Stan Butler of the North Bay Battalion. Photo by Aaron Bell/OHL Images(Photo by Aaron Bell/OHL Images) It’s a do or die game for the North Bay Battalion as the Troops are down 3 games to none against the Barrie Colts.

Game Four of the Eastern Conference semifinal series goes tonight (Thursday) and Battalion Head Coach Stan Butler says they have to play one period at a time and limit the mistakes.

He says the Colts are a very good transitional team and against certain players, if the Troops make mistakes, the puck always seems to end up in the back of North Bay’s net.

Butler added “when you’re down three nothing, I’ve been there before, you have to claw your way back. You have to win one before you win two and you have to go from there and you can’t look to far ahead.”

It’s the third straight year the Battalion and the Colts are meeting in the Eastern Conference semifinals, but the first time the Battalion have faced elimination at the hands of the Colts in the past 3 years.

Catch tonight’s game on Country 600 CKAT at 6:35 pm.