North Bay Battalion beat Mississauga Steelheads 2-1 in regulation, taking control with a two-goal second period after Mississauga opened the scoring in the first minute.
Mississauga struck at 1:00 to grab an early lead, but North Bay answered at 25:00 with the equalizer and then moved ahead at 36:00. The third period was scoreless, and North Bay closed out the road win.
The defining number was the middle frame: North Bay outscored Mississauga 2-0 in the second period, flipping a 1-0 deficit into a 2-1 lead. That margin held through a quiet third.