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No, Dan Zawacki isn’t a distant relative of Sylvester Stallone, nor does he have a background in boxing. The newly added forward of the North Bay Jr. Trappers simply hails from the rocky mountain state of Colorado.

Lakers head coach Mike McParland hands out season tickets. Photo by Chris Dawson. The Nipissing University Lakers are staking their territory at the top of the scoring charts early in this Ontario University Athletics hockey season.

Bryanne Paquin had 18 points to lead the Franco Cite Patriotes to a 29-26 victory over the Chippewa Raiders at the Raiderdome on Wednesday in NDA Senior Girls Basketball play. Caitlin Hebert had 8 points for the Raiders.

"Views from Section 8" returns! It's a popular column written by Don "Butch" Turcotte. The former Trappers Junior "A" coach and father of former NHLer and Lakers assistant coach Darren Turcotte will be chiming in with his thoughts here on BayToday.

For the fifth year, Coach4Food will run during the month of December, 2009, in an effort to re-stock the shelves of the North Bay Food Bank.

Anyone interested in coaching rep/select Baseball in 2010 is asked to please contact Chad Lacelle at 472-8782. Divisions include Mosquito 99-00, Peewee 97-98, and Bantam 95-96.

The game between North Bay Midget AAA Trappers and the Nickel City Sons scheduled for Tuesday night at the Balfour arena in Chelmsford has been cancelled due to the "Flu Bug". No word on when the game will be rescheduled

Jr. Trappers forward Dan Frawley (#19) jams home a rebound to give the Trappers a 4-2 lead. Photo by Chris Dawson. For the North Bay Jr. 'A' Trappers it was a case of forgotten identity.

SAULT STE. MARIE, ON. - Special teams made the difference as the Soo Thunderbirds scored 3 power play goals and 1 shorthanded marker en route to a 7-4 win over the visiting Temiscaming Royals on Sunday night.

"View from Section 8" writer Butch Turcotte went on the road this weekend to Kapuskasing which happens to be his hometown and took the time to file this story. KAPUSKASING, ON.