PETERBOROUGH, ON - In a game that was tagged as a blowout before the puck dropped, the Peterborough Petes put in a valiant effort to take the defending Ontario Hockey League champions to a shootout. Despite the solid effort by the maroon and white, the host Windsor Spitfires came out on top tonight at the WFCU Centre 3-2. Both teams traded chances throughout the entire game with the Petes drawing first blood as Liam Heelis jumped on a rebound behind the Spitfires defense to give the maroon and white a 1-0 lead. The Spitfires would answer right back as Adam Henrique snapped a shot past Petes' goaltender Jason Missiaen to even the score heading in to the second period.
The second period was much like the first as Matt Puempel stripped the puck away from a Spitfire defenceman and slid the puck underneath Troy Passingham's arm for a 2-1 advantage. Again the Spitfires answered back quickly as Dale Mitchell capped off a nice passing play to take a 2-2 draw in to the final frame.
Both goaltenders stood tall through the final frame and through overtime as the two teams had quality scoring chances but were unable to capitalize on any.
The Petes fell victim to a strong Windsor team in the shootout as Mitchell, Taylor Hall, and Ryan Ellis all beat Missiaen. Ryan Spooner scored for the Petes in the shootout but Matt Puempel was stopped to close the game out for the Spitfires.
Next action for the Petes is tomorrow night when they travel to Saginaw to close out their five game road trip with the Saginaw Spirit.
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