It took 3:07 of overtime and a five-minute video review, but the North Bay Battalion secured a 5-4 Ontario Hockey League victory Thursday night over the Peterborough Petes, vaulting the Troops into first place in the Central Division. Parker Vaughan scored his second goal of the game and season to complete North Bay’s comeback from 3-2 and 4-3 deficits for a third straight win before a crowd of 2,247 at Boart Longyear Memorial Gardens.

North Bay Battalion flash some overtime magic against the Peterborough Petes Back to video Ihnat Pazii contributed one goal and two assists and Kent Greer one goal and one assist, while Bronson Ride also scored for the Battalion, which has a won-lost-extended record of 7-5-0 for 14 points, one more than the idle Niagara IceDogs. Goaltender Mike McIv

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