Cody Hodgson missed most of the season with a back injury. For the second straight year, in round 2, the Battalion would have to face the Eastern Conference Champions, the Toronto St. Michael's Majors. 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 would finish the season with 25 wins and 64 points, good enough for 5th place in the Eastern Conference. The Troops played at a slightly above .500 level for most of the season.Early in the season it was announced that the team would be relocating to North Bay, Ontario for the 2013–14 season. After the Troops took game 1 the Otters would win four in a row and win the series in five games.The 2005–06 season would become the best season in club history; however, the season did not start off that way. The second round would see the top two in the division as the Battalion faced Toronto. The Battalion would take on the 4th place Guelph Storm in the first round of the playoffs and won the series by sweeping the Storm in 4 games for the first playoff series win in club history. The Battalion won their first ever playoff game vs. the Erie Otters with a 5–2 score. Thank you for your interest in our network of websites, newsletters, and other services. However, Brampton clawed their way back, but by game 6 in Sudbury, the Battalion were on the brink of elimination. The Brampton Bombers 2020 Spring Camp, originally slated for May 25 to June 1, has been put on hold temporarily while the world deals with the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic.
In round 2 for the second straight year the Troops took on the 1st place Erie Otters. He returned to play 13 games near the end of the regular season but would miss the final 5 games with a foot injury before returning for the playoffs.
Jason Maleyko scored the first goal in club history. An outburst directed towards game referee's by Battalion coach Stan Butler had him tossed from the game and he was handed a five-game suspension it would be his final time behind the Brampton bench as the Troops could not recover losing four straight. The Troops would lose game one in overtime on the road and from there they could not recover as they would lose four straight.During the summer of 2012 rumours of the Battalion franchise relocating began to swirl as their lease agreement with the Powerade Centre was nearing an end. Brampton was able to win 1 game, to force a 5th, but that was as far as they would get as the Majors won the series.During the 2004–05 season the Battalion stood tall as they became part of a huge race involving several teams to not only win the Central Division title, but the Eastern Conference Championship as well.Despite posting a 33–24–11 record, Brampton would lose the race to the Mississauga Ice Dogs and finish 3rd in the central, and 4th in the conference, setting up a first round match up with the Sudbury Wolves.The series with the Wolves was an intense one. Brampton would win game 5 in overtime in Kingston but the Fronts would force a game 7 following a victory in Brampton. Once again the Battalion surged above the .500 mark finishing with a 34–24–10 record good enough to win their first Division Championship in franchise history beating the Toronto St. Michaels Majors by only 2 points.During the 2003 playoffs the Battalion started what would eventually become a rivalry with the Barrie Colts defeating the Colts in the first round in six games. On Monday, November 5, 2012, following a meeting with city counsel in North Bay, Ontario an agreement in principle to move the Battalion to North Bay for the 2013–14 season was agreed upon. The Virtual Get Fit Day is a fundraiser that is organized by Caledon Meals on Wheels, North South Hockey, and MVS Design. Franchise owner Scott Abbott indicated that the team would keep the Battalion moniker in North Bay, paying homage to the strong military history the city has.