A Pair of First-Career Goals For Peterborough Petes Leads Team to 5-2 Win Over Kingston Frontenacs

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Adam Novotný and Kaden McGregor scored their first-career OHL goals to propel the Petes to a 5-2 win over the East-leading Kingston Frontenacs at the Peterborough Memorial Centre on Thursday night.

The Petes are fourth in the East Division with a 3-3-0-1 record. Photo courtesy of the Peterborough Petes.

It took 44 seconds for the Petes to get on the board as Leon Kolarik won the draw and Colin Fitzgerald took a shot from just outside the faceoff circle. Kolarik pounced on the rebound and scored for a 1-0 lead. Peterborough struck again when Blake Gowan forced a turnover in Kingston’s defensive zone. He took a shot but the puck ended up on Adam Levac’s stick and he buried it for a 2-0 lead.

While Kingston’s Kieren Dervin got one back for Peterborough, Novotný restored the two-goal lead, receiving a slot pass and outwaiting the goaltender to score. His first career OHL goal.

Dervin struck again for the Frontenacs and brought it to within one just over two minutes later to end the period 3-2 in favour of Peterborough.

McGregor, Peterborough’s first-ever number-one overall pick of this year’s Priority Selection, registered his first-career OHL goal by intercepting a defensive zone pass. He sniped it past Kingston goaltender Gavin Betts and scored to make it 4-2, unassisted.

Brennan Faulkner added an empty-net goal late in the third period and the Petes walked away with a 5-2 victory.

The Petes play again Friday as part of a home-and-home series in a rematch with Kingston at the Slush Puppie Place for 7:05 p.m.

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