The Peterborough Petes tried to put on a show for the School Day game with 3,700 fans in attendance against the Soo Greyhounds but got blanked 4-0 at the Peterborough Memorial Centre on Thursday afternoon.
With no scoring in the first period, the Greyhounds struck first on the power play. They cycled the puck well, resulting in a one-timed goal from Arttu Karki to get Soo on the board, 1-0.
The visitors kept their foot on the gas in the third period as they started their breakout from the defensive zone. Jack Beck stretched to keep the play onside as he crossed the blue line, corralling the puck and sniping it past Liam Sztuska for a 2-0 lead. The Greyhounds tacked on an empty-net goal and a garbage time power-play goal for the 4-0 to give them a win to start their three-game road trip.
The Petes will have to shake off the loss with a trip to the nation’s capital to take on the defending regular-season champion Ottawa 67’s on Friday night.