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Owen Van Steensel scored at 4:00 of overtime to lift the Barrie Colts to a 5-4 victory over the North Bay Battalion in a heart-pounding Ontario Hockey League game Sunday that kept the Troops two points ahead of the Ottawa 67’s in their battle for a playoff berth.

Coming up big when needed, the Iroquois Falls Storm skated to a key 9-4 victory over the Powassan Voodoos in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League encounter Friday night at the Powassan Sportsplex. With the outcome, the Storm can secure the eighth and final NOJHL playoff spot with at least

Tanner Lam scored three goals and goaltender Jackson Parsons made 19 saves for his Ontario Hockey League-leading fifth shutout as the Kitchener Rangers defeated the North Bay Battalion 6-0 Friday night. Alexander Bilecki provided one goal and one assist and Christian Humphreys and Jack Pridham also scored for the Rangers

Marek Vanacker and Nick Lardis scored third-period goals, boosting the Brantford Bulldogs to a 2-1 victory Thursday night over the North Bay Battalion in a tightly contested Ontario Hockey League game. Vanacker added an assist and goaltender Ryerson Leenders produced 33 saves for Brantford, which improved its won-lost-extended record to

A Ryan Rubic marker, with under eight minutes remaining in regulation, proved to be the game-winner as the Greater Sudbury Cubs grinded out a narrow 3-2 triumph over the Powassan Voodoos Thursday night in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League play at Gerry McCrory Countryside Sports Complex. Generating the majority of

The North Bay Battalion faces a formidable foe when the Brantford Bulldogs visit at 7 p.m. Thursday in the second-last week of the Ontario Hockey League’s regular season. Brantford, leading the East Division and Eastern Conference, boasts plenty of offensive weapons, including Nick Lardis, who’s the league’

NOJHL announces Lumberjacks – Voodoos quarter-final series schedule The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League announced Thursday the game schedule for its upcoming quarter-final series between the No. 2 seeded Hearst Lumberjacks and the No. 7 Powassan Voodoos. Each match-up of the series will feature 7 p.m. start times. Action in

By Richard Coffin The West Ferris Ringette Association is hosting a Birthplace of Ringette Centennial Celebration and offering a chance to ‘Try Ringette for Free’.   The event takes place Friday, March 14 (1-3 pm) at the Sam Jacks Complex.   It’s open to all ages.   Registration can be done online

By Richard Coffin Four inductees will be welcomed into the North Bay Sports Hall of Fame in early May.    They include Dale Hewitt, Bill Jacko, Mike Long and Dan Ralph.   Major sports award winners have also been announced (full list below).  They include Female Athlete of the Year Isabelle Bérubé

Lirim Amidovski, Ihnat Pazii and Nick Wellenreiter, into an empty net, scored unanswered third-period goals to send the North Bay Battalion to a 5-2 victory Sunday over the Ottawa 67’s, giving the Troops a four-point lead over the losers in the battle for the last playoff position in the