NORTH BAY, Ontario (Interstat) — Jasper Kuhta had a goal and an assist as the Ottawa 67’s defeated the North Bay Battalion 3-1 on Friday night in an Ontario Hockey League game marred by penalties at Boart Longyear Memorial Gardens.

Kuhta opened the scoring in the first period for Ottawa, which improved to 2-0-0. Ondrej Ruml scored in the second period and Shaan Kingwell answered a third-period goal from North Bay’s Arseny Pronin to secure the win. The game featured 18 combined penalties. North Bay fell to 2-1-0. Attendance was 2,560.