Petes Skid Reaches Nine

PETERBOROUGH, ON – The Peterborough Petes have officially gotten into a slump. Losers of eight straight heading into action against the Owen Sound Attack tonight, the Petes were unable to hold an early lead as they dropped their ninth in a row by a 7-4 final.

The first period was all maroon and white as they jumped out to an early 3-0 lead before giving up a late goal to head into the intermission up 3-1. Matt Puempel got the Petes on the board when he snuck a shot through Attack goaltender Scott Stacjer’s pads after receiving a long stretch feed from overage forward Pat Daley. Mike Lomas would score his first goal of the game before Austin Watson notched his second in as many games since returning to the lineup last night.

The Attack dominated the rest of the game as the Petes were only able to solve Jordan Binnington, who replaced Stacjer after the third goal, once on Lomas’ second of the game half way through the third period which was enough to earn him second star honours.

Rookie goaltender Andrew D’Agostini was solid in goal despite allowing six goals as he was left to fend for himself on several occasions due to defensive miscues. Austin Watson picked up the Hardest Working Pete of the Game as he had one goal to go along with his strong defensive play which saw him block several shots on Owen Sound’s eight man advantages.

Next action for the Petes is Thursday night when they play host to the Ottawa 67’s in their final meeting of the campaign. Game time for Thursday’s game is 7:00 PM.