McIvor, Warren top week
NORTH BAY, Ont. — Mike McIvor and Cam Warren gave the North Bay Battalion two winners when the Ontario Hockey League’s weekly awards were announced Monday.
McIvor was named Goaltender of the Week, while centre Warren was recognized as Rookie of the Week for the period ended Sunday.
McIvor played two games, making 23 saves in a 7-0 shutout victory Thursday night over the visiting Brampton Steelheads and providing 31 saves and an assist in a 4-2 home-ice win over the Sudbury Wolves on Sunday, the goaltender’s 20th birthday.
The Warkworth, Ont., resident posted a goals-against average of 1.00 and a save percentage of .964 in the two wins, which gave him an OHL career total of 40.
McIvor, who didn’t play in 27 games after suffering an injury in a 4-2 verdict Jan. 8 over the visiting Ottawa 67’s, had a won-lost-extended record of 10-13-1 with a 3.40 GAA and an .884 save percentage in 25 games this season.
A fourth-round pick in the 2022 OHL Priority Selection from the Quinte Red Devils U16s, McIvor has gone 40-41-4 with a 3.19 GAA, an .897 save percentage and five shutouts over three-plus seasons.
Warren had three goals and two assists for five points in three games last week, starting with a goal and an assist against Brampton. He scored one goal in a 6-5 road loss Friday night to the Brantford Bulldogs before registering a goal and an assist against Sudbury.
Warren ended his rookie campaign with seven goals and 22 assists for 29 points in 58 games after being the Battalion’s first-round pick, sixth overall, last April from the Toronto Jr. Canadiens U16s.
A Vaughan, Ont., resident who turns 17 on May 7, Warren is the leading scorer in the history of the OHL Cup, having been named the event’s most valuable player last year. He scored 10 goals and added 12 assists for 22 points in 13 games over two tournaments with the North York Rangers and the champion Jr. Canadiens in 2024 and 2025 respectively.
He’s the third member of the Battalion to be recognized as the OHL’s top rookie this season. Ryder Cali captured the award for the week ended Oct. 19, and fellow centre Evgeny Dubrovtsev won for the period ended March 1.
