Peterborough Petes Earth Fifth Straight Home Win With 4-3 Shootout Win Over Ottawa 67's
/The Peterborough Petes stay hot during the holidays, winning five games in a row at home thanks to a 4-3 shootout win over the Ottawa 67’s at the Peterborough Memorial Centre on Thursday night.
Photo courtesy of Kenneth Andersen and the Peterborough Petes.
Quinton Pagé opened the scoring after knocking the puck loose off a defender’s stick in the offensive zone and lifting the puck over the pad of a sprawling Jaeden Nelson for a 1-0 lead. Ottawa responded with a goal in the final second of the period as Will Gerrior ripped a one-timer on the power play, just narrowly beating the buzzer for a 1-1 tie.
Late in the second period, the Petes were on the power play. Aiden Young faked a shot and wired a pass to a streaking Colin Fitzgerald, who tipped it in for a 2-1 score. Peterborough built their lead as Young was on the rush and did a give-and-go with captain Johnathan Melee and the former tipped it in on the backhand for a 3-1 lead going into the third.
Ottawa was able to mount a comeback in the third period, scoring twice just over halfway through the period, thanks to Gerrior and Henry Mews for a tie game. With the rest of regulation and overtime solving nothing, the terms went to a shootout to decide a winner.
The following are the shootout results:
PBO - Caden Taylor (Goal)
OTT - Caden Kelly (No Goal)
PBO - Colin Fitzgerald (No Goal)
OTT - Nathan Amidovski (No Goal)
PBO - Gavin Bryant (No Goal)
OTT - Will Gerrior (No Goal)
