Matt Sookram

'This has become a big community. We started with 20 people and now we have more than 150 in our club. This team has really become a family'

'We need to spread the word that this is an option for people. Until you hear about it, you just don’t know its there and people fall back on the more traditional roles'

The Battalion will play in the Eastern Conference Finals for the third consecutive season.

Down by three going into the third, the Battalion battle back win the game in overtime for a 3-0 series lead. Game four is on Thursday in Sudbury.

'After I had a good rookie year last year, I knew my second year had to be that much better'

'You’re seeing it with your own eyes and it’s really there, it’s no longer just a picture in a book. It’s a real planet, with rings and moons'

'They have a good batch this year'

Behind a second straight five goal game, goaltender Mike McIvor backstops the Battalion with 35 saves in 5-1 win over Sudbury

'People in North Bay feel like Sudbury gets too much government attention. People in Sudbury say they are the bigger centre, look at us we have a Costco ... but when your hockey team is better than the other community's hockey team, there’s something a little extra you get to boast about'

'It means a lot to me to be named a First Team All-Canadian. It is incredible to get to represent UNB and the AUS'