PETERBOROUGH, ON - Playing in front of the hometown crowd against the Kitchener Rangers, the number two team in the country, the Petes put in their best effort of the season, falling 6-4 at the Peterborough Memorial Centre.
The Petes came out of the gate flying and caught the Rangers by surprise, scoring just thirty-six seconds into the game on a beautiful setup by the "Buckhorn Bandit" Justin Larson to captain Zack Kassian for a quick 1-0 lead. However, two lucky bounces later, the Rangers had answered back and took a 2-1 lead. Before the end of the period, overage forward Pat Daley capped off a perfect power play setup to draw the teams even heading into the second period of play.
The second period saw both teams trade quality chances with no outcome for the first fourteen minutes. However, two goals by the Rangers and a quick answer tally by rookie Matt Puempel on a mad scramble brought the Petes back within one goal after two periods.
Play picked up in the third period with exciting end-to-end action. The "Buckhorn Bandit" potted his fourth of the season after the Rangers had extended their lead to 5-3 early in the period.
With Petes' goaltender Jason Missiaen on the bench for the extra attacker, the Rangers blocked a point shot and slid the puck home to seal the victory 6-4 despite a solid sixty minutes of great effort shown by the maroon and white.
Next action for the Petes comes Saturday night when they travel to Sudbury to take on the host Sudbury Wolves at the Sudbury Arena.
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