursday night to pull within two points of the fourth-place Petes in the Ontario Hockey League’s Eastern Conference. Ryder Carey, Lirim Amidovski, Brandt Harper and Ethan Procyszyn, with what proved

By Richard Coffin Canada won its second gold medal of the Winter Games in Italy on Monday, thanks to Parry Sound’s Megan Oldham.  The 24-year-old won the Freeski Big Air competition.   Oldham scored a combined 180.75 in her first two runs,  and beat China’s Eileen Gu by

Kaden Pitre and Ethan Procyszyn each scored one goal and added an assist to lead the North Bay Battalion to a 5-3 Ontario Hockey League victory over the Brampton Steelheads in a Family Day matinee Monday. Parker Vaughan, Sebastien Gervais and Evgeny Dubrovtsev had a goal apiece, and goaltender Cole

Ethan Procyszyn scored two goals and earned three assists to power the North Bay Battalion to a key 9-1 victory over the Niagara IceDogs in the only Ontario Hockey League game Sunday. Nolan Laird had two goals and Evgeny Dubrovtsev and Lirim Amidovski one goal and one assist apiece, and

A three-goal night from Pavel Barclay helped propel the Powassan Voodoos past the French River Rapids 12-2 Saturday evening in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League play at the Powassan Sportsplex. Making the most of a couple of early opportunities, each team tallied once before the contest was three minutes old.

A Benjamin Coupal marker nearly seven minutes into the third period proved to be the game-winner as the Powassan Voodoos went on to defeat the Espanola Paper Kings 5-3 in a back-and-forth Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League meeting Friday at the Powassan Sportsplex. Carter Drigo got things going for the

Nick Wellenreiter scored in a shootout to give the North Bay Battalion a 3-2 comeback victory Thursday night over the Brampton Steelheads in an Ontario Hockey League game. Wellenreiter had one goal and one assist earlier, and Carter Kunopaski provided the other goal. Goaltender Jack Lisson made 20 saves through

By Richard Coffin Parry Sound is celebrating. Hometown freestyle skier Megan Oldham won bronze in the slopestyle final at the Winter Games in Italy on Monday. Already in third place through the first two runs, the 24-year-old upped the ante with a score of 76.46 in her third and

Cole Beaudoin scored three goals, including an empty-netter, and added an assist to power the Barrie Colts to a 7-4 Ontario Hockey League victory Sunday over the North Bay Battalion and a sweep of their home-and-home series. Ben Wilmott had two goals and one assist and Mason Zebeski one goal

A trio of Anthony Boyes tallies; multiple assists from Pavel Barclay and the initial Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League shutout from Cole Vreugdenhil all played a part in a 12-0 romp by the Powassan Voodoos over the French River Rapids Friday at Noelville Arena. Powassan’s Dylan Rousselle opened the