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 prior to the 2013 – 14 OHL season . History . Early Years , 1998 - 2013 . The Brampton Battalion ' s inaugural season began in 1998 - 99 , and the team struggled , winning only 8 of 68 games . However , it would be one of only two seasons ( the other being 2001 - 02 ) in which the Battalion would miss the playoffs . The fifteen season tenure in Brampton saw the Battalion finish with a . 484 win percentage in 1020 regular season games and win four Central Division Championships and one Eastern Conference Championship . Relocation . During the summer of 2012 rumours of the Battalion franchise relocating began to swirl as their lease agreement with the Powerade Centre was nearing an end . Attendance that was never healthy on a regular basis to begin with was declining in Brampton . Combined with an unfavorable lease in Brampton , owner Scott Abbott had no choice but to look for other options as the 2012 - 13 season got under way . On Monday , November 5 , 2012 following a meeting with city counsel in North Bay , Ontario an agreement in principal to move the Battalion to North Bay for the 2013 - 14 season was agreed upon . Just nine days later fans in North Bay had already bought over 2 , 000 season tickets as per the conditions of the agreement . The Battalion would play out of the North Bay Memorial Gardens which will start seeing renovations on and off the ice begin in early 2013 . Franchise owner Scott Abbott indicated that the team will still be named Battalion in North Bay , mentioning the city ' s strong military history . Championships . The North Bay Battalion have won one division title and one conference championship in its first season in North Bay . Emms Trophy Central Division Champions Bobby Orr Trophy Eastern Conference Champions Uniforms and logos . The Battalion ' s uniform is primarily an army - like shade of olive green . The shoulders feature black bars , with white outlining , this is then further outlined in black . Evenly between the shoulder and elbow lie three military - style chevrons , connoting rank ( here , sergeant ) completing armed forces theme . The logo itself , featuring their mascot , Sarge , gritting his teeth is also army olive green , a mix of yellow and beige , white , fleshish pinky - orange , black , and red . The name Battalion , emblazoned on their uniform is pure red , and is created in a way that it looks three - dimensional . Arena . The North Bay Battalion play out of the North Bay Memorial Gardens . Built in 1955 , it is best known as the home of the North Bay Centennials , which called the Gardens home from 1982 until 2002 , after which they moved to Saginaw , Michigan and became the Saginaw Spirit . Most recently , it has served as the home of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League ' s North Bay Trappers , which called the Memorial Gardens home immediately after the Cents left in 2002 and played in tell 2014 , as well as the Nipissing University hockey team playing in Canadian Interuniversity Sport as a member of the Ontario University Athletics conference . With the Battalion ' s arrival and subsequent 15 - year lease , the Gardens went under a $ 12 million renovation ; the seating capacity has increased to 4 , 246 , the ice surface has been reconfigured to new OHL standards , 10 private boxes has been added and a new 2 - level team dressing room was built . Broadcasting . Country 600CKAT is the radio broadcaster for the team . Matthew Sookram and Bob Coles share the Play by Play and Color Commentary duties , while they provide scores and updates from around the league . Canadore College ' s Television and Video Production program second year students operate and generate content for the video board located above centre ice . TVCogeco broadcasts all home games , and all away games that are televised . Previous Nipissing Lakers commentators Ranjan Rupal and Greg Theberge call all home games . Season - by - season Results . Regular season . Legend : OTL = Overtime loss , SL = Shootout loss