Nolan Laird scored the winning goal and added an assist to lead the North Bay Battalion to a 4-2 victory over the Erie Otters in an Ontario Hockey League game Thursday night. Jax Pereira, Ryder Carey and Ethan Procyszyn, into an empty net, had the other goals for the Battalion, and goaltender Jack Lisson contributed 20 saves before 2,084 at Boart Longyear Memorial Gardens. The Battalion, which dressed 11 forwards and seven defencemen in its Centurion uniforms, improved its won-lost-extended record to 10-9-1 for 21 points, third in the Central Division. Gabriel Frasca and Michael Dec each scored a goal while goaltender Noah Erliden stopped 32 of 35 shots for Erie, 6-14-1 for 13 points, fifth in the Midwest Division. “I thought we had a pretty solid game today,” said Battalion coach Ry

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