The Battalion matched the Petes stride for stride for 55 minutes, but in the final five, Peterborough got two quick goals and added an empty netter to win 5-2 over North Bay.

Battalion goalie Joe Vrbetic made 41 saves in the loss and Head Coach Stan Butler says it was a good performance from the rookie.

“I thought Joe played a really good game, I mean he battled hard. I felt bad for him on the third and fourth goal,” says Butler. “Especially the fourth goal, he makes the initial save and we have three guys standing beside Mason McTavish and he just outworks them and puts the puck in the net.”

Overall, Butler says he liked the way his team competed for the majority of the contest.

“I liked our first two periods, I thought we played pretty well. Obviously we got ourselves into a hole. Rose gets a penalty and we lose him for the game too, so I think that really hurt too,” he says. Rose was injured on the play.

Mason Primeau and Luke Moncada were the goal scorers for North Bay.

The Battalion are in Oshawa tonight at 725 on Country 600 CKAT.

 

In the NOJHL, the Powassan Voodoos have one game this weekend, they’re home to Blind River tomorrow night (Sat).

 

It’s homecoming at Nipissing, with the Lakers men’s basketball team playing Canadore tonight.

The Nipissing soccer teams play Ryerson tomorrow while the lacrosse team plays Ottawa.

In exhibition play, the women’s basketball team takes on Durham tomorrow and St Clair on Sunday, the volleyball teams play alumni tomorrow, and the women’s hockey team takes on Laurentian at 7:30 tomorrow night at Memorial Gardens.

There will be fireworks in Thompson Park after the game.

The Nipissing soccer teams also play Sunday against Toronto.

The Nipissing Lakers men’s hockey team opens the season on the road tonight in Oshawa against Ontario Tech.

The two teams play again tomorrow afternoon. The Lakers have named Danny Desrochers captain. Harrison Harper, Lucas Brown and Colby Tower are assistants.

The Nipissing women, meantime, named Jetta Derenoski Captiain. Ava Keis, Katelyn Heppner, Madison Solie and Danika Ranger are assistants.

Their season begins October 17th.

(Photo by Aaron Bell/OHL Images)

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