Peterborough Petes Thrash Brampton Steelheads In 7-1 Rout

The Peterborough Petes made a statement against the visiting Brampton Steelheads, routing them 7-1 at the Peterborough Memorial Centre on Thursday night.

The Petes are third in the East Division with a 12-8-1-1 record. Photo courtesy of Kenneth Andersen and the Peterborough Petes.

The first goal went to the Petes. Adam Novotný swatted at the puck on his backhand, saw it ricochet off a Steelhead’s skate and found the back of the net for a 1-0 game. Just over two minutes later, Aiden Young fought for the puck off the faceoff draw. He won the battle and immediately ripped it point-blank to score 2-0.

Jakub Fibigr helped Brampton get on the board during the power play with a one-timer to beat Petes goaltender Easton Rye to cut the deficit in half. Peterborough sunck in one more goal as Brennan Faulkner chased down a cleared puck from the Petes zone. He corralled it, shot it from a wide angle and scored to give the Petes a two-goal lead headed into the second.

The score remained the same after the middle frame as Brampton had 11 shots to Peterborough’s nine.

The third period was all Peterborough. With the man advantage, the Petes and their number one overall pick, Kaden McGregor, pounced on a rebound from a point shot. He got the puck at a near-impossible angle and fired it in for a 4-1 lead. The Petes were not done scoring just yet as Adam Levac had the puck but was caught between two defenders and fell down. Faulkner helped guide the puck across the crease and Braydon McCallum planted it home for a 5-1 game.

Brampton mishandled a pass in their own zone and after it hit the wall, it came on Levac’s stick. He wristed it past former Petes goaltender Zach Bowen to make it 6-1. The Petes wanted to add one last tally as Colin Fitzgerald won the faceoff and the puck went back to the point with Matthew Perreault. He fired a shot and Matthew Soto deflected the shot and in for a 7-1 game and the eventual final for the Petes winning handily.

The win gives Rye the OHL lead in wins (12) after stopping 34 of 35 shots.

The Petes back at it when they travel to Kingston to take on the Frontenacs at the Slush Puppie Place for 7:05 p.m.

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