PETERBOROUGH, ON - The Peterborough Petes showed great heart and no quit tonight at the Peterborough Memorial Centre however, the effort was not enough as they dropped a 6-4 final to the visiting Ottawa 67's. Both teams have been hit hard by the injury bug as of late as the Petes have been without Ryan Spooner and Austin Watson, and the 67's came into town walking wounded, missing Tyler Cuma, Ryan Martindale, and Tyler Graovac.
The 67's dominated the first period after handling an early maroon and white onslaught. Tallying twice in just over six minutes to enter the first intermission with the 2-0 lead.
Scoring was not hard to come by in the second frame for either team as Matt Puempel drew the Petes to within one before the 67's responded with two more to increase the lead once again. Brett Theberge and Puempel rounded out the scoring for the second period as Ottawa remained with the lead after forty minutes of play, 4-3.
Despite a valiant effort in the third period, the maroon and white were unable to capitalize on their late chances as Cody Lindsay scored his first of two in the frame to increase the lead to 5-3 before Liam Heelis capitalized late on a power play to bring the maroon and white back within one. However, it was all for not on this night as Lindsay scored into the empty net to seal the victory for the Ottawa 67's.
Next action for the Petes is Saturday night when they play host to the London Knights before a rematch with the Ottawa 67's Sunday in the Nation's Capital.
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