The Kodiaks got off to a hot start on both sides during the first 15 minutes of the game. Cobourg kicked off with three straight goals, twice from Tyler Hendryks and one from Tanner Buck for a 3-0 lead. The Kodiak’s Emerson Clark got himself into some penalty trouble, getting a roughing, fighting and instigator penalty including a second major that helped Peterborough’s power play came alive with 5:33 left in the period. Peterborough had a 10-minute power play that saw Josh Currier twice and Holden Cattoni got three powerplay goals to tie it 3-3 at the end of the first.
Peterborough continued their power play onslaught with Turner Evans to kick off the second period for a 4-3 lead. Cobourg mustered a shorthanded goal at the tail end of the major penalty as Curtis Romancych tied the game. Hendryks got his hat trick not halfway through the game to give Cobourg the lead. Thomas Hoggarth and Tanner Buck scored a goal apiece for the Lakers and Kodiaks respectively that saw Cobourg lead 6-5 after two periods.
The Lakers took over the game once the final frame began. Despite being short-handed, Hoggarth got his second of the game followed by Austin Hasen getting on the score sheet, 29 seconds later. Cattoni capped his second of the game and Hoggarth joined the scoring again, getting a hat trick. Hasen scored the second time this period to round out the five-goal run for the Lakers to lead 10-6. Cobourg mustered two goals but it was too little, too late as the Lakers hung on for the 10-8 win.
The win keeps Peterborough in second place in the league with a 4-2 record while Cobourg is in fourth with a 1-4 record.
The Lakers head to Brampton to take on the Excelsiors on Sunday in their third matchup of the season. Both teams defeated each other on the road in their first two games.
