The Mississauga Steelheads snapped a four game losing skid with a 7-1 win over the visiting North Bay Battalion Friday night.

The loss was the Troops 8th straight defeat.

Rookie Patrick Brown scored the lone Battalion goal while goalie Christian Purboo took the loss, facing 33 shots in his OHL debut.

North Bay is back in action Sunday at home to Kingston.

In OUA women’s hockey, the Nipissing Lakers opened the season with a 6-3 loss to Western.

The Nipissing men, meantime, won 2-1 over Laurier.