Peterborough Petes Comeback Bid Falls Short In Shootout Loss to Erie Otters
/The Peterborough Petes erased a two-goal deficit but could not complete the comeback in the shootout as they fell to the Erie Otters, 3-2, at the Peterborough Memorial Centre on Thursday night.
The Petes are fourth in the East Division with a 2-2-0-1 record. Photo courtesy of Kenneth Andersen and the Peterborough PEtes.
The game was also the debut of Kaden McGregor, the Petes' first-overall pick in this year’s OHL Priority Selection. He was playing centre on the team’s third line.
The Otters struck first late in the opening period as the Petes' goaltender, Easton Rye, tried to clear the zone but could not. Callum Hughes scooped it for the Otters and got it to Dylan Edwards for an easy one-timer and a 1-0 lead.
Erie struck again as Tristen Trevino held the zone and passed it to Alex Misiak, alone in the slot. He beat Rye and the Otters had a 2-0 lead. Peterborough had an opportunity to get on the board with the man advantage. Yanis Lutz carried it into the zone and feinted a shot but got it to Matthew Soto who had an easy one-timed tip-in goal for a 2-1 game.
The third period had only one goal and it belonged to the Petes who struck again on the power play. James Petrovski took a slapshot at the point and was padded aside. Caden Taylor got the rebound, shot it and it was saved again. Leon Kolarik got on that rebound and hit the top shelf for a goal and tied the game, 2-2. Petrovski recorded his 100th-career OHL point with the secondary assist.
Regulation ended with overtime and with nothing settled, the game had to be decided in a shootout:
Shootout results:
PBO - Caden Taylor (No Goal)
ER - Gabriel Frasca (Goal)
PBO - Colin Fitzgerald (No Goal)
ER - McLean Agrette (Goal)
