Early in the season it was announced that the team would be relocating to North Bay, Ontario for the 2013–14 season. On January 11, 2013, defenceman Cameron Wind passed Luke Lynes for most games played in a Battalion uniform as Wind eventually finished the season with 291 career games played. On March 12, 2013, in the final week of the regular season goaltender Matej Machovsky set the franchise record for most shutouts in a career with his 9th in a 3–0 win over the host Ottawa 67's. Captain Barclay Goodrow led the team in scoring with 38 goals and 52 points while rookie Blake Clarke scored 19 goals and 51 points. The Battalion finished the season with a record of 34–25–3–6 finishing second in the Central Division and fourth in the Eastern Conference setting up a rematch of the first round from 2012 with the Sudbury Wolves.