Battalion win again! Voodoos, Trappers, Lakers and Panthers all in action too

The North Bay Battalion survived an eighth-round shootout to beat the Niagara IceDogs 4-3 yesterday afternoon (Sunday) at Memorial Gardens.

The victory was the team’s ninth in ten games.

Head Coach Stan Butler says his secondary players were the key to winning.

“We’re getting a little bit from this guy and a little bit from that guy and that’s what you need in order to be successful,” he says.

Rookie Brandon Coe (pictured) scored the shootout winner.

“We know Brandon going to be a great shootout shooter but sometimes it’s tough for 16 year olds in that role, but that was a pretty nice goal he scored,” Butler says.

Goaltender Christian Propp earned his 11th win of the season.

Andy Baker, Luke Bughardt and Brad Chenier had goals in regulation for North Bay.

The Battalion are fifth in the OHL Eastern Conference standings.

Photo by Terry Wilson /OHL Images

The Powassan Voodoos are back in action tonight (Monday) at home to Cochrane.

The Voodoos scored wins over Kirkland Lake and Hearst on the weekend.

In the Great North Midget League, the North Bay AAA Major Midget Trappers won 6-3 over Kapuskasing on Sunday afternoon.

Ryan Mills scored twice for the Trappers in the win.

A weekend split for the Nipissing men’s hockey team on the weekend.

After a 3-2 win over UOIT on Friday the Lakers lost 4-3 to RMC on Saturday night.

In women’s hockey, Nipissing beat Laurentian 7-1 on Satuday.

The Lakers men’s basketball team defeated York 75-71 on Friday then lost 80-68 to Queen’s on Saturday.

The women’s team lost both of their games and in OUA volleyball, both Nipissing teams lost to Western and Windsor on the weekend.

In OCAA men’s basketball, Canadore won 91-77 over Loyalist on Saturday then lost 83-79 to St Lawrence yesterday.

In men’s volleyball, the Panthers won 3-0 over Loyalist while the women lost 3-1.

North Bay snowboarder Tyler Nicholson finished 5th in men’s slopestyle at the X-Games in Aspen, Colorado on Saturday.

Canada’s Darcy Sharpe won silver while Mark McMorris won bronze.

A rider from Norway won gold.

Nicholson won silver in the event at the X-Games last year.

He was sixth in Friday night’s Big Air Competition.

Next up, Nicholson travels to South Korea for to compete for Canada at the Winter Olympics.