Peterborough Petes Squeeze Out Victory After Trailing Over Kingston Frontenacs

The Peterborough Petes squeezed out a win over Kingston Frontenacs after a multi-goal deficit to earn a 4-3 victory at the Peterborough Memorial Centre (PMC) on Saturday night.

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

The first period belonged to Kingston, as Jacob Battaglia and Kieren Dervin scored to give the Frontenacs a 2-0 lead. Peterborough led in shots 11-8, but it was the visitors who had the lead.

Peterborough had a chance early in the second period as they drew an interference penalty 27 into the frame. Adam Novotný took a one-timed shot but sailed high over the net. Braydon McCallum recovered the loose puck, fed Novotný for a second one-timer chance and buried it home to put the Petes on the board from the man advantage, 2-1.

Peterborough went on the attack again as a point shot went wide and Kingston goaltender Matthew Minchac tried to dive on a loose puck that bounced off the half-wall. He failed to cover it as it wound up on Adam Levac’s stick to a wide-open net and he scored to tie the game. Kingston regained the lead 1:34 later as Robin Kuzma one-timed it in the slot for a 3-2 game. Peterborough would not go away, as at 2:02, Aiden Young, on a wide-angle, did a spin-o-rama centring pass on the backhand and his prayer was answered with a Levac tip-in goal to tie the game at three.

Levac had a chance to get the hat trick as was awarded a penalty shot late in the period. He tried to go forehand at point-blank range but was stopped by Minchac to keep it a 3-3 game going into the final period.

Less than four minutes into the period, Braydon McCallum won a faceoff for Peterborough. Gens Ula did not waste any time as he immediately fired the puck when it drew back to him for a go-ahead goal. It was 4-3, the Petes’s first lead of the night. The home team clamped down defensively, only allowing seven shots in the third period with none finding the back of the net. That was enough to secure the 4-3 win over the visiting Kingston Frontenacs.

The Petes remain at home for their next game on Thursday. They will host the Brantford Bulldogs with puck drop for 7:05 p.m. at the PMC.

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