PETERBOROUGH, ON - Playing in their third game in three nights, finishing off their five game road trip, the Peterborough Petes showed a lot of heart and courage to topple the host Saginaw Spirit 6-5 tonight at the Dow Event Centre in Saginaw, Michigan. After leaving every last bit of energy on the ice at the WFCU Centre in Windsor last night, the Petes jumped out to a 2-0 lead just over half way through the game as Mike Lomas and Ryan Spooner both capitalized on the power play for the maroon and white.
The third period saw goals come fast and furious as there were a combined nine goals, five by the Spirit and four by the mighty maroon and white. The Petes saw their lead diminish as they gave up two goals twenty-one seconds apart. However, goals by Pat Daley and Ryan Spooner replenished the two goal lead. After Saginaw had cut the lead to one, Daley scored his second of the night and Liam Heelis scored with a beautiful wrist shot beating the Spirit goaltender top shelf.
The final few minutes were very tense after the Petes had pushed their lead to 6-3, as the Spirit replied with two quick goals to cut the lead to 6-5 but could not beat rookie goaltender Andrew D'Agostini for a sixth time as he notched his first Ontario Hockey League win.
Also of note in this game was play-by-play announcer Pete Dalliday as he participated in his 1,000th consecutive game with the Peterborough Petes. Congratulations to Pete on a well-deserved milestone.
Next action for the Petes is Thursday night when they return from a very successful road trip, in which they earned nine of a possible 10 points, to host the Sudbury Wolves at the Memorial Centre.
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