Green and White Intrasquad games are scheduled for Thursday and Friday at North Bay Battalion training camp.
Admission is free, with the games at 10:30 am and 5 pm on Thursday and 10:30 am Friday, all at Boart Longyear Memorial Gardens.
About 40 veterans and prospects hit the ice on Wednesday and took part in medicals and fitness testing.
The Troops’ first pre-season game is late Sunday afternoon in Brampton. Their first home exhibition game is a week later against Sudbury.
Still with local sports, Canadore College has announced Sylvie Laperrière as the new head coach of the Panthers Women’s Volleyball team.
Officials say she brings extensive experience developing athletes at the provincial, club and secondary-school levels, with her teams bringing home championships at various levels.
She’s coached at St Joseph-Scollard Hall since 2015, the North Bay Youth Volleyball Club since 2019 and Team Ontario teams in 2022 and 2023.
Laperrière is a former varsity athlete with the Nipissing Lakers and a Canadore grad, from two programs.
“I am incredibly proud and excited to join the Canadore Panthers as head coach,” says Laperrière. “This opportunity brings together my passion for volleyball, my commitment to supporting student-athletes and my connection to Canadore and the North Bay community. I look forward to building strong relationships with our athletes, creating a positive and competitive team culture, and continuing the program’s tradition of success.”
Laperrière succeeds Alice Champion, who has accepted the position of head coach of Ontario Tech University’s newly established Women’s Volleyball program.
