Peterborough Petes Get Hit With Two Empty-Net Goals In Blanking From the Soo Greyhounds

The Peterborough Petes could not find the back of the net as they were shut out by the Soo Greyhounds, 3-0, at the Peterborough Memorial Centre on Thursday night.

The Petes move to a 1-2 record after the shutout loss by Soo. Photo courtesy of Kenneth Andersen and the Peterborough Petes.

Peterborough controlled the game offensively in the first period, peppering Soo goaltender Landon Miller with 16 shots while allowing only eight shots on goal. Both Miller and Easton Rye stopped all pucks that period and the game was scoreless after the one.

Things did not change in the second as the Petes saw more offensive opportunities with 17 shots but failed ot register a goal. Soo got more pucks to the net in the second but Rye stopped all 13 shots to keep the game scoreless.

The game’s first goal did not come until 6:15 left in regulation. The Petes tried to clear their own defensive zone but was intercepted by Jordan Charron at neutral ice. He passed it to Tobias Zvolensky at the blue line and ripped it from just outside the faceoff circle, beating Rye for a 1-0 lead. It was Zvolensky’s first career OHL goal.

The Petes pulled Rye with 1:35 left for the extra attacker, but with Marco Mignosa was able to deposit an empty-net goal with exactly one minute left in regulation to make it 2-0. Peterborough persisted with pulling the goalie but Jordan Charron scored 18 seconds later for the 3-0 lead to seal the game.

Rye stopped 27 of 28 shots in the loss and was named the game’s second star.

The Petes are back on the road to take on the Brampton Steelheads this Saturday at 4 p.m. at the CAA Centre.

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