While many hockey fans and media across our Nation were glued to TV sets watching the Pens-Jackets, Stars-Ducks and Blues-Hawks, the hockey world was still keeping a watchful eye on North Bay as the relocated franchise garnered some pretty impressive attention amid it's NHL compeition last night.
The Troops victory even got a re-tweet from TSN Hockey Insider Bob McKenzie, who may be partial to the Troops as he is in fact the brother-in-law of Battalion assistant coach John Goodwin.
It was also a heartbreaker for North Bay's Kenny Appleby, the Generals backup netminder thrown in the biggest game of his life in an elimination game in his hometown.
Here are some of the comments:
Big congrats to the @OHLBattalion on their Eastern Conference Championship! Go one step further than we did in '09 and win it all #goodluck
— Matt Duchene (@Matt9Duchene) April 24, 2014
Congratulations @OHLBattalion, Barclay Goodrow and all North Bay #diehard for an incredible run to the #OHL final!
— Nick Kypreos (@RealKyper) April 24, 2014
North Bay Battalion win #OHL Eastern title in first year in new home: ‘I hope we haven’t spoiled them too much’ https://t.co/cIzbiMIiKN
— Neate Sager (@neatebuzzthenet) April 24, 2014
Battalion sweep Gens and celebration is on in North Bay. Guess they're not moving back to GTA!!!!
— Damien Cox (@DamoSpin) April 24, 2014
Tough night but extremely proud of our team and our coaching staff! Also a sincere thank you to our great fans!!#bestfans #Gensnation
— Jeff Twohey (@Jefftwo) April 24, 2014
Would like to apologize for the way the season ended, but would like to thank the coaching staff, the fans and most importantly all my...
— Ken Appleby (@KAppleby35) April 24, 2014
Brothers who made this an unforgettable season, I will not forget it.
— Ken Appleby (@KAppleby35) April 24, 2014
