battalion280x160The North Bay Battalion‘s 3 game winning streak is over, falling to the Sarnia Sting, 5-2.

They fell behind early as Pavel Zacha and Sasha Chmelevski scored in the first period for Sarnia.

Matt Santos got a goal to try and gain some momentum after 20 minutes, but the Sting scored 3 times in the third, to expand their lead 5-1.

Zach Shankar was then able to score his 2nd career OHL goal, but the Battalion were unable to mount a comeback.

The Sting scored 5 goals on 22 shots against Jake Smith who was pulled from net after the first 40 minutes. Jake Kment made 12 saves in the third.

Next up for the Troops are the Saginaw Spirit in Saginaw tonight on Country 600 CKAT. Broadcast time is 6:35pm