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Lirim Amidovski scored two third-period goals, one on a penalty shot and one into an empty net, as the North Bay Battalion moved closer to securing an Ontario Hockey League playoff berth with a 5-1 victory Thursday night over the Oshawa Generals. Ethan Procyszyn had one goal and one assist

The third Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League playoff series to commence begins Friday night at Claude Larose Recreation Centre as the No. 2 Hearst Lumberjacks host the No. 7 Powassan Voodoos in a 7 p.m. start. No strangers to meeting each other in the postseason, this marks the fourth

With the North Bay Battalion striving to nail down an Ontario Hockey League postseason berth, in some respects the playoffs already have started for the Troops and Ottawa 67’s. “We’ve been playing intense, playoff-type of on-the-line here for the last few weeks, and definitely wrapping up here even

By Richard Coffin Wednesday, Mar. 19th, 2025 Five North Bay Ski Racing Club members competed in the U14 Ontario Cup Provincial finals last weekend in Collingwood. Grant Park (10th, men’s super G), Finley Prisco (11th, women’s super G) and Lexine Gauthier (15th, women’s giant slalom) secured top

A four-assist night from their captain, Aiden Pethick, saw the defenceman help guide his Espanola Paper Kings to a 7-2 triumph over the Powassan Voodoos Sunday evening in the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League regular season finale, held at the Powassan Sportsplex. Breaking out of his own zone with pace,

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