Tough Night for North Bay Battalion in Oshawa

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After a strong performance against London, the Battalion struggled in a 4-0 defeat at Oshawa

Nov 21, 2025  •  Last updated Nov 24, 2025  • 

Simon Wang of the host Oshawa Generals puts a check on Lirim Amidovski of the North Bay Battalion in the second period of their OHL game Friday night. Nov 25 Photo by SEAN RYAN

Goaltender Jaden Cholette recorded 21 saves for his second straight shutout, leading the Oshawa Generals to a solid 4-0 win over the North Bay Battalion in an Ontario Hockey League matchup Friday night.

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Owen Griffin scored once and added two assists, while Aiden O’Donnell contributed one goal and one assist. Lucas Teixeira and Luke Posthumus also found the net for Oshawa.

Cholette made an impressive 27 saves during his first OHL shutout on Sunday against the visiting Erie Otters, helping the Generals end an eight-game losing streak. With this win, Oshawa now has a record of 7-16-0 for a total of 14 points, placing them fifth in the East Division.

Goaltender Mike Mc Ivor faced a total of 34 shots for the Battalion before an audience of 5,735 at the Tribute Communities Centre. North Bay had recently beaten the London Knights with a score of 5-2 on Thursday night and holds a record of 12-10-1 for 25 points, putting them second in the Central Division.

Following left winger Ihnat Pazii’s trade to the Flint Firebirds just before this game, North Bay dressed only 17 skaters-one less than usual. In return for Pazii, they received center Kaden Pitre.

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The Generals took control early with a two-goal lead after one period. Teixeira scored first at 8:38 by grabbing a loose puck from behind the net and firing it into goal from near the circle. Anthony Figliomeni and Vadim Smirnov assisted on Teixeira’s first goal in OHL history; he played six games last season with Guelph Storm.

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A few minutes later at  14:25,, Griffin scored his team-leading twelfth goal by knocking home another bouncing puck while Mc Ivor was down on ice. Figliomeni and O’Donnell got credited with assists.

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The goaltender Cholette stopped Lirim Amidovski’s attempt right at crease’s edge three minutes into what ended up being another penalty-free frame.

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At sixteen minutes into second period,, Posthumus scored during a two-man advantage making it three-nothing after Jonathan Kapageridis received hooking penalties plus Ethan Procyszyn drew double-minor penalties just seconds later.
Posthumus went deep left wing side to score his sixth goal set up by Griffin along with Moore’s assist.
In addition to that,, O’Donnell redirected Moore’s shot right at goal line as clock struck nineteen fifty-eight giving him his fifth goal overall too; Griffin collected another assist along side him too.
The Troops held slight edge back outshooting their opponents seven-five but couldn’t generate any real scoring chances throughout yet another penalty-less session towards end. Battalion begins three-game road trip facing off Peterborough Petes next Thursday evening starting at seven-oh-five PM live streaming through Your TV channels twelve & seven hundred. BATTLION BULLETS:
– This marks second meeting out four total matches scheduled where previously Battalion defeated hosts General four-two back September eighteenth season opener; next match up January sixteenth coming again @ Oshawa. – During heated moments Teixeira clashed Nolan Laird earning minor instigator major misconduct; meanwhile Laird served fight major. This has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. :
– Nick Wellenreiter led Troops shooting five pucks on goals followed closely by Posthumus who managed seven shots himself. – Power play stats show Battalions went zero-for-two while Generals finished one-for-three conversions successful – Trade sending away Pazii native Kharkiv Ukraine leaves battalion holding onto merely two import players under current three-player quota including Evgeny Dubrovtsev (Russia) Arseny Pronin(Belarus) picked during Canadian Hockey League Import Draft earlier July second this year – Starting lines featured Procyszyn centering Wellenreiter alongside Amidovski pairing together nicely however Dubrovtsev joined Pereira Ryder Carey trios respectively plus Cam Warren pivoted leading pairing between Laird Vaughan – Defensive pairings consisted Bronson Ride partnering Brandt Harper likewise Aaron Enright teaming Kent Greer further Kapaigeridis lined Adrian Manzo across blue line while Carter Kunopaski supported defense efforts as well. – The Team didn’t have Declan Gallivan , Ryder Cali , Pronins or Shamar Moses available tonight. However missing players included Brooks Rogowski Beckett Sennecke presently engaged NHL activities Anaheim Ducks meanwhile preparing new strategies upcoming games. Share this article in your social network

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