Over 1,800 Donations at Annual Teddy Bear Toss; Petes Lose to Bulldogs, 4-2

The Petes collected 1,800 donations from their annual Teddy Bear Toss game and fell to the Brantford Bulldogs 4-2 at the Peterborough Memorial Centre on Thursday night.

Photo courtesy of Kenneth Andersen and the Peterborough Petes.

The Petes got an early power play and Peterborough did not have to wait long to get the teddy bears thrown onto the ice.

Captain Donovon McCoy got a juicy rebound from Chase Lefebvre and sunk it home on a wide-open net for a 1-0 lead just 2:06 into the game. The goal stood as the period’s only score.

The teddy bears collected went towards the Move 99.7 and Pure Country 105 Christmas Toy Drive, in support of the Salvation Army’s Annual Christmas Appeal. 

The Bulldogs got rolling in the second as former Pete Nick Lardis came on the rush on an outnumbered attack. He sniped it past Liam Sztuska and tied it at 1-1. Brantford continued to succeed with long shots as Cedricson Okitundu from outside the faceoff circle also got one past Sztuska late in the period for a 2-1 lead.

Peterborough struck early in the third to tie things up as the team’s newest Pete, Ryder McIntyre, pounced on a rebound and scored on a wide-open net for a 2-2 tie.

With less than two minutes winding down in regulation, Cole Brown scored at the point to give Brantford a late 3-2 lead. They tacked on an empty-netter and left Peterborough with a win.

The Petes will try to snap their losing streak as they head to the nation’s capital to take on the Ottawa 67’s on Saturday.

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