Peterborough Petes Fall to Kingston Frontenacs From Strong Goaltending, 2-1

Peterborough’s offence couldn’t solve Kingston Frontenacs rookie goalie, Mason Vaccari twice with 45 shots as the Petes lost 2-1 at the Peterborough Memorial Centre (PMC) on Monday night.

Photo courtesy of Kenneth Andersen and the Peterborough Petes.

The game was a make-up game rescheduled from Dec. 17 due to the passing of London Knight’s player Abakar Kazbekov.

Peterborough peppered Kingston and Vacarri in the opening period with 19 shots but Kingston wound up on the board first as Christopher Thibodeau tipped a point shot past Petes goaltender Michael Simpson for a 1-0 lead into the second.

Vaccari continued right where he left off, stopping another nine shots, shutting out Peterborough for a second straight period. Gregory Soto scored the only goal of the period on the powerplay to put Kingston up 2-0 into the third.

Dallas Stars prospect Gavin White broke the shutout for Peterborough under four minutes into the third as he went end-to-end and scored from a sharp angle to cut the deficit in half (his first goal as a Pete). Peterborough tested Vacarri heavily in the third with 17 total shots but the latter stood tall and shut the door for a Frontenacs 2-1 win. The Kingston netminder received first-star honours for his 44-save performance.

The Petes’s next game is Thursday when they host the rival Oshawa Generals at the PMC.

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