PETERBOROUGH, Ont. \u2014 Parker Vaughan\u2019s goal at 3:38 of the second period proved the winner as the North Bay Battalion defeated the Peterborough Petes 3-1 Thursday night to take a 3-2 lead in the Ontario Hockey League teams\u2019 best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarterfinal series.<\/p>\n
Lirim Amidovski and Ethan Procyszyn, into an empty net, also scored for North Bay, which got 44 saves from goaltender Jack Lisson in a standout performance.<\/p>\n
Braydon McCallum scored late in the third period while goaltender Easton Rye faced 23 shots for the Petes before a crowd of 3,464 at the Peterborough Memorial Centre.<\/p>\n
The Battalion can wrap up the series in Game 6 at Boart Longyear Memorial Gardens at 7 p.m. Saturday. A seventh game would be played Monday night at Peterborough.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was great tonight,\u201d Battalion coach Ryan Oulahen said of Lisson. \u201cReally, the reason we\u2019re getting the big victory is a lot to do with the guy that played in net.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow, saying that, I didn\u2019t think we had our best stuff clearly here tonight, but that\u2019s okay sometimes, you know, and I know Jack kept us in it, but we\u2019re able to reset now, get going back home and a huge opportunity for us on Saturday night.\u201d<\/p>\n
Amidovski opened the scoring with his second goal of the series at 15:52 of the first period when his shot from the far side of the right circle beat Rye high to the glove side. Evgeny Dubrovtsev earned the only assist.<\/p>\n
Peterborough had a 12-6 edge in shots in the frame, with its best chance coming late during the period\u2019s lone power play when Lisson stretched to get his left arm on an Adam Novotny drive. Lisson scrambled to corral a bouncing puck off a Calum Hartnell shot from the blue line in the 11th minute. Carter Kunopaski fired the puck off the crossbar from the left point in the first minute, and Vaughan drilled the disc off the left post in the sixth. Rye denied Dubrovtsev on a net drive in the seventh minute.<\/p>\n
The Petes built a 20-9 advantage in shots and a decided edge in territorial play in the second period but came out of it trailing 2-0 after Vaughan seized a turnover and snapped the puck over Rye\u2019s glove from the right circle. The unassisted goal was Vaughan\u2019s second.<\/p>\n
Lisson\u2019s toughest stops came in the 14th minute when he slid to the left post to deny McCallum and turned away Carson Cameron\u2019s attempt at the rebound. Rye foiled Procyszyn\u2019s tip of a Kent Greer shot in the 16th minute and got his chest in front of a hard wrister from the right wing by Kaden Pitre in the last minute.<\/p>\n
McCallum cut the Battalion lead to one goal at 15:16 of the final period, converting a pass from Brennan Faulkner at the lip of the crease. Aiden Young also assisted.<\/p>\n
The Troops thought they had restored their two-goal lead at 18:16 when Rye failed to handle a shot from Procyszyn, who followed up and put the puck into the net off his skate. After a video review, referee Tyson Stewart ruled no goal.<\/p>\n
With Rye gone for a sixth attacker, captain Procyszyn eventually finished the scoring into the empty net at 19:46 with his first goal. Pitre, who sent a high pass down the ice, and Bronson Ride drew assists.<\/p>\n
Lisson, who faced 13 shots in the period, was tested often before Peterborough scored, turning away good chances for Novotny, Yanis Lutz and Adam Levac. At the other end, Rye, who made eight stops, had to deal with a shot from Dubrovtsev on a two-on-one rush with Ryder Carey in the 11th minute and a backhanded deke by Pitre, who broke in alone in the 12th.<\/p>\n
BATTALION BULLETS: The Battalion has an all-time won-lost record of 15-16 in the fifth game of playoff series, including 5-10 on the road. The Troops are 11-5 since relocating to North Bay … In his first OHL playoff series, Lisson has a 3-2 won-lost record, a 1.41 goals-against average, a .959 save percentage and two shutouts. Both losses came in overtime … Pitre topped the Battalion with eight shots on goal. Hartnell led Peterborough with six … North Bay went 0-for-1 on the power play. Peterborough was 0-for-4 … The Troops bused to Peterborough after practice Wednesday … Opening lines included Procyszyn centring left winger Ryder Cali and right winger Nick Wellenreiter, Pitre pivoting left winger Sebastien Gervais and right winger Amidovski and Cam Warren centring left winger Nolan Laird and right winger Vaughan. Centre Dubrovtsev and right winger Carey had various linemates … Defence pairs were Ride with Hayden Barch, Aaron Enright with Greer and Kunopaski with Brandt Harper. Adrian Manzo was a seventh blueliner … The Battalion was without Jonathan Kapageridis, Alexander Karmanov, Arseny Pronin, Shamar Moses and Mike McIvor, who completed an automatic two-game suspension for a match penalty in overtime of a 2-1 home-ice loss Sunday in Game 3 … Cole Vreugdenhil again backed up Lisson … Again among Peterborough\u2019s scratches was Matthew Soto, who has been sidelined since the series opener … Mac Nichol was the other referee.<\/p>\n
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NORTH BAY, Ont. \u2014 Goaltender Jack Lisson made 33 saves to backstop the North Bay Battalion to a 4-0 Ontario Hockey League victory Tuesday night over the Peterborough Petes, tying the teams\u2019 best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarterfinal series at 2-2.<\/p>\n
Cam Warren and Ryder Cali each had one goal and one assist and Parker Vaughan and Nick Wellenreiter also scored for the Battalion before 2,682 at Boart Longyear Memorial Gardens.<\/p>\n
Lisson, who made 26 saves in a 1-0 road win in the opener last Thursday night, marked his 20th birthday by becoming the first Battalion goaltender to record multiple shutouts in a playoff series.<\/p>\n
The visiting Petes won the third game 2-1 Sunday as Kieron Walton scored in overtime for a second straight game.<\/p>\n
Peterborough goaltender Easton Rye faced 39 shots before the series reverts to Peterborough for Game 5 at 7:05 p.m. Thursday. The sixth game is scheduled Saturday night at North Bay.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought we probably had our best start of the series,\u201d said Battalion coach Ryan Oulahen.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe talked a lot about our first five minutes, just starting better, and that\u2019s not scoring a goal. It just means implanting our game, getting after it right away. I thought we did a better job of that and really carried it through most of the 60 minutes, so we\u2019re just going to have to continue to get better and better every game here because they\u2019re doing the same.\u201d<\/p>\n
The\u00a0 strong start saw the Troops seize a 2-0 first-period lead with goals 1:45 apart.<\/p>\n
Warren struck for what proved to be the winner at 9:36. Kent Greer\u2019s shot from the blue line bounced off the end boards into the slot, where Warren ripped the puck past Rye for his second goal of the series. Aaron Enright had the other assist.<\/p>\n
Rye made a good save as Ethan Procyszyn drove to the net, but the puck eluded two defenders and skittered to Cali, who swept the disc home at 11:21. The unassisted goal was Cali\u2019s first.<\/p>\n
The Battalion forged an 18-11 edge in shots in the frame. Vaughan tested Rye early, and the goaltender stopped Lirim Amidovski as he barreled to the net off the left wing in the eighth minute. The Petes\u2019 best chance came in the sixth minute when Adam Novotny failed to convert into an open net at the right post.<\/p>\n
Vaughan made it 3-0 at 2:37 of the middle period. Enright sent the puck to Warren deep on the left side, and he sent a backhanded cross-crease pass to Vaughan, who fired it past a sprawling Rye for his first goal.<\/p>\n
The Petes, who outshot the Troops 11-8 in the period, were unable to take advantage of two power plays. Walton forced Lisson to make a good left-pad save in the eighth minute and tested the goaltender again in close in the 18th.<\/p>\n
Wellenreiter connected at 7:55 of the final frame. Rye got his chest in front of Hayden Barch\u2019s right-point drive, but the rebound landed at the feet of Wellenreiter, who put a wrister high over the goaltender\u2019s right shoulder. Cali also assisted on Wellenreiter\u2019s first goal.<\/p>\n
Lisson fell in his crease to foil Braydon McCallum in the fourth minute of the period. McCallum rang the puck off the right post in the 11th minute, and Lisson slid to his left to kick away a Novotny power-play drive in the 15th.<\/p>\n
The game at Peterborough can be seen live in North Bay on YourTV Channels 12 and 700.<\/p>\n
BATTALION BULLETS: The Battalion has an all-time won-lost record of 21-23 in the fourth game of playoff series, including 9-14 at home. The Troops are 13-9 since relocation to North Bay for the 2013-14 season … Goaltender Mike McIvor received an automatic two-game suspension after being assessed a match penalty in overtime Sunday. Cole Vreugdenhil, whose season with the junior A Powassan Voodoos has ended, backed up Lisson. Vreugdenhil played six games with the Troops this season, with a won-lost-extended record of 3-2-0 … Cali led the Battalion with eight shots on goal. Walton paced Peterborough with five … The Battalion went 0-for-2 on the power play. Peterborough was 0-for-4 … Opening lines featured Procyszyn centring left winger Cali and right winger Wellenreiter, Kaden Pitre centring left winger Sebastien Gervais and right winger Amidovski and Warren pivoting left winger Nolan Laird and right winger Vaughan. Centre Evgeny Dubrovtsev and right winger Ryder Carey had rotating linemates … Defence pairs were Bronson Ride with Barch, Enright with Greer and Carter Kunopaski with Brandt Harper. Adrian Manzo was a seventh defenceman … In addition to McIvor, the Battalion was without Jonathan Kapageridis, Alexander Karmanov, Arseny Pronin and Shamar Moses … Again among the missing for Peterborough was Matthew Soto, who hasn\u2019t played since the series opener … Andre Grougrou and Aaron Neely were the referees.<\/p>\n
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NORTH BAY, Ont. \u2014 Kieron Walton\u2019s\u00a0power-play goal at 17:41 of overtime gave the Peterborough Petes a 2-1 Ontario Hockey League victory Sunday over the North Bay Battalion and a 2-1 lead in their best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarterfinal series.<\/p>\n
Battalion goaltender Mike McIvor received a match penalty at 15:39 of overtime for a swipe at Francis Parish that was deemed an attempt to injure after McIvor took exception to Parish\u2019s actions as the goaltender covered the puck. After a four-minute video review, referee Pat Myers sent McIvor off the ice.<\/p>\n
Jack Lisson, who played the first two games in the series, came on and made one save before Walton hammered home a pass from Adam Novotny from the right-wing circle for his second goal of the series. Walton also scored the overtime winner in a 4-3 home-ice victory Friday night in Game 2.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve never seen it,\u201d Battalion coach Ryan Oulahen said of the goaltender\u2019s ejection. \u201cI mean, I\u2019ve been coaching in this league a long, long time, and that was an interesting one right there. But saying that, the game in whole, I liked a lot of things that we\u2019re doing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sebastien Gervais scored shorthanded for the fifth-place Battalion. McIvor faced 42 shots before a crowd of 2,935 at Boart Longyear Memorial Gardens.<\/p>\n
Adam Levac also scored for fourth-place Peterborough, which got 47 saves from goaltender Easton Rye.<\/p>\n
The fourth game is scheduled at 7 p.m. Tuesday on the same ice.<\/p>\n
Overtime, in which North Bay had a 13-12 edge in shots, saw good chances for both teams. McIvor foiled Walton and Carson Cameron after Ethan Procyszyn went off for slashing at 8:36. Rye was sharp early, turning away a Parker Vaughan drive and Nolan Laird\u2019s hard shot off the rebound. Rye blockered away a shot by Kaden Pitre breaking in alone with the Troops shorthanded. McIvor handled two drives by Walton.<\/p>\n
Peterborough struck 12 seconds into the game after an awkward bounce in the mid slot left the puck on Levac\u2019s stick. McIvor stopped the initial shot, but Levac converted the rebound. Walton and Garrett Frazer were credited with assists.<\/p>\n
The Petes built a 9-0 edge in shots before Rye made his first save at 5:23. McIvor was busy in the aftermath of the goal, turning away fine chances for Brennan Faulkner, Brayden McCallum and Brody Partridge. McIvor, who made 10 saves in the frame, kicked away a Walton drive in the final seconds. The Battalion had five shots, with Ryder Cali driving hard off the left wing in the 10th minute.<\/p>\n
The period featured several big hits and a fight during a stoppage between McCallum and Bronson Ride, who drew major penalties.<\/p>\n
North Bay tied it at 18:55 of the second period when penalty killer Gervais took a pass from Lirim Amidovski and beat Rye low to the glove side with a wrister from the left circle off a rush. Adrian Manzo drew the second assist.<\/p>\n
The Battalion had a decided territorial edge in the period, outshooting the visitors 18-12. Rye, who was tested by Ride in the seventh minute with Laird lurking for a rebound, foiled Gervais in tight on the rebound of a Pitre threat in the 12th. The Petes\u2019 best chance came on the power play in the 14th minute when McIvor blocked a drive from the high slot by James Petrovski.<\/p>\n
Parish scrapped with Ryder Carey at 15:41, with each receiving a major.<\/p>\n
The Battalion forged a 12-9 edge in third-period shots. Vaughan forced Rye to make a tough save in the deep slot off the rebound of a Laird shot in the fourth minute, and Rye kicked away successive Pitre shots in the eighth minute. McIvor, who denied McCallum from the slot in the sixth minute and Leon Kolarik in close in the 15th, was strong as Walton burst to the net in the final seconds.<\/p>\n
BATTALION BULLETS: The Battalion has an all-time won-lost record of 17-27 in the third game of playoff series, including 6-11 at home. The Troops are 8-14 since relocation to North Bay … In 21 postseason games, McIvor has an 11-9 won-lost record with a 2.82 goals-against average, a .913 save percentage and one shutout. The Warkworth, Ont., resident was a fourth-round pick in the 2022 OHL Priority Selection from the Quinte Red Devils U16s … Pitre topped the Troops with seven shots on goal. Walton led Peterborough with six … The Battalion went 0-for-3 on the power play. Peterborough was 1-for-6. North Bay had killed 13 consecutive power plays in the series before the overtime goal … Opening line combinations featured Procyszyn centring left winger Pitre and right winger Nick Wellenreiter, Cali pivoting left winger Gervais and right winger Amidovski and Cam Warren skating between left winger Laird and right winger Vaughan. Centre Evgeny Dubrovtsev and right winger Carey had various linemates … Defence pairs were Ride with Hayden Barch, Aaron Enright with Kent Greer and Carter Kunopaski with Brandt Harper. Manzo was a seventh rearguard … Harper made his series debut after losing the last nine regular-season games to injury … The Battalion was without Jonathan Kapageridis, Alexander Karmanov, Arseny Pronin and Shamar Moses … Again among the missing for Peterborough were Kaden McGregor and Matthew Soto … Mike Cairns was the other referee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
NORTH BAY, Ont. \u2014 Kieron Walton\u2019s\u00a0power-play goal at 17:41 of overtime gave the Peterborough Petes a 2-1 Ontario Hockey League victory Sunday over the North Bay Battalion and a 2-1 lead in their best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarterfinal series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":579,"featured_media":173650,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"article","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[694],"tags":false,"class_list":["post-173595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","category-694","description-off"],"acf":[],"featured_image":["https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/29175430\/CaliViewWithMcCallum.png",1600,900,false],"hide_from_app_feed":false,"video":false,"gallery":null,"ht_game_id":0,"target_video":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-battalion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-battalion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-battalion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-battalion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/579"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-battalion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-battalion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173595\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-battalion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-battalion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-battalion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-battalion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":173594,"date":"2026-03-27T23:31:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T03:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-battalion\/?p=173594"},"modified":"2026-03-29T16:24:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T20:24:58","slug":"petes-ot-win-evens-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-battalion\/article\/petes-ot-win-evens-series","title":{"rendered":"Petes’ OT win evens series"},"content":{"rendered":"
PETERBOROUGH, Ont. \u2014 Kieron Walton scored at 13:54 of overtime to lift the Peterborough Petes to a 4-3 Ontario Hockey League victory Friday night over the North Bay Battalion, evening the teams\u2019 best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarterfinal at 1-1.<\/p>\n
The series now shifts to North Bay\u2019s Boart Longyear Memorial Gardens for the third and fourth games, at 2 p.m. Sunday and Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
Walton joined Brennan Faulkner and Braydon McCallum in providing one goal and one assist, and Francis Parish also scored for the fourth-place Petes. Goaltender Easton Rye faced 43 shots before 2,181 at the Peterborough Memorial Centre.<\/p>\n
Cam Warren, Ryder Carey and Kent Greer scored for fifth-place North Bay, which got 36 saves from goaltender Jack Lisson.<\/p>\n
For the winner, Walton got to the net, took a pass from McCallum on the end boards and lofted the puck over Lisson\u2019s blocker. Adam Levac had the second assist.<\/p>\n
Both teams had chances in overtime, which saw the Battalion forge a 10-7 edge in shots. Aaron Enright fired the puck off the right post with the Troops on the power play in the fifth minute after James Petrovski drew a delay-of-game penalty, and Lisson foiled Adam Novotny in close in the ninth.<\/p>\n
The series opener was a 1-0 win for the Battalion on Thursday night, but the teams combined for five goals in the first period of Game 2.<\/p>\n
The Petes opened the scoring at 2:24 after Calum Hartnell cruised through the slot and slid the puck to Parish, who fired it past a sliding Lisson from the right side. Faulkner also assisted.<\/p>\n
Warren replied at 5:48 off a turnover. After missing the net with an initial attempt, he got the puck back in short order and fired it into an open net from the right-wing circle. Nolan Laird had the lone assist on rookie Warren\u2019s first playoff goal.<\/p>\n
Faulkner connected at 11:39, firing the puck behind Lisson from a sharp angle near the boards to the goaltender\u2019s left. Aidan Young and Grayden Strohack earned assists.<\/p>\n
The Petes opened a 3-1 lead at 16:26. Lisson stopped McCallum\u2019s shot from the deep slot, but he backhanded the rebound under the goaltender\u2019s right pad. Levac and Walton received assists.<\/p>\n
Carey answered with an unassisted goal 34 seconds later, fending off a Leon Kolarik check and beating Rye with a wrister from the slot.<\/p>\n
Greer tied it 3-3 at 18:55 of the second period when his wide shot from inside the right point deflected off Petrovski\u2019s right skate past Rye. Kaden Pitre and Ethan Procyszyn drew assists on defenceman Greer\u2019s first career postseason goal.<\/p>\n
The Troops built a 19-7 edge in shots in the frame. Rye slid to his left post to deny Lirim Amidovski in the fourth minute and got enough of a Parker Vaughan drive in the seventh minute to send the puck skittering past the post. Lisson, who foiled Levac on a rebound attempt in close in the 14th minute, denied him breaking in alone seconds later.<\/p>\n
Neither team could find a go-ahead goal in the third period as the hosts outshot the Battalion 15-5. Lisson got his right pad on a Young shot in the sixth minute and made two stops on McCallum from the deep slot in the seventh. Lisson turned away a Young chance from the deep slot in the final minute.<\/p>\n
BATTALION BULLETS: The Battalion has an all-time won-lost record of 18-26 in the second game of playoff series, including 4-12 on the road. The Troops are 10-12 since relocating to North Bay for the 2013-14 season … The Battalion has an all-time log of 16-27 in playoff overtime games \u2026 Greer led the Battalion with seven shots on goal. McCallum paced the Petes with seven … Each team went 0-for-3 on the power play … Opening lines included Procyszyn centring left winger Pitre and right winger Nick Wellenreiter, Ryder Cali centring left winger Sebastien Gervais and right winger Amidovski and Warren skating between left winger Laird and right winger Vaughan. Evgeny Dubrovtsev centred left winger Arseny Pronin and right winger Carey … Defence pairings were Bronson Ride with Hayden Barch, Enright with Greer and Carter Kunopaski with Adrian Manzo … Mike McIvor backed up Lisson … The Battalion was without Jonathan Kapageridis, Brandt Harper, Alexander Karmanov and Shamar Moses … Enright turns 19 on Saturday. The Cobden, Ont., resident was a fourth-round pick in the 2023 OHL Priority Selection from the Renfrew Wolves U18s … The Troops spent two nights at Peterborough after leaving North Bay on Wednesday … Among the missing for Peterborough were Kaden McGregor and Matthew Soto, who left the opener and didn\u2019t return … Scott Ferguson and Derek Risebrough were the referees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PETERBOROUGH, Ont. \u2014 Kieron Walton scored at 13:54 of overtime to lift the Peterborough Petes to a 4-3 Ontario Hockey League victory Friday night over the North Bay Battalion, evening the teams\u2019 best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarterfinal at 1-1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":579,"featured_media":173642,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"article","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[694],"tags":false,"class_list":["post-173594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","category-694","description-off"],"acf":[],"featured_image":["https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/27221949\/GervaisOnAttack.png",1600,900,false],"hide_from_app_feed":false,"video":false,"gallery":null,"ht_game_id":0,"target_video":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-battalion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-battalion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-battalion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-battalion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/579"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-battalion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-battalion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-battalion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-battalion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-battalion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-battalion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":173593,"date":"2026-03-26T23:05:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T03:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-battalion\/?p=173593"},"modified":"2026-03-27T23:35:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T03:35:00","slug":"battalion-wins-opener-1-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-battalion\/article\/battalion-wins-opener-1-0","title":{"rendered":"Battalion wins opener 1-0"},"content":{"rendered":"
PETERBOROUGH, Ont. \u2014 Goaltender Jack Lisson made 26 saves for the shutout in his Ontario Hockey League playoff debut as the North Bay Battalion defeated the Peterborough Petes 1-0 Thursday night in the opener of their best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarterfinal.<\/p>\n
Lirim Amidovski scored the only goal as Lisson earned the Battalion\u2019s first playoff shutout since Mike McIvor made 36 saves in a 5-0 victory over the host Sudbury Wolves in the fourth-game finale of a conference semifinal series on April 18, 2024.<\/p>\n
Petes goaltender Easton Rye, also making his first OHL postseason appearance, faced 30 shots before 2,702 at the Peterborough Memorial Centre.<\/p>\n
The second game is scheduled on the same ice at 7:05 p.m. Friday.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s such a tight hockey game it feels like it\u2019s going to take a bounce like it did there for a goal to go in to be the difference maker,\u201d said Battalion coach Ryan Oulahen, who celebrated his 41st birthday.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m proud of the guys, obviously a good start. We know, if we\u2019re going to have success in the series, we had to get at least one here in this building, but it\u2019s just a start. We\u2019re going to have to regroup and get right back at it here tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n
Amidovski scored at 15:43 of the second period when his screened wrister from the blue line hit the crossbar, deflected off Rye\u2019s back and rolled into the net. Nolan Laird drew the sole assist on Amidovski\u2019s fifth career playoff goal.<\/p>\n
Fifth-place North Bay, which had a 14-13 edge in shots in the frame, was shorthanded for six minutes early in the period after Nick Wellenreiter received a double minor for high-sticking and the Troops were assessed a bench minor for too many men on the ice, but the fourth-place Petes failed to create any offence.<\/p>\n
The Battalion\u2019s best chance during its lone power play came in the eighth minute when Kaden Pitre drilled the puck off the post.<\/p>\n
The Battalion outshot the Petes 7-4 in the third period. The hosts\u2019 best chance came in the sixth minute when Grayden Strohack fired a shot from the blue line off the crossbar, and Adam Novotny threatened in tight in the 17th minute.<\/p>\n
Sebastien Gervais broke alone toward Rye in the 15th minute, but the pursuing Garrett Frazer foiled the play with a poke of his stick.<\/p>\n
Good work by the Troops in the Peterborough end kept Rye in the net until there were 47 seconds left to play, and the Petes were unable to generate a solid scoring chance with the extra skater.<\/p>\n
The first period saw tight checking, with each team recording nine shots. North Bay\u2019s best chance came early in the period when Rye sprawled to deny Cam Warren at the left side with the rebound of a right-wing drive by Amidovski. The Petes, who enjoyed two power plays in the period, tested Lisson with the man advantage in the sixth minute when Brayden McCallum took a long pass from Rye and broke in off the right wing.<\/p>\n
Bronson Ride and Strohack tangled in a spirited fight in the eighth minute, with Ride rallying from a slip to get the takedown.<\/p>\n
Game 2 can be seen live in North Bay on YourTV Channels 12 and 700.<\/p>\n
BATTALION BULLETS: Adam Dennis, Battalion president and director of hockey operations, has been named the 2025 recipient of the Jim Aspin Memorial Award as Executive of the Year by the North Bay Sports Hall of Fame. The award will be presented at the 45th annual induction and awards dinner May 2 at the Davedi Club … Rye played 95 regular-season games before his playoff debut, while Lisson played 52 … Amidovski and Ethan Procyszyn topped the Troops with five shots on goal apiece, and Novotny paced Peterborough with five … McCallum was credited with 11 faceoff wins in 12 attempts as the Petes were deemed to win 45 of 72 draws overall … The Battalion went 0-for-1 on the power play. Peterborough was 0-for-5 … Opening lines featured Procyszyn centring left winger Pitre and right winger Wellenreiter, Ryder Cali pivoting left winger Gervais and right winger Amidovski and Warren centring left winger Laird and right winger Parker Vaughan. Evgeny Dubrovtsev centred left winger Arseny Pronin and right winger Ryder Carey … Defence pairings were Ride with Hayden Barch, Aaron Enright with Kent Greer and Carter Kunopaski with Adrian Manzo … McIvor backed up Lisson … The Battalion was without Jonathan Kapageridis, Brandt Harper, Alexander Karmanov and Shamar Moses … Among the missing for Peterborough were Kaden McGregor and, as he has been all season, Lucas Karmiris … Brendan Kane and Sean Reid were the referees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PETERBOROUGH, Ont. \u2014 Goaltender Jack Lisson made 26 saves for the shutout in his Ontario Hockey League playoff debut as the North Bay Battalion defeated the Peterborough Petes 1-0 Thursday night in the opener of their best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarterfinal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":579,"featured_media":173640,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"article","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[694],"tags":false,"class_list":["post-173593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","category-694","description-off"],"acf":[],"featured_image":["https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/26214955\/LissonShutsDoor.png",1600,900,false],"hide_from_app_feed":false,"video":false,"gallery":null,"ht_game_id":0,"target_video":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-battalion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-battalion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-battalion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-battalion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/579"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-battalion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-battalion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-battalion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-battalion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-battalion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-battalion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":173592,"date":"2026-03-25T14:47:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T18:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-battalion\/?p=173592"},"modified":"2026-03-25T14:47:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T18:47:47","slug":"troops-petes-set-to-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-battalion\/article\/troops-petes-set-to-open","title":{"rendered":"Troops, Petes set to open"},"content":{"rendered":"
NORTH BAY, Ont. \u2014 The Ontario Hockey League\u2019s first-round playoff series between the North Bay Battalion and the Peterborough Petes, a virtual certainty long before becoming reality last Friday night, gets under way in the Lift Lock City at 7:05 p.m. Thursday.<\/p>\n
In a weeks-long battle for home-ice advantage in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarterfinal, Peterborough prevailed with a won-lost-extended record of 40-24-4 for 84 points, third in the East Division and fourth in the conference. North Bay was 38-26-4 for 80 points, second in the Central Division and fifth in the conference.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think the biggest thing is just our ability to get better as the season went on, not even so much the last few games but the chase down to try to get home ice was really helpful,\u201d Battalion coach Ryan Oulahen said Wednesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cOnce we clinched a playoff spot, we had that in our sights, and I thought the guys responded really well. We had some really good streaks and some weekends that we can draw upon.\u201d<\/p>\n
Oulahen, whose charges will play the second game at Peterborough on Friday night, said the playoffs mean a different level of competition.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery shift matters. Every little play matters. The intensity, the compete level, it ramps up bigtime.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dealing with all that, Oulahen suggested, will require discipline.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s mostly just about keeping our emotions and keeping an even-keel approach. We\u2019re obviously starting on the road against a really good, complete Peterborough Petes team. This probably has the makings to be a really entertaining series so, saying that, we\u2019re going to have to keep our emotions and keep everything in check.\u201d<\/p>\n
Battalion players have plenty of playoff history, whether acquired with the Troops or, in the cases of Sebastien Gervais and Kaden Pitre, with the Memorial Cup-winning Saginaw Spirit and Flint Firebirds respectively.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have some guys in our locker room with experience, but other guys are going to have to learn along the way, and we need our leadership group to handle that in the right way as well. But that\u2019s going to be the biggest thing for us going into these first couple of games.\u201d<\/p>\n
Oulahen declined to say whether any of the Battalion injured might return for the opener. Shamar Moses, Aaron Enright and Brandt Harper all have sat out the last three games and in the case of Harper six before that.<\/p>\n
The Troops rested several regulars in the season finale Sunday, a 4-2 win over the visiting Sudbury Wolves. Jax Pereira, Lincoln Edwards, Devran Brown and Declan Gallivan, called up for that game, returned to their junior A clubs after it.<\/p>\n
Adam Novotny paced the Peterborough offence this season with a team-leading 34 goals and 31 assists for 65 points in 58 games. Aiden Young had 23 goals and a team-high 35 assists for 58 points in 62 games, and Matthew Soto produced 19 goals and 32 assists for 51 points in 68 games.<\/p>\n
The most prolific of the Petes, however, was Kieron Walton, who scored 16 goals and added 20 assists for 36 points in 29 games after a trade from Sudbury.<\/p>\n
Ethan Procyszyn topped the Troops with a team-leading 31 goals and 28 assists for 59 points in 65 games, and Nick Wellenreiter had 23 goals and a team-best 33 assists for 56 points in 68 games. Lirim Amidovski scored 25 goals and earned 23 assists for 48 points in 65 games, while Evgeny Dubrovtsev had 14 goals and 24 assists for 38 points in 68 games.<\/p>\n
Peterborough\u2019s Easton Rye was the OHL\u2019s workhorse among goaltenders, leading the league in games played with 57 while compiling a record of 38-16-3 with a 2.78 goals-against average, a .915 save percentage and three shutouts. His wins total was a league high.<\/p>\n
In 40 games, Battalion goaltender Jack Lisson went 24-11-3 with a 2.59 GAA, a .913 save percentage and one shutout. Partner Mike McIvor, who had an extended injury absence dating from early January, was 10-13-1 with a 3.40 GAA, an .884 save percentage and one shutout in 25 games.<\/p>\n
The series opener can be seen live in North Bay on YourTV Channels 12 and 700.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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NORTH BAY, Ont. \u2014 Mike McIvor and Cam Warren gave the North Bay Battalion two winners when the Ontario Hockey League\u2019s weekly awards were announced Monday.<\/p>\n
McIvor was named Goaltender of the Week, while centre Warren was recognized as Rookie of the Week for the period ended Sunday.<\/p>\n
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\u2019s 20th birthday.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
McIvor, who didn\u2019t play in 27 games after suffering an injury in a 4-2 verdict Jan. 8 over the visiting Ottawa 67\u2019s, 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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Warren ended his rookie campaign with seven goals and 22 assists for 29 points in 58 games after being the Battalion\u2019s first-round pick, sixth overall, last April from the Toronto Jr. Canadiens U16s.<\/p>\n
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\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s the third member of the Battalion to be recognized as the OHL\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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NORTH BAY, Ont. \u2014 The North Bay Battalion will open a best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarterfinal series against the Peterborough Petes on the road at 7:05 p.m. Thursday, the Ontario Hockey League club announced Sunday.<\/p>\n
The Battalion finished second in the Central Division and fifth in the conference, while Peterborough was third in the East Division and fourth in the conference.<\/p>\n
The clubs meet in the playoffs for the fourth time. Before the Battalion relocated from Brampton, it swept Peterborough in a 2009 conference quarterfinal. North Bay won a seven-game conference quarterfinal in 2016, and the Petes took a seven-game conference final in 2023.<\/p>\n
Following is the series schedule:<\/p>\n
Thursday, March 26, at Peterborough 7:05 p.m.
\nFriday, March 27, at Peterborough 7:05 p.m.
\nSunday, March 29, at North Bay 2 p.m.
\nTuesday, March 31, at North Bay 7 p.m.
\n*Thursday, April 2, at Peterborough 7:05 p.m.
\n*Saturday, April 4, at North Bay 7 p.m.
\n*Monday, April 6, at Peterborough 7:05 p.m.<\/p>\n
* if necessary<\/p>\n
Further information can be obtained from Battalion Headquarters at (705) 495-8603, extension 2700.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
NORTH BAY, Ont. \u2014 The North Bay Battalion will open a best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarterfinal series against the Peterborough Petes on the road at 7:05 p.m. Thursday, the Ontario Hockey League club announced Sunday. The Battalion finished second in the Central Division and fifth in the conference, while Peterborough was third in the East Division…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":579,"featured_media":173614,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"article","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[694],"tags":false,"class_list":["post-173590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","category-694","description-off"],"acf":[],"featured_image":["https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/22123801\/Battalion-on-background-1600x900-1.png",1600,900,false],"hide_from_app_feed":false,"video":false,"gallery":null,"ht_game_id":0,"target_video":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-battalion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-battalion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-battalion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-battalion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/579"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-battalion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-battalion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-battalion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-battalion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-battalion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-battalion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":173589,"date":"2026-03-22T17:50:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T21:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-battalion\/?p=173589"},"modified":"2026-03-23T09:24:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T13:24:57","slug":"win-ends-season-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-battalion\/article\/win-ends-season-schedule","title":{"rendered":"Win ends season schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"
NORTH BAY, Ont. \u2014 Cam Warren scored the winning goal early in the third period to help the North Bay Battalion to a 4-2 victory Sunday over the Sudbury Wolves on the last day of the Ontario Hockey League schedule, with both teams resting several regulars.<\/p>\n
Carter Kunopaski, Nolan Laird and Evgeny Dubrovtsev, into an empty net, also scored for the Battalion, while goaltender Mike McIvor celebrated his 20th birthday with 31 saves and an assist before 2,842 at Boart Longyear Memorial Gardens.<\/p>\n
North Bay finished with a won-lost-extended record of 38-26-4 for 80 points, second in the Central Division and fifth in the Eastern Conference. The Battalion will face the fourth-place Peterborough Petes in a first-round playoff series.<\/p>\n
The Troops recalled Jax Pereira, Lincoln Edwards, Devran Brown and Declan Gallivan from junior A clubs for the game. Pereira and Brown have been with the Powassan Voodoos, Edwards with the King Rebellion and Gallivan with the Soo Thunderbirds.<\/p>\n
Adam Nemec had one goal and one assist and Daniel Berehowsky the other goal for the Wolves. Goaltender Bjorn Bronas stopped 26 of 29 shots.<\/p>\n
Sudbury, which finished 27-39-2 for 56 points, fourth in the division and eighth in the conference, meets the first-place Brantford Bulldogs, the OHL\u2019s regular-season champions, in a first-round matchup.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought the guys that came up for us played really well, were able to help us roll our lines and play physical, play competitive, and McIvor was really good in net, too,\u201d said Battalion coach Ryan Oulahen. \u201cSo all in all, a really good cap to a strong regular season, especially these last couple of months.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Battalion led 2-1 at the second intermission before rookie Warren connected at 6:16 of the final period. Sebastien Gervais fed a backhanded pass from the end boards to Warren in front for his seventh goal of the season.<\/p>\n
It was the second assist for overager Gervais, a trade acquisition from the Saginaw Spirit whose OHL totals were finalized at 327 games, 61 goals and 101 assists for 162 points.<\/p>\n
Nemec pulled Sudbury within 3-2 on the power play at 8:47 on an assist on his 14th goal by Hudson Chitaroni but, with Bronas gone for a sixth attacker, Dubrovtsev lofted the puck into the empty net from his own zone at 17:57. Gervais and McIvor assisted on Dubrovtsev\u2019s 14th goal.<\/p>\n
After the teams tied 1-1 through 20 minutes, Laird gave the Troops the lead at 16:08 of the middle period when he took a pass from Lirim Amidovski at the blue line and put a screened shot past Bronas from the high slot. Warren had the other assist on Laird\u2019s 10th goal.<\/p>\n
Each team killed a penalty midway in the frame before McIvor denied Nemec on a solo break-in in the 18th minute as the Slovakian import contended with a rolling puck.<\/p>\n
Berehowsky opened the scoring with the man advantage at 5:26 of the first period, tapping the puck home at the left side of the crease. Nemec and Jean-Christoph Lemieux had the assists on Berehowsky\u2019s 12th goal.<\/p>\n
Defenceman Kunopaski replied at 16:47, sifting a shot from the blue line through traffic for his second goal. Nick Wellenreiter and Alexander Karmanov, who marked his 18th birthday, assisted.<\/p>\n
McIvor faced two breakaways in the period, with Carter Kostuch firing wide in the eighth minute and the goaltender making the stop against Lemieux in the 18th.<\/p>\n
BATTALION BULLETS: On Kal Tire Fan Appreciation Day, artist Jack Lockhart presented portraits to overagers Bronson Ride and Gervais. Prizes for fans included autographed sweaters, sticks and helmets … The Battalion went 7-1-0 in the season series. The visiting Troops won 4-3 in overtime Sept. 19 and 3-1 on Oct. 3 before losing 6-2 on Jan. 2. The host Battalion won 5-2 on Jan. 4 and 2-1 on Jan. 15. North Bay prevailed 6-3 at Sudbury on Feb. 27 and 3-1 at home March 8 … Gervais led the Troops with six shots on goal. Nemec paced the Wolves with five … North Bay, which went 5-3-1 in March to complete the schedule, was 12-4-1 in its last 17 games, amounting to one-quarter of the season … The Battalion went 0-for-1 on the power play. Sudbury was 2-for-5 … Opening lines included Ryder Cali centring left winger Gervais and right winger Wellenreiter, Dubrovtsev centring left winger Arseny Pronin and right winger Ryder Carey and Warren pivoting left winger Laird and right winger Parker Vaughan. Pereira centred left winger Edwards and right winger Amidovski … Defence pairings were Jonathan Kapageridis with Adrian Manzo, Karmanov with Kunopaski and Gallivan with Brown … Jack Lisson backed up McIvor … The Battalion scratched Aaron Enright, Kent Greer, Brandt Harper, Kaden Pitre, Hayden Barch, Ethan Procyszyn, Shamar Moses and Ride … Among the missing for Sudbury were Chase Coughlan, Liam Ladds, Jan Chovan, Artem Gonchar and Luca Blonda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
NORTH BAY, Ont. \u2014 Cam Warren scored the winning goal early in the third period to help the North Bay Battalion to a 4-2 victory Sunday over the Sudbury Wolves on the last day of the Ontario Hockey League schedule, with both teams resting several regulars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":579,"featured_media":173616,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"article","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[694],"tags":false,"class_list":["post-173589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","category-694","description-off"],"acf":[],"featured_image":["https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/22174700\/PereiraPursuesPuck.png",1600,900,false],"hide_from_app_feed":false,"video":false,"gallery":null,"ht_game_id":0,"target_video":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-battalion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-battalion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-battalion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-battalion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/579"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-battalion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-battalion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-battalion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-battalion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-battalion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-battalion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":173547,"date":"2026-03-20T23:14:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T03:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-battalion\/?p=173547"},"modified":"2026-03-20T23:20:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T03:20:19","slug":"bulldogs-outlast-battalion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-battalion\/article\/bulldogs-outlast-battalion","title":{"rendered":"Bulldogs outlast Battalion"},"content":{"rendered":"
BRANTFORD, Ont. \u2014 Owen Protz scored at 18:21 of the third period to lift the Brantford Bulldogs to a 6-5 victory Friday night over the North Bay Battalion, which will finish fifth in the Ontario Hockey League\u2019s Eastern Conference behind the Peterborough Petes.<\/p>\n
North Bay has a won-lost-extended record of 37-26-4 for 78 points, second in the Central Division, while Peterborough moved to 82 points for third place in the East Division and clinched fourth in the conference with a 4-2 road win over the Kingston Frontenacs.<\/p>\n
The Battalion and Petes will open a best-of-seven conference quarterfinal next week at Peterborough after each plays a final regular-season game.<\/p>\n
Jake O\u2019Brien scored two goals and added two assists for the Bulldogs, who got one goal and three assists from Adam Benak. Adam Jiricek and Marek Vanacker each had one goal and one assist, and goaltender David Egorov contributed 37 saves.<\/p>\n
Brantford, 48-9-10 for 106 points in the East, clinched the Hamilton Spectator Trophy as the OHL\u2019s regular-season champions.<\/p>\n
Arseny Pronin, Evgeny Dubrovtsev and Nick Wellenreiter each had one goal and one assist for North Bay, while Kaden Pitre and Cam Warren also scored. Goaltender Jack Lisson made 27 saves before 3,207 at the TD Civic Centre.<\/p>\n
The Battalion trailed 4-2 at the second intermission, but Warren and Dubrovtsev scored 44 seconds apart early in the third period to tie it. Warren struck for his sixth goal of the season from the left circle on the power play at 3:44, assisted by Parker Vaughan and Kent Greer, and Dubrovtsev beat Egorov from deep in the right circle for his 13th goal, assisted by Pronin.<\/p>\n
O\u2019Brien scored his 28th goal with the man advantage at 7:03 before Wellenreiter replied at 17:19, tipping an Adrian Manzo drive in the slot, with Ethan Procyszyn also assisting on Wellenreiter\u2019s 23rd goal.<\/p>\n
Defenceman Protz\u2019s fifth goal, a wrister from the high slot, then settled the issue 1:02 later.<\/p>\n
After the teams battled to a 1-1 tie through 20 minutes, O\u2019Brien connected on the power play from the mid slot at 4:25 of the middle period. Vanacker and Caleb Malhotra assisted.<\/p>\n
Pitre answered at 11:19, advancing to the top of the right circle and snapping the puck low to the far side. Wellenreiter and Manzo assisted on the 18th goal for Pitre, his 13th in 37 games since a trade from the Flint Firebirds.<\/p>\n
Vanacker took a Benak pass from the end boards and quickly converted from the goalmouth at 14:00. Zackary Sandhu had the second assist on Vanacker\u2019s league-leading 47th goal.<\/p>\n
The falling Benak made it 4-2 at 19:21 when he shoveled the puck toward the net and had it deflect off the skate of Hayden Barch. Jiricek drew the other assist on Benak\u2019s 28th goal.<\/p>\n
Jiricek scored on the power play at 9:19 of the first period. Malhotra fired a cross-ice pass to Jiricek deep in the left circle for a one-timer on the backdoor play. Benak had the other assist on defenceman Jiricek\u2019s 19th goal.<\/p>\n
Pronin tied it at 18:54 with his seventh goal. Ryder Carey fed a cross-zone pass to the Belarusian import at the top of the left circle for a wrister. Dubrovtsev also assisted.<\/p>\n
The Battalion ends the regular season by playing host to the Sudbury Wolves at 2 p.m. Sunday on Kal Tire Fan Appreciation Day.<\/p>\n
BATTALION BULLETS: The Battalion went 2-2-0 in the season series. Brantford won 7-2 at home Dec. 6 before the Troops posted a pair of overtime wins at North Bay, 5-4 on Jan. 22 and 3-2 on March 12 … Ryder Cali saw the end of a seven-game points streak in which he had four goals and six assists for 10 points … Lirim Amidovski topped the Troops with seven shots on goal, while Vanacker led the Bulldogs with seven … The Battalion went 1-for-3 on the power play. Brantford was 3-for-4 … Opening lines featured Procyszyn centring left winger Pitre and right winger Wellenreiter, Cali pivoting left winger Sebastien Gervais and right winger Amidovski and Warren centring left winger Nolan Laird and right winger Vaughan. Dubrovtsev centred left winger Pronin and right winger Carey … Defence pairings were Bronson Ride with Barch, Carter Kunopaski with Greer and Jonathan Kapageridis with Manzo … Mike McIvor, who posted a 23-save shutout Thursday night in a 7-0 home-ice win over the Brampton Steelheads in his return from an extended injury absence, backed up Lisson … The Battalion was without Aaron Enright, Brandt Harper, Alexander Karmanov and Shamar Moses … Among the missing for Brantford were Jett Luchanko and Dylan Tsherna … O\u2019Brien set a Bulldogs club record covering both the Hamilton and Brantford years with 255 points, surpassing Patrick Thomas. In 180 games, O\u2019Brien has 73 goals and 182 assists. Thomas had 253 points in as many games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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