Cam Gauvreau had a night to remember as his first tally of the season helped the Peterborough Petes get a 3-2 victory over the Oshawa Generals at the Peterborough Memorial Centre on Thursday night.
With no scoring the first, the Petes drew first blood in the second, 3:35 in. Johnathan Melee got his first of two points on the night, scoring off a give-and-go with Jax Dubois for a 1-0 lead. The Petes doubled their lead as Gauvreau tacked his first goal on the power play. He received a pass behind the net from Dubois and sniped it from just outside the faceoff dot to make it 2-0.
Oshawa got on the board as Peterborough turned the puck over in the defensive zone as Generals forward Tyler Graham scooped up the puck. He took a shot and was saved by Liam Stutska but could not corral the rebound, allowing Graham to take a second whack at it and slip it by to cut the Petes’ lead down to one.
Owen Beck made himself known for the Petes, receiving a long outlet pass and sniped it past Jacob Oster for a 3-1 Petes lead going into the third frame.
Oshawa would not go away easily as they got a powerplay 7:36 in. The Generals cycled the puck well which resulted in a goal on the man advantage with a one-timer from Luke Torrence to keep it a one-goal deficit. The visitors pulled the goal with less than two minutes left to play but Peterborough held on and got the 3-2 win.
The Petes are back on the ice as part of a home-and-home series as they will play the Generals again in Oshawa at the Tribute Communities Centre on Friday night.