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Beau Jelsma scored three goals, including an empty-netter, to lead the Barrie Colts to a 4-2 victory Saturday night over the North Bay Battalion in a hotly contested Ontario Hockey League game. Riley Patterson had the winning goal, Thomas Stewart provided three assists and goaltender Sam Hillebrandt contributed 36 saves

The Powassan Voodoos scored three unanswered third period goals en route to a 5-2 win over the visiting French River Rapids Friday in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League action at the Powassan Sportsplex on Friday. Alex Little led the way for the Voodoos, being credited with a goal and two

Anthony Romani stands on the verge of a 50-goal season but, to hear some marvel at the pending achievement, it’s a bolt from the blue. That’s not the case in the eyes of the North Bay Battalion’s brain trust. Right winger Romani has 49 goals and 48

A former Powassan Voodoos affiliate and a Powassan native has signed an NHL deal.   Dallas Stars General Manager Jim Nill announced Thursday the club has signed North Bay area defenseman Connor Punnett to a three-year entry-level contract. Punnett, 20, has registered 50 points (9-41—50) in 59 regular-season contests for

16-Year-Old Briir Long making waves in the GOJHL St Thomas Stars Rookie Briir Long, who is also a Brantford Bulldogs Prospect was named to the Western Conference “ALL STAR TEAM” in the GOJHL In 48 games this year, Briir recorded 34 goals, 30 assists, for a total 64 points. As

Anthony Romani scored two goals, helping power the North Bay Battalion to a 7-2 victory Thursday night over the Windsor Spitfires in Ontario Hockey League action. Owen Van Steensel had one goal and two assists and Dalyn Wakely one goal and one assist, while Sandis Vilmanis, Tnias Mathurin and Ty

A Carson Ricci man advantage marker, just over two minutes into overtime, was the difference as the Powassan Voodoos slipped past the Hearst Lumberjacks 2-1 in a tightly contested Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League affair Tuesday at the Powassan Sportsplex. Shaping up to be a first round NOJHL East Division

NPSC Elementary Students Drop the Puck in Hockey Canada Skills Academy School Elective Program As St. Joseph-Scollard Hall Catholic Secondary School’s (SJSH) Hockey Canada Skills Academy (HCSA) program concluded a successful second year, the Nipissing-Parry Sound Catholic District School Board (NPSC) is proud to announce a HCSA pilot elective

Dalyn Wakely scored two goals and Ethan Procyszyn and Andrew LeBlanc each provided one goal and two assists Sunday, pacing the North Bay Battalion to a 9-3 pasting of the Niagara IceDogs and closer to first place in the Ontario Hockey League’s Central Division. Justin Ertel and Jacob Therrien

Right winger Sandis Vilmanis of the North Bay Battalion has signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Florida Panthers, the National Hockey League club announced Saturday. “We’re thrilled for Sandis and his recent accomplishment,” said general manager Adam Dennis of the Ontario Hockey League’s Battalion. “He quietly goes