Novotný Nets First Career Hat Trick as Petes Blank Barrie 6-0

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By Scott Arnold

The Peterborough Petes delivered a dominant performance Saturday night, shutting out the Barrie Colts 6-0 at the Peterborough Memorial Centre to improve to 5-7 on the season and move into sixth place in the Eastern Conference.

The Peterborough Petes delivered a dominant performance Saturday night, shutting out the Barrie Colts 6-0 at the Peterborough Memorial Centre to improve to 5-7 on the season and move into sixth place in the Eastern Conference.

The game's three stars were Adam Novotný (left), who had five points, matthew koprowski (middle), with a shutout performance, and cooper dennis who had four points (photo via Twitter @petesohlhockey)

Adam Novotný led the way with his first career OHL hat trick and added two assists for a career high five point game. Cooper Dennis had a big game as well with two goals and two assists for a career high four point night, while Lucas Karmiris chipped in with two goals and an assists for his first three point night since October 27th, 2024.

Dennis opened the scoring in the first period, finishing a play set up by Braydon McCallum and Karmiris to give Peterborough a 1-0 lead.

The Petes broke the game open in the second period with four goals, all of them on the power play. Novotný scored 1:07 in the frame before Karmiris added another goal on the next power play. Dennis then scored his second of the night, followed by Novotný’s second goal less than a minute later to make it 5-0 after 40 minutes.

Novotný completed his hat trick in the third period with another power play goal, assisted by Yanis Lutz and Karmiris.

Matthew Koprowski stopped all 22 shots he faced to record his first shutout as a Pete and the second of his career. The Petes outshot Barrie 30-22 and went 5-for-6 on the power play, while holding the Colts scoreless on three opportunities.

Petes Scoring: Cooper Dennis (2G, 2A), Adam Novotný (3G, 2A), Lucas Karmiris (1G, 2A), Yanis Lutz (3A), Leon Kolarik (1A), Braydon McCallum (1A)

The Petes return to action Thursday when they host the Oshawa Generals at the Peterborough Memorial Centre.


Scott Arnold is a Journalist and Content Creator at PTBOCanada Media Inc

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