Brandt Harper scored one goal and added an assist to power the North Bay Battalion to a 4-2 victory Thursday night over the Oshawa Generals in the first game on the Ontario Hockey League’s 2025-26 schedule. Jax Pereira, Ryder Carey and Jonathan Kapageridis, into an empty net, provided a goal apiece for North Bay, which got 26 saves from goaltender Mike McIvor before a boisterous crowd of 3,135 at Boart Longyear Memorial Gardens. The Battalion, with four players still at National Hockey League camps, dressed 11 forwards and seven defencemen for the game, which was sponsored by Royal LePage Northern Life Realty. Former Battalion star Brandon Coe was the flagbearer for the 7th Man banner. Vadim Smirnov and Sam Roberts scored for Oshawa, while goaltender Jaden Cholette allowed three goal

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