Petes Drop Final Game of Northern Road Trip to Battalion on Monday Afternoon

By Scott Arnold

The Peterborough Petes wrapped up their three-game northern road trip with a 3-1 loss to the North Bay Battalion on Monday afternoon. The loss moves their record to 3-7 on the season.

After missing the start of the season with an injury, Defenceman Thanasi Marentette returned to the Petes lineup on Monday, playing in his first game since April 4th (photo courtesy of the peterborough petes)

North Bay opened the scoring just 52 seconds into the first period when Cam Warren found the back of the net. Mason Minsky answered for Peterborough at 5:06 to tie the game 1-1.

The Battalion regained the lead with 2:25 left in the period when Evgeny Dubrovtsev scored on the power play. Less than two minutes later, Ryder Carey added another power play goal with 41 seconds remaining to give North Bay a 3-1 lead after 20 minutes.

Neither team scored over the final two periods. The Battalion outshot the Petes 17-5 in the second while the Petes pushed to get back into the game in the third, outshooting North Bay 17-9, but couldn’t find the back of the net.

Matthew Koprowski made 32 saves on 35 shots for Peterborough. Mike McIvor stopped 26 of 27 shots to earn the win for North Bay.

The Petes went 0-for-2 on the power play, while the Battalion were 2-for-6

Peterborough Scoring: Mason Minsky (1G), James McMurray (1A)

The Petes are back at the Peterborough Memorial Centre on Thursday to face the Battalion again, with game time set for 7:05pm.

Scott Arnold is a Journalist and Content Creator at PTBOCanada Media Inc

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