battalion280x160The North Bay Battalion host the Mississauga Steelheads in the annual New Years Eve day game at Memorial Gardens today (Thursday).

It’s a big divisional contest as North Bay has four games in hand on the Steelheads but the Trout are three points ahead of the Troops in the Central Division.

Head to head it’s been a homer series this year with each team winning twice in their own building.

The last meeting ended with a 2-1 overtime win for North Bay.

3rd year forward Brett McKenzie has at least one point in his last five games, he’ll look to keep that streak going when the puck drops at 1 pm, the pregame show on Country 600 CKAT starts at 12:35 pm.

 

Meantime, here’s some of the highlights involving the Troops in 2015: