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Finnish import Natan Teshome has signed an education and development agreement with the North Bay Battalion, the Ontario Hockey League club announced Wednesday. North Bay selected right winger Teshome in the first round of the Canadian Hockey League Import Draft on July 3. The five-foot-11, 172-pound resident of Lappeenranta turned

Matt Marquardt and Nate McDonald have been named assistant coaches with the North Bay Battalion; the Ontario Hockey League club announced Monday. Marquardt, a North Bay native, replaces Scott Wray, who joined the Owen Sound Attack in June as head coach. McDonald, a goaltending consultant with the Battalion last season,

The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League (NOJHL) released Monday its current 2024 preseason schedule. Presently, 10 of the league’s 12-member clubs have multiple contests on their respective exhibition slates leading up to the start of the NOJHL’s 2024-25 campaign. On-ice action will feature four teams taking part in

Leadership comes naturally to Justin Rousseau. The 19-year-old Verner product was a quiet leader who by example when he wore the “C” as captain of the 2023 Great North U18 championship North Bay Trappers squad. Now Rousseau will be continuing to show off his leadership at the junior level as

Council will be voting Tuesday night to invite the community and recreation centre’s project developer to provide an update at a future special committee meeting.   A report from CAO John Severino says since council awarded the $2.6 million contract to EllisDon, the project team has completed detailed geotechnical

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