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The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League is mourning the loss of longtime Greater Sudbury product, Dan McCourt, who passed away Monday following an extended illness. An honoured member of the Sudbury Sports Hall of Fame, McCourt had a distinguished 25-year career as a linesman in the National Hockey League, from

The North Bay Ski Racing Club (NBSRC) had one of their best ever showings this past weekend at the Mealey Classic in Sault Ste Marie. With over 140 racers from Thunder Bay to Collingwood the competition was steep and many of our local athletes turned in top five performances. Head

Nick Lardis’s goal at 9:48 of the second period proved the winner as the Brantford Bulldogs skated to a 2-1 victory over the North Bay Battalion in an Ontario Hockey League game Sunday. Tomas Hamara also scored for Brantford, which won a third game in three days and

Ryan Roobroeck scored an empty-net goal and assisted on the other two as the Niagara IceDogs survived a North Bay Battalion barrage for a 3-1 Ontario Hockey League victory Saturday night. Goaltender Owen Flores made 43 saves to backstop Niagara, which improved its won-lost-extended record to 26-13-3 for 55 points

Vilanez gets OT winner as Rapids slip past Voodoos A superb individual effort by Hunter Vilanez, 3:08 into overtime, was the difference maker as the French River Rapids pulled out a dramatic 4-3 victory over the Powassan Voodoos Saturday in a thrilling finish to a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey

Answering back from an early three-goal hole, the Greater Sudbury Cubs responded with six unanswered markers to defeat the Powassan Voodoos 6-3 Friday evening in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League play at the Powassan Sportsplex. The triumph sees the Cubs win their 19th game in a row. Getting off to

Forwards Shamar Moses and Lirim Amidovski and goaltender Mike McIvor of the North Bay Battalion are among a total of 52 Ontario Hockey League skaters and goaltenders in midseason rankings released Tuesday by the National Hockey League’s central scouting department. Left winger Moses is No. 71 on a list

Zach Wigle and Shamar Moses, into an empty net, scored for the North Bay Battalion against their onetime Barrie Colts teammates in a 2-0 Ontario Hockey League victory Thursday night. Goaltender Mike McIvor produced 22 saves for his second shutout of the season for North Bay, which moved its won-lost-extended

Canadore Panthers Show Grit in Southwestern Ontario Road Trip The Canadore College men’s basketball team hit the road this past weekend for two matchups in southwestern Ontario, taking on Conestoga College and Fanshawe College. While the Panthers fought hard in both contests, they ultimately came up short, showing flashes

The North Bay Battalion plays host to the Barrie Colts at 7 p.m. Thursday in an Ontario Hockey League game featuring plenty of players sporting a new look. The Battalion’s Zach Wigle and Parker Vaughan will face their former teammates for the first time since a trade Jan.