The North Bay Battalion have officially clinched 7th place in the Eastern Conference.

They did it with a 7-4 win in Mississauga on Friday night.

The Troops who wrap up the season Sunday at home versus Niagara will play the Ice Dogs or Sudbury in round one of the playoffs.

Brad Chenier and Brandon Coe had two goals each in North Bay’s win.

(Voodoos)

The Powassan Voodoos opened their playoffs with a 2-0 shutout win at Kirkland Lake on Frday.

Game 2 will be Sunday night in Kirkland Lake before the series shifts to Powassan for games 3 and 4 Wednesday and Thursday.

(OHL Cup)

The OHL Cup is over for Team NOHA. They finished the round robin 2-2 and did not qualify for the quarter finals.

(Trappers coaches)

The North Bay & District AAA Trappers Hockey Association have named their minor and major midget coaches for next season.

Billie McMillan, an assistant this year with the 42-0 Major Midget AAA Trappers will be the head man next season while the Scott Huycke will run the Minor Midget bench next year.

This season, Huycke has been coaching the Major Bantam AAA Trappers

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