Peterborough Petes Sputter In Close Low-Scoring Affair to North Bay

In a game where goals were few, the Petes ended up on the wrong side of the score, falling 3-1 to the North Bay Battalion at the Peterborough Memorial Centre on Thursday night.

The Petes are third in the East Division with a 14-9-1-1 record. Photo courtesy of Kenneth Andersen and the Peterborough Petes.

Both teams failed to find the back of the net in the opening period. Petes goaltender Easton Rye stopped 15 shots while North Bay netminder Mike McIvor made eight saves.

The ice was broken as North Bay scored on the power play with some tic-tac-toe passing that led to a point-blank one-timer from Ethan Procyszyn for a 1-0 lead from the visitors. Peterborough countered five minutes later as Matthew Soto won a board battle in the offensive zone from behind the net. He centred a pass to Braydon McCallum who scored for a 1-1 game after two periods.

Just over halfway through the third frame, Lirim Amidovski let a wrist shot go from outside the faceoff circle. Rye made the stop but a juicy rebound came to Kaden Pitre who scored on the wide-open net to give North Bay a lead. Peterborough tried to battle back but the visitors tacked on an empty-net goal for a 3-1 victory.

The Petes head south of the border to take on the Erie Otters this Saturday. Puck drop is scheduled for 7 p.m. at Erie Insurance Arena