Peterborough Petes Season Ends With 5-4 Double Overtime Loss to North Bay Battalion In Game Six
/The Petes' season ended in double overtime as they took a 5-4 loss to the North Bay Battalion, resulting in a 4-2 series loss at the Boart Longyear Memorial Gardens on Saturday night.
The Petes ended the regular season with a 40-24-1-3 record for third place in the East Division. Photo courtesy of Tom Martineau and the North Bay Battalion.
The Petes opened the scoring as Yanis Lutz forced a turnover at the North Bay blue line. He drew two defenders in then got the puck to Francis Parish. The latter quickly fed a rushing Leon Kolarik who one-timed it home for a 1-0 Peterborough lead. It stood as the only goal of the period.
The second was all North Bay as discipline problems came to haunt the Petes. The home team tied then took the lead off a pair of power-play goals in the first 10:05 of the period. Just under three minutes later, North Bay had another tally thanks to Ethan Procyszyn and it was a 3-1 game after the second period.
The Petes had to rally in order to avoid elimination and Yanis Lutz got Peterborough started, scoring from the high slot just 5:22 into the period to make it 3-2. Less than a minute later, Peterborough forced another offensive zone turnover and Adam Levac scored on the doorstep to tie the game at three. With just under five minutes left in regulation, Peterborough applied heavy pressure in the offensive zone and caused another turnover. That led to Braydon McCallum getting the puck and immediately dishing it to Kieron Walton for the one-timer goal and 4-3 lead.
North Bay in desperation, pulled their goalie while on the man advantage for six-on-four play. A point shot was saved by Petes goaltender Easton Rye, but the rebound allowed Vaughan to score his second goal of the game with six seconds remaining in regulation.
It took until late in the second overtime period to find a winner. Adam Novotný struggled to corral the puck in his own zone and was checked, leading to a turnover. North Bay took a quick one-timed shot and Vaughan beat Rye for the series walk-off goal to eliminate the Peterborough Petes in six games, 5-4.
Walton and Lutz led the Petes with a goal and an assist each. Kolarik and Levac scored, while Parish, Garrett Frazer and McCallum each had an assist. Easton Rye made 39 saves in the loss.
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