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The Powassan Voodoos stayed close to home adding local 2006 birth year power forward Heath Bradley, the club announced on Friday. Bradley, spent last season playing for Chippewa in the NDA high school hockey league while affiliating with the North Bay U18 AAA Trappers.  The 6’3”, 190-pound forward was

Battalion President Adam Dennis is our guest for Episode I of the 2024 Marching Orders series The Battalion Marching Orders are back for another season as the North Bay Battalion begin training camp Thursday, ahead of the OHL campaign. We're joined by Adam Dennis, President and Director of

Saturday is a big day for North Bay’s Rob Shaw at the Paralympics in Paris.  That’s when he plays his opening match in the wheelchair tennis quad division tournament at Roland-Garros Stadium.   Shaw is ranked eighth in the world and says there are no surprises between him and

Riding the shutout goaltending of Leon Willerscheid and a two-goal effort from Awrelij Fomenko saw the Jungadler Mannheim Eagles top the Powassan Voodoos 3-0 Wednesday in Day 2 play at the Cottage Cup Showcase at Wasaga Stars Arena. Mannheim opened the scoring 2:47 in as Fomenko fired a shot

Colton Smith collected the game’s first two goals as the Leamington Flyers (OJHL) went on to down the Powassan Voodoos 4-1 Wednesday morning at the Cottage Cup Showcase taking place at Wasaga Stars Arena. Leamington began the scoring in the two-period affair, seven and a half minutes into the

The Trenton Golden Hawks (OJHL) soared out to a big early lead and went on to down the Powassan Voodoos 8-1 Tuesday afternoon in Day 1 play at the Cottage Cup Showcase in Wasaga Beach. Playing a pair of 20-minute periods, Trenton banged in five goals before the opening frame

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