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North Bay Battalion hope to strike gold with two new CHL Import Draft picks

The North Bay Battalion chose a Russian player and a player from Belarus in the new-look Canadian Hockey League Import Draft held on Wednesday. Article content North Bay already has Ihnat Pazii returning, so they had two slots to fill and made a pair of picks. Article content Article content Article content At pick 78 North Bay selected Arseny Pronin who hails from Belarus. Pronin is a right winger who was born in 2007. Winstanley had an interesting reaction when asked about this prospect. Article content Article content Article content Article content Article content Winstanley knows the players drafted this year are coming to play and to be regular contributors. Article content 'If you are going to spend the time and money to being them over here the goal is to help them achieve their goals. To do that we have to put them in spots where they can be successful. With our core and who we have coming back, we set up well to insulate players moving to a new country and learning a new language. They will also have to acclimate to a new league, new ice surface and a new country,' says Winstanley. Article content