The North Bay Battalion has traded the rights to defenceman Zach Wilson to the Saginaw Spirit, the Ontario Hockey League club announced Monday. North Bay receives Saginaw’s 12th-round pick in the 2026 OHL Priority Selection for Wilson, who turned 18 on March 7. Article content

A third-rounder in 2023 from the Central Ontario Wolves U16s, Wilson played a total of 53 Battalion games, including 47 last season, scoring two goals and adding two assists for four points while drawing 26 penalty minutes. Article content Article content

The left-shot blueliner, a resident of Fenelon Falls, Ont., who stands six-foot-six and weighs 187 pounds, was granted permission to try out with the Kitchener Rangers during training camp this year but was cut.

“With the abundance of D in our system, we felt

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