North Bay Battalion
The North Bay Battalion is a Canadian ice hockey team from North Bay, Ontario. The team was founded in 1996 as the Brampton Battalion and plays since the 2013/14 season under its current name in one of the three highest Canadian Junior Hockey League, the Ontario Hockey League ( OHL ).
History
Brampton Battalion (1996-2013)
The Brampton Battalion was established on 3 December 1996 as a franchise of the Ontario Hockey League. After one and a half years of preparation, the team took on the operation of gambling in the OHL in the 1998/99 season. After playing the first four years in the Western Conference, they were after the relocation of the North Bay Centennials in Saginaw, Michigan, the Eastern Conference allocated. In her first year in the Central Division Brampton immediately won the division title she defended in the years 2006, 2008 and 2009. The greatest success for the Brampton Battalion was winning the Bobby Orr Trophy as the winner of the Eastern Conference in the 2008 /09.
North Bay Battalion (since 2013)
The franchise was relocated to the end of the OHL season 2012/13 to North Bay and renamed North Bay Battalion. The team was set as the Brampton Battalion in the Central Division of the Eastern Conference.
Season statistics
Note: GP = Games, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses by SOL = Shootout Losses by, Pts = Points, GF = Goals Scored, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalty minutes
Achievements
- 2013/14; 68 games, 38 wins, 82 points