Matt Sookram

'We came up with the idea to show them that it’s not about what they are giving up by leaving those areas, but it's about what you are gaining by coming to our communities'

'It is an unreal feeling to know that my name was even on that list as a consideration, let alone actually get the invite'

'Our goal is to not only develop better hockey players, but develop great young men as well'

'It just doesn’t make sense for me to work through that system – whereas some teams have only two goalies that are signed with their teams right now'

'My biggest fear now is that someone in North Bay or the surrounding area is going through something similar and hopefully they will see this, and it will give them the encouragement to reach out'

'If he didn’t open that door for me, I never would’ve had the opportunities that followed and I’m forever thankful he took a chance on me'

'We wanted the guys to get a real taste of the atmosphere that we’ve built here over the last few years'

'We start planting as soon as the soil is dry enough to go. Every element that is needed we perform outside of controlling the weather'

'Seeing the support cross country skiing is getting in North Bay is awesome'

Neutral Zone Scouting says the Battalion took a lot of skilled players with plenty of upside in the 2023 OHL Priority Selection