Peterborough Petes Look to Sweep Sudbury Wolves With 3-0 Series Lead

The Peterborough Petes are one game away from a sweep after a 5-3 road win over the Sudbury Wolves to lead 3-0 the best-of-seven series at the Sudbury Community Arena on Tuesday night.

Photo courtesy of the Peterborough Petes.

Peterborough found themselves down early as three minutes into the game, David Goyette tacked home a juicy rebound to put the Wolves up 1-0. Peterborough’s woes appeared to continue with a roughing penalty from Konnor Smith. However, it ended up as a positive for the Petes as Avery Hayes took a slash from Quentin Musty during a breakaway and was awarded a penalty shot. The former Hamilton Bulldog made no mistake and beat Kevyn Brassard on the backhand for a 1-1 tie. Sudbury reclaimed the lead with a tip-in from Kocha Delic on a Musty point shot to make it 2-1 going into the second period.

Peterborough appeared that their penalty woes would continue as Hayes had an unsportsmanlike conduct minor (his second of the game). What seemed to be a curse was a blessing again for the Petes as they had an odd-man rush on the penalty kill and J.R. Avon sniped one past Brassard for a second-straight shorthanded goal for a 2-2 tie. Peterborough took advantage of Sudbury’s penalty trouble as Connor Lockhart pouned on a rebound from a Donovan McCoy slapshot for a 3-2 lead, their first of the night.

Peterborough built on their lead in the third period as Sudbury was trying to make a push. The Wolves had a point-blank one-timed shot against Michael Simpson but made the stop as the Sudbury fans thought it was a goal. Peterborough quickly counter-attacked as Chase Stillman scooped up the loose puck, fed it to Owen Beck and lasered it passed Brassard for a 4-2 lead. Hayes added an empty netter, and Sudbury scored late but the Petes earned a 5-3 win.

The Petes look to sweep the playoff series Wednesday night for game four against Sudbury as the Wolves will have to muster a massive comeback to keep their postseason alive.

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