both communities serving the whole region. Sports Local teams Canadore College Panthers (Men's & Women's Volleyball/OCAA) Canadore College Panthers (Men's Basketball/OCAA) Nipissing University Lakers (Ringette/CUR) Nipissing University Lakers (Men's & Woman's Hockey/OUA) Nipissing University Lakers (Men's & Women's Volleyball/OUA) Nipissing University Lakers (Men's & Women's Crosscountry Running/OUA) Nipissing University Lakers (Men's Lacrosse/CUFLA) Nipissing University Lakers (Men's & Women's Basketball/OUA Nipissing University Lakers (Dance team) Nipissing University Lakers (cheerleading team) North Bay Bulldogs (Football/Northern Football Conference) North Bay Trappers Junior "A" (Hockey/Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League) North Bay Trappers Midget "AAA" (Hockey/Great North Midget AAA League) North Bay United (U-17 Men's Soccer) North Bay Stingers Midget Baseball (3 time provincial champions) Warriors of Hope Competitive Dragon Boat Team Nipissing Wild (Ontario Football Conference Varsity League) North Bay Battalion (OHL) North Bay Junior Varsity Bulldogs (Ontario Varsity Football league) Kraft Hockeyville 2007 North Bay was crowned the winner of the Kraft Hockeyville competition in 2007. The New York Islanders and Atlanta Thrashers played an exhibition game at Memorial Gardens to a near-capacity crowd. North Bay Battalion The North Bay Battalion is a major junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League based in North Bay, Ontario, Canada. The franchise was founded as the Brampton Battalion on December 3, 1996, and began play in 1998. Due to consistently poor attendance, the team relocated to North Bay before the 2013–14 OHL season. Nipissing Lakers Hockey The Nipissing Lakers are North Bay's newest hockey team. The Lakers are the 19th member of the Ontario University Athletics' Men's Hockey League (founded in 2009 in a partnership with Nipissing University and private investors). The Lakers play in historic Memorial Gardens (circa 1955) and share the building with the North Bay Trappers. Like their Northern Ontario counterparts in Thunder Bay (the Lakehead Thunderwolves), the Lakers attract an impressive number of local hockey supporters for their games in the OUA. North Bay Trappers Junior "A" The North Bay Trappers (formerly the North Bay Skyhawks) were relocated from Sturgeon Falls in 2002 (following the departure of the OHL's North Bay Centennials to Saginaw, Michigan). The Trappers are members of the 8 team NOJHL Junior "A" circuit (Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League). The Skyhawks/Trappers franchise has won 3 NOJHL championship titles (2002–03, 2003–04 & 2004–05). In April 2014 the Trappers were sold to become the Mattawa Blackhawks North Bay Bulldogs The North Bay Bulldogs compete in the nine-team, Ontario-based NFC