The North Bay Battalion won 6-5 in overtime over Sudbury on Sunday at Memorial Gardens.
Tied at two heading into the final frame, it was a wild third period with six goals, including five within a span of five minutes.
The Troops’ took a 4-2 lead before the Wolves stormed back with three goals of their own to go up 5-4.
The Battalion would then tie the game late in period.
“These guys don’t quit, ever. It’s a really good strength of ours,” says Ryan Oulahen, coach and assistant GM. “That’s a fragile moment right there when they (Sudbury) not only tie it then take the lead on us. Whoa. Not sure sometimes where that’s going to go but we were able to settle it down, continue to make our push and we may have even been better because of it.”
Captain Owen Van Steensel bookended the Troops’ goals, scoring the opening marker and the game-winner in overtime.
Reyth Smith, Ethan Procyszyn, Stepan Chukharev and Jacob LeBlanc also scored for North Bay in the win.
Oulahen says every point matters when you face off against a division rival.
“We play them eight times and sometimes it dictates what happens in the division and the conference. We learned that over the last couple years. They’re massive,” he says.
The Battalion are back in action Thursday at home to Guelph.
Both Nipissing hockey teams won both of their games on the weekend.
The men scored a couple of victories over Laurier on home ice this weekend.
Nipissing won 4-1 on Friday and 4-3 in overtime on Saturday.
On the women’s side, the Lakers improved to 9-1 on the season with a couple of road wins.
Nipissing defeated Guelph 3-1 on Friday and beat Brock 5-2 on Saturday.
In the NOJHL, the Powassan Voodoos split their weekend games.
After a 4-3 overtime loss to Hearst on Friday, Powassan scored a 2-1 overtime win over the Soo Eagles on Saturday.
In OUA women’s volleyball, the Lakers won twice over Lakehead on the weekend, 3-2 and 3-0.
On the men’s side, Nipissing split their games with York. After a 3-2 loss Friday, the Lakers won 3-1 on Saturday.
In basketball, both of Nipissing’s basketball teams were on the road and lost on Friday, but won on Saturday.
The men dropped a 83-76 decision to McMaster then won 84-76 over York. On the women’s side, Nipissing lost 75-64 to McMaster and won 67-57 over York.
In OCAA women’s volleyball, Canadore won its game against Georgian (3-0) while the men lost (3-2) to Georgian.
In men’s basketball, the Panthers lost both of their games.
They fell 99-82 to Mohawk and 91-67 to Niagara.
