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Briir Long winner of the Britt Jessup Memorial Award for Male Athlete of the Year Briir Long's impressive 2023 season on the ice has helped him become the Britt Jessup Memorial Award winner for outstanding achievement by a local male athlete in 2023. A 10th round selection, 189th

Mort Fellman Female Athlete of the Year: Annabelle Jackson The 2023 Mort Fellman Female Athlete of the Year is a grade 11 Chippewa Secondary School student who excels at numerous sports. When she is not on the court, field, or in the swimming pool, you can find her downhill skiing

For general manager Adam Dennis, the end of the North Bay Battalion’s season means the end of special relationships and, to some extent, an era in the history of the Ontario Hockey League club. “It’s sad,” Dennis allowed this week in the aftermath of the Battalion’s 6-1

Oshawa stalls Troops charge The North Bay Battalion’s charge back into the Ontario Hockey League’s third-round playoff series came up short Monday night. Dylan Roobroeck scored two goals and added an assist to lead the Oshawa Generals to a 6-1 victory in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference

The Ontario Hockey League’s Eastern Conference Championship Series is going the distance. Owen Van Steensel scored two goals and added two assists to lead the North Bay Battalion to an 8-1 victory Sunday over the Oshawa Generals, tying the best-of-seven set at 3-3 in games. Game 7 is scheduled

Ty Nelson’s second goal of the game, at 4:53 of the second overtime period, lifted the North Bay Battalion to a 5-4 Ontario Hockey League victory Friday night over the Oshawa Generals, sending their best-of-seven Eastern Conference Championship Series to a sixth game. Nelson added two assists and

The Powassan Voodoos have added an experienced assistant coach to join Peter Goulet behind the bench this off-season. Former NHLer Vitali Yachmenev has been hired as an assistant coach, the club announced on Friday.   Yachmenev replaces Josh Dale who has joined the North Bay U18 AAA Trappers as that team&

Sandis Vilmanis’s second goal of the game, at 6:02 of overtime, gave the North Bay Battalion a 5-4 Ontario Hockey League victory Wednesday night over the Oshawa Generals and continuing life in their best-of-seven Eastern Conference Championship Series. Vilmanis added two assists for a four-point game as North

The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League champion Greater Sudbury Cubs now know who their opponents will be in round robin play at the Centennial Cup, presented by Tim Hortons, that goes May 9-19 in Oakville, Ont. Greater Sudbury will take on the Collingwood Blues (OJHL); Navan Grads (CCHL); Calgary Canucks

Calum Ritchie scored two goals and assisted on another to lead the Oshawa Generals to a 5-2 Ontario Hockey League victory Monday night over the North Bay Battalion, giving the Generals a commanding 3-0 lead in games in their best-of-seven Eastern Conference Championship Series. Stuart Rolofs, Connor Lockhart and Beckett