The Peterborough Lakers complete the regular-season sweep of the Cobourg Kodiaks, defeating them in their best offensive game 16-7, at the Cobourg Community Centre on Sunday night.
“It’s definitely a good win and we have playoffs coming up,” said Blake McDonald, Lakers defender. “It feels good to get a big win after a tough loss the other night so we’re back on track and will hopefully continue to play like this going forward.”
Peterborough asserted their dominance early with four goals to open the period. Both teams traded two goals apiece after that run but the Lakers wind up with a 6-2 lead after the first period with six different goal scorers. McDonald scored his first goal of the season 5:03 into the game.
The second frame was practically a repeat of the first. Peterborough had another six-goal period to Cobourg’s three. Taite Cattoni rounded off a hat trick with less than 14 seconds in the frame, scoring two goals in the second. Peterborough led 12-5 going into the final stanza.
Peterborough held Cobourg in check again, allowing only a goal to being and end the period. They found the back of the net four straight times between Cobourg’s goals. Lakers’s Holden Cattoni is keeping pace to win this year’s scoring title, tacking on his 24th and 25th of the season in back-to-back scores of those four goals. The defending Mann Cup champions left Cobourg with a 16-7 victory and got a series four-game sweep of the Kodiaks in the regular season.
Drew Hutchinson snagged the win in net for the Lakers, stopping 38 shots, moving to a 4-2 record.
Peterborough will play Brooklin L.C. twice in a home-and-home back-to-back series to round out their regular season. The Lakers will hit the road Wednesday to begin the two-game stretch and finish out at home at the Peterborough Memorial Centre on Thursday.