Jake Smith (Photo by Greg Kolz)(File photo by Greg Kolz) 

The North Bay Battalion are moving on to round two of the playoffs after beating Peterborough 4-1 in Game 7.

The Troops trailed early in the game, but fought back for a 2-1 lead after the first and scored one more in each of the next two periods.

Jake Smith (pictured) once again allowed a goal on the first shot of the game, just like in game one, but shutout the Petes the rest of the way by making the next 27 saves. Smith says they executed the game plan perfectly.

The Battalion found themselves down by a goal early, but Kyle Wood tied the game and Mathew Santos gave North Bay the lead at the end of the first.

Mike Amadio then scored twice, once in the second and an empty netter in the third to secure the Battalion victory.

Head Coach Stan Butler says he’s proud of the effort the group has put in to this point of the post-season.