The length of the off season for the North Bay Battalion seems to be a big motivating factor this year.

They’ve played 2 of 3 intra squad games in their training camp with the final one Thursday morning at 9 am at Memorial Gardens.

Team Green is 2-0 after a 5-4 win Wednesday  thanks to two goals apiece from Adam McMaster and Luke Moncada.

Alex Robert had two goals for Team White.

Assistant coach Adam Dennis says the players have come to camp ready to go and put last year behind them after a long off season.

He says the one benefit was players had more time to prepare for this season and he likes what sees in a lot of players including Adam McMaster, Brad Chenier and Rhys Foran.

He says they took advantage of the off season and worked hard.

Dennis says improving the practices is a must this season.

He says the coaching staff will be putting an emphasis on the finer details of the game.

There is no admission fee for this 9 am game.

They then head on the road and will play three games in Buffalo this weekend starting Friday against Kitchener.

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