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KINGSTON, ON - The West Ferris Trojans stayed with the #2 seed Anderson Raiders for the better part of 3 and half quarters but were unable to overcome a late surge and fell 71-56 in their OFSAA AAA Senior Boys Basketball championships opener.

The North Bay Jr. Trappers started their 2010 playoff campaign with a bang, defeating the Sudbury Jr. Wolves 5-4 in overtime. The win gives the Trappers a 1-0 lead in the best of seven East Division semi-finals.

STURGEON FALLS, ON - After a 15-year wait, the Franco-Cité Patriotes are once again kings of the NDA hockey league as they hoisted their first championship in fifteen years following a 7-5 win over the Widdifield Wildcats in the deciding game of the

Temiscaming Royals forward Andre Leclair charges the Eskis net. Photo courtesy Christian Lebel.

Eurocamp hockey instructor and the 2009-2010 Temiscaming Royals Director of Hockey Operations Randy Edmonds will be giving us an insightful look at Minor Hockey Programs outside our area in a series of minor hockey features.

The NOJHL released its list of individual and team awards for the 2009-2010 season on Friday. Among the list of honoured players are three members from the Junior ‘A’ Trappers. Former Midget Trapper and St.

IROQUOIS FALLS, ON - The Temiscaming Royals kept it close for 40 minutes but the Abitibi Eskimos opened the scoring floodgates in the final period scoring 5 times en route to a convincing 6-0 victory in game 1 of the best-of-seven NOJHL Eastern Confe

Widdifield Wildcats goaltender Cody Doucette makes a stop on a point blank one-timer by Alain Desbois. Photo by Chris Dawson.

Chris Dawson and Al McDonald talk hockey with Cassie Campbell. Photo by Kate Adams. North Bay's Hockeyville 2007 Legacy story will air on CBC during the first intermission of the second game on Hockey Night in Canada (Montreal vs.

For the second straight season the Temiscaming Royals are forced to play the top team in the NOJHL in the opening round of the playoffs.