Peterborough Petes Fall In First Road Game of the Season to Brantford Bulldogs

It was not how the Peterborough Petes wanted to start their first road game as they lost 5-1 to the Brantford Bulldogs at the TD Civic Centre on Saturday night.

Photo courtesy of Casey Bruton and the Brantford Bulldogs

The Bulldogs struck first just 2:05 into the game, taking advantage of an odd-man rush. Tommy Karmiris opted to take the shot and scored for a 1-0 game. The Petes tried to clear the defensive zone but Cooper Dennis held the line, fed it to Caleb Malhotra and scored his first career OHL goal to make it 2-0.

Peterborough found the scoreboard late in the period as Yanis Lutz earned his first OHL goal, shooting from outside the faceoff circle, hitting a Bulldog’s skate before finding the back of the net. Francis Parish and Matthew Perreault assisted on the play to make it 2-1 late in the first. On the next faceoff, Brantford got back in the offensive zone and Vladimir Dravecky took a point shot, found its way through traffic and scored to restore the two-goal lead, 3-1. The Bulldogs were not done yet as they added a last-minute tally thanks to Luca Testa. He forced a turnover in his own zone, went off to the races and scored to make it 4-1 after the first period.

With no goals in the second stanza, the lone period’s goal belonged to Brantford and Aiden 'O’Donnell. Dennis took a point shot and Petes goaltender, Easton Rye made the same but a battle for the rebound gave O’Donnell the score and the eventual final of 5-1.

Following the game, Peterborough reassigned 2009-born forward Kieran Raynor to the Haliburton County Huskies of the Ontario Junior Hockey League.

“Playing with Haliburton is going to give Kieran the opportunity to get ice time and develop,” said Michael Oke, general manager and vice president of operations. “We’ll continue to monitor his progress with the Huskies throughout the season.”

The Petes return home to host the Soo Greyhounds for the first and only time this season at the Peterborough Memorial Centre this Thursday at 7:05 p.m.

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