After a positive weekend against top OHL teams last weekend, North Bay was shutout 7-0 by the visiting London Knights last night (Thursday) at Memorial Gardens.

Battalion head coach Stan Butler says his team didn’t step up to the plate and lost their momentum early.

He says too many of his players weren’t competing and may have given too much respect to the defending Memorial Cup champions.

Troops goaltender Brent Moran made 36 saves in the loss.

The Battalion are on the road playing the Niagara IceDogs tonight (Friday).

Catch the action on Country 600 CKAT, starting at 6:55 pm.