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Yahoo
5 days ago
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North Bay Battalion Sign Russian Import First-Round Pick
The import signings in the OHL continue, with another first-round pick from the 2025 CHL Import Draft committing. After the Niagara IceDogs were able to sign all three of their draft picks, the North Bay Battalion have joined in on the action.
Ottawa Citizen
22-07-2025
- Sport
- Ottawa Citizen
North Bay Battalion sign top Import Draft pick Evgeny Dubrovtsev
Article content Article content Evgeny Dubrovtsev, the North Bay Battalion's first-round pick in the 2025 Canadian Hockey League Import Draft, has signed an education and development agreement, the Ontario Hockey League club announced Tuesday. Article content Article content Russian centre Dubrovtsev was the 17th overall selection in the three-round process conducted July 2 via the Internet. Article content Article content With holdover left winger Ihnat Pazii of Ukraine, Dubrovtsev and Arseny Pronin of Belarus, the Battalion's second-round pick, fill out North Bay's quota of three imports, increased from two. All are expected to be at training camp, which opens Aug. 25 at Boart Longyear Memorial Gardens. Article content Article content Article content 'We're thrilled to get started with Evgeny as he embarks on his journey to North America,' said Adam Dennis, Battalion director of hockey operations. 'He's a player that we've been familiar with for some time, and we expect him to have an impact as soon as he can acclimate to his new surroundings.' Article content Article content Article content Right shot Dubrovtsev is a St. Petersburg native who measures almost six feet and weighs 183 pounds. He turned 17 on March 18. Article content Article content In 37 games last season with SKA Yunior Krasnogorsk of the Junior Hockey League, or MHL, he recorded eight goals and six assists for 14 points with four penalty minutes. He played nine games with the St. Petersburg U17 team, scoring two goals and earning four assists for six points with four PiM. Article content Article content Second-rounder Pronin, a left-shot native of Minsk, has yet to sign with the Troops. Standing six-foot-two and weighing 187 pounds, he turned 18 on May 16. Article content Article content Pazii, whose place on the Battalion roster saw the club pass on its third-round pick, is a two-year veteran who has 19 goals and 25 assists for 44 points with 46 penalty minutes in 101 games. He turns 19 on Dec. 4. Article content Article content The 61 CHL teams drafted in inverse order of their league's overall standings in 2024-25, with the four non-qualifiers for the playoffs exercising the OHL's first four picks as per the weighted lottery held before the OHL Priority Selection in April. Article content
Ottawa Citizen
09-07-2025
- Sport
- Ottawa Citizen
Powassan Voodoos sign North Bay Battalion draft pick
Article content The Powassan Voodoos have signed North Bay U18 AAA Trappers power forward Cameron Lockhart, the club announced on Wednesday. Article content The 6'2', 194 pound right shot forward selected in the 15th round of the 2024 OHL Priority Selection by the North Bay Battalion, is coming off an impressive season in Great North U18 League where he had 18 goals and 25 assists for 43 points in only 23 games with the North Bay U18 AAA Trappers coached by former Voodoos assistant coach Josh Dale. 'It's an honour, it's a fast game and I can't wait for the new season,' Lockhart said about playing for the Battalion affiliate team. 'I am ready to work, I want to win a championship and hopefully we can get something good going this season.' Chris Dawson, Voodoos GM, likes what the 2008 birth year forward brings to the Voodoos for the 2025-26 season. 'Cam has a lot of great tools,' said Dawson. 'He likes to play on the edge and scouts have compared his game to Matthew Tkachuk's. He has a great combination of skill, physicality along with a great shot that we are excited to see this upcoming season.' Lockhart was among the 88 players who attended the Voodoos Prospects Camp on the July 5 and 6 weekend at Pete Palangio Arena in North Bay. The North Bay product will continue to train in preparation for both the Voodoos training camp which begins August 20 and the North Bay Battalion training camp which starts August 25.
Ottawa Citizen
04-07-2025
- Sport
- Ottawa Citizen
North Bay Battalion had good news a little bad news at the NHL Draft
You never know what to expect from the National Hockey League Draft, and that was the case for some North Bay Battalion players last weekend. Article content The good news came for two players as The Minnesota Wild chose right winger Lirim Amidovski in the fourth round, 121st overall, while the Florida Panthers took Shamar Moses, a right shot who has played left wing, as the first pick of the fifth round, at No. 129. Article content Article content First it was Amidovsky, who had a breakout season, who remarked how exciting it truly was. 'It means I have been dreaming about this moment and working towards it my whole life, so it feels amazing to be drafted. Can't be any more appreciative of what everyone in the organization has done for me,' says Amidovsky who watched the draft with family. Article content Moses reacted this way, 'This means the world (to me), a lifelong dream has come true, 'says Moses. The former Barrie Colts first-round draft pick gave flowers to his newer team, 'the coaching staff and organization have been so welcoming to me and (they) pushed me to be the best,' says the Battalion forward who watched the draft from home with family. Article content Article content A big surprise was that the Battalion's star goaltender Mike McIvor was passed over. McIvor had a great season between the pipes for a sub-.500 North Bay team. McIvor was the Ontario Hockey League's Goaltender of the Week on two occasions and kept the Battalion in many games in the 2024-25 season. Article content North Bay General Manager John Winstanley was asked about that draft snub when he addressed the media on Wednesday after the Canadian Hockey League 's Import Draft. Article content 'I feel for Mikey (not being drafted), he had a great year, and we had Nate McDonald, our goalie coach, put together a package of Mike's stats and put them against (stats) of goalies who have been drafted. Some of them were drafted very high,' says Winstanley. 'He was 'right there' if not ahead of many of the drafted goalies.'
Ottawa Citizen
02-07-2025
- Sport
- Ottawa Citizen
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
