Peterborough Petes Have No Answer to London Knights Offense In Home Loss

The Peterborough Petes could not handle London’s offensive fury and fell 6-1 to the Knights at the Peterborough Memorial Centre on Thursday night.

The Petes are fourth in the East Division with a 6-7-1-1 record. Photo courtesy of Kenneth ANdersen and the Peterborough Petes.

The first period was all London Knights as they went up three goals to nothing thanks to Evan Van Gorp, Caleb Mitchell and Ben Wilmott. The Petes were outshot 25-14 in the first period.

Peterborough opened the scoring in the second period on the power play. Adam Levac was able to pounce on a failed covered puck from Knights goaltender Aleksei Medvedev and scored to cut into London’s lead, 3-1. Unfortunately for Peterborough, 2:16 later, London scored another two goals for a 5-1 lead after two frames The Petes outshot London 14-9 in the second period.

The third period had only one goal, scored by London’s Max Crete to give the Knights a 6-1 lead, and it was the final. Peterborough had eight more shots but failed to find the back of the net.

The Petes are back in action for their Special Olympics Big Ticket Game on Saturday when they host the Kingston Frontenacs.

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