Nicholas Sykora’s second-period goal proved the winner as the Owen Sound Attack defeated the North Bay Battalion 5-3 Saturday night, with the Troops accepting a split of a two-game Ontario Hockey League road trip. John Banks, Cole Zurawski, Jake Crawford and Noah Nelson, into an empty net, also scored for Owen Sound, while goaltender Trenten Bennett contributed 23 saves before 2,395 at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre. Bennett, who stands six-foot-eight, was a 14th-round pick in the 2022 OHL Priority Selection from the Kitchener Jr. Rangers U16s. He played in six Attack games in 2024-25 and has won all three of his starts this season. Owen Sound, which downed the visiting Windsor Spitfires 6-3 last Sunday in its previous game, handing Windsor its first loss, has a won-lost-

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