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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

Parker Von Richter and Gabriel Chiarot, into an empty net, scored and goaltender Brayden Gillespie made 26 saves for the shutout as the Brampton Steelheads defeated the North Bay Battalion 2-0 Friday night in an Ontario Hockey League game. Gillespie registered his second shutout of the season, both with Brampton,

Powassan playoff bound following win in Espanola An Anthony Boyes marker midway through the third period proved to be the game-winner as the Powassan Voodoos clinched themselves a playoff spot with a hard-fought 4-3 result over the Espanola Paper Kings Friday night in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League action at

Jacob Therrien and Jacob LeBlanc each had one goal and one assist as the North Bay Battalion defeated the Niagara IceDogs 4-3 Thursday night, giving the Troops a three-point advantage in the battle for the last playoff spot in the Ontario Hockey League’s Eastern Conference. Ihnat Pazii and Zach

Calem Mangone scored two goals and earned two assists, pacing the Saginaw Spirit to an 8-3 victory Sunday over the North Bay Battalion that cost the Troops breathing room in the Ontario Hockey League’s Eastern Conference playoff race. Igor Chernyshov had two goals and one assist, while Zayne Parekh

By Richard Coffin Two local youth bowlers from Partners Billiards and Bowling in North Bay are heading to nationals in Edmonton in early May.  Mya Labonté and Marley Pedskalny (pictured above) won gold in the Bantam Girls team division at the Northern Ontario Provincials in Dryden on the weekend.  They