Petes Snap Winning Streak With Dominant Play From the Windsor Spitfires In 5-2 Loss

The visiting Windsor Spitfires leave town with a win over the Petes, snapping the hometown team’s winning streak with a 5-2 loss at the Peterborough Memorial Centre on Thursday night.

The Petes still maintain a four-point lead in the East Division with a game in hand to the second-place Brantford Bulldogs. Photo courtesy of Kenneth Andersen and the Peterborough Petes.

Windsor had a one-man show during the first period as Jacob Maillet went coast-to-coast and scored 5:32 into the frame for a 1-0 lead. He was not done as late in the period, Maillet corralled a loose puck off a Konnor Smith hit and backhanded it in for a 2-0 Windsor lead at the end of the first.

Peterborough was able to counter in to kick off the second period, and the Petes could sustain pressure in the offensive zone. They were rewarded with a one-timer goal from Owen Beck to Donovan McCoy, keeping their hot streak going and cutting the deficit to one. Beck made another big play, stick-lifting a Spitfire and turning the puck over. Tommy Purdeller got the loose puck and in transition, passed it to Beck for the one-timer and the game was tied at two.

The Petes were on a power play five minutes later but it became a turning point in favour of the Spitfires. After Windsor cleared the zone with a flip dump, Cole Davis won the race to get the puck in the Petes zone and beat Zack Bowen five-hole for a shorthanded goal and a 3-2 lead after two.

Windsor kept their foot on the gas in the third period as there was nifty movement from Davis and he drop-passed it for Valentin Zhugin, corralling the puck from the backhand. The latter got the puck under control and snapped it past Bowen for a 4-2 lead with under six minutes left in the game. The Petes had a power play with just over two minutes in regulation but the Spitfires deposited an empty-net goal and won 5-2 over Peterborough.

The Petes are getting little rest between games as they are back in action on the road to place the Mississauga Steelheads for 7 p.m. at the Paramount Fine Foods Centre. Fans can attend the Official Road Game Watch Party at Shoeless Joe’s Peterborough.

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