Peterborough Petes Outgunned By Visiting Flint Firebirds in 4-1 Loss

The Peterborough Petes were outshot all night by the Flint Firebirds resulting in a 4-1 loss to the visiting Flint Firebirds at the Peterborough Memorial Centre on Thursday.

Photo courtesy of Kenneth Andersen and the Peterborough Petes.

Flint drew first blood quickly 67 seconds in as Liam Sztuska saved a point shot but Coulson Pitre hacked away at the rebound and scored for a 1-0 lead. It was the only goal of the period but the Firebirds outshot the Petes 17-11.

The visitors struck quickly again a minute into the second period. Matthew Jenken took a point shot but was deflected right into Simon Slavicek’s stick for a wide-open net and would not miss for a 2-0 lead. Just under 10 minutes later, Gavin Hayes took a shot and hit the crossbar. Unfortunately for Peterborough, it bounced into Zacharie Giroux’s stick and he struck home for a 3-0 Flint lead.

With just over five minutes left in the frame, Owen Beck did a toe drag around a defender just past the blue line and sniped one in to break the shutout for a 3-1 score. The Petes were outshot 16-9 in the period.

The Petes were able to even the shot count in the third period with 10 apiece but the stanza’s only goal went to Giroux on the power play as an empty netter and the Petes lost 4-1.

Peterborough gets a day rest before playing back-to-back games on the weekend as they’ll host the North Bay Battalion on Saturday and play the Niagara IceDogs on the road on Sunday.

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