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Goaltender Mike McIvor made 23 saves for the shutout in his return to action as the North Bay Battalion skated to a 7-0 victory Thursday night over the Brampton Steelheads, keeping pace with the Peterborough Petes in their fight for fourth place in the Ontario Hockey League’s Eastern Conference.

By Richard Coffin The annual OHL coaches poll includes six Troops. North Bay Battalion Captain Ethan Procyszyn tied for tops in ‘best defensive forward’, was second in ‘best on faceoffs’, third in ‘best penalty killer ‘ and tied for third in ‘hardest shot’. Jack Lisson was second in ‘most improved player’

By Richard Coffin We’re learning more about this year’s Sports Award winners and Hall of Fame inductees in North Bay.    Waterskier Jaimee Bull is receiving the Jack Burrows Memorial Award for Sports Achievement of the Year for 2025.  Last summer, she successfully defended her crown to become a

By Richard Coffin The North Bay U18 AAA Trappers won the Great North U18 League Championship last weekend in New Liskeard.  They defeated the Sault Ste. Marie U18 Jr Greyhounds 5-4 in the final. After the Greyhounds scored twice to even the score at four in the third, William Fournier

By Richard Coffin The playoffs begin Friday for the Powassan Voodoos. They host the Soo Eagles in game one of their quarterfinal series that night. Game two is Saturday, also at 7 pm at the Sportsplex, with the series heading to Michigan for games three and four next Tuesday and

Brennan Faulkner scored at 2:59 of overtime to give the Peterborough Petes a 4-3 victory Sunday over the North Bay Battalion and a two-point lead over the Troops in their fight for fourth place in the Ontario Hockey League’s Eastern Conference. Aiden Young joined Faulkner with one goal

Responding with five unanswered goals, the Powassan Voodoos went on to down the Iroquois Falls Storm 5-1 in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League meeting Saturday at the Powassan Sportsplex. With the outcome, Powassan secures the No. 2 seed in the upcoming NOJHL playoffs and will meet the No. 7

Kent Greer scored at 1:21 of overtime to lift the North Bay Battalion to a 3-2 comeback victory Thursday night over the Brantford Bulldogs, pulling the Troops within a point of the Peterborough Petes in their battle for playoff positioning in the Ontario Hockey League’s Eastern Conference. Bronson

By Richard Coffin At the Paralympics in Italy, Nipissing Lakers’ commit Maddie Mullin and guide Brooke Ailey finished sixth in the Women’s 10km Interval Start Classic Vision Impaired cross-country event. Ailey is a fourth year Nipissing student and member of Lakers Nordic. They will also compete in the 20k

By Richard Coffin All of the rocks have been swept out of the house, clearing the path for a major merger in the world of curling. Northern Ontario and Ontario are officially combining efforts off the pebbled ice on May 1. Officials say the new-look Curling Ontario will include the