Peterborough Petes Keep Rolling With 5-3 Road Win Over the Defending-Champion Hamilton Bulldogs; Extending Winning Streak to Six

The Peterborough Petes extended their winning streak to six games as they defeated the defending OHL-champion Hamilton Bulldogs on the road in a 5-3 win at the FirstOntario Centre on Tuesday.

The Peterborough Petes are on a six-game winning streak after being on a five-game losing streak. Photo courtesy of the Peterborough Petes.

The Petes quickly got on the board as Sahil Panwar scored just 1:07 into the game getting his own dump-in behind the net and ricocheting it off of Bulldogs goalie Tristan Malboeuf’s pad and into the net.

Donovan McCoy got his first goal of the season four minutes later as he threw it at the net and deflected it in for a 2-0 lead. Avery Hayes got Hamilton on the board late in the period, scoring his league-leading 27th goal of the season to make it 2-1 into the second.

The second period was all Peterborough as J.R. Avon tacked on a short-handed goal on a breakaway at the seventh-minute mark for a 3-1 lead. Peterborough had a buzzer-beater moment as Avon fed Sam Mayer and ripped a one-timer past Malboeuf as the buzzer went. After review, the goal was determined to cross the line before time expired and it as 4-1 into the third.

Just like the first period, Panwar wasted no time for the Petes ashe scored again just 1:15 into the period. Hamilton made things interesting scoring two straight goals from Marek Vanacker and Artem Grushnikov to make it 5-3. Hamilton appeared to have scored at the final second but the goal did not beat the buzzer and was disallowed as Peterborough hung on for the win.

The Petes return home to the Peterborough Memorial Centre on Thursday to take on the Owen Sound Attack on Bell Let’s Talk night. Puck drop is scheduled for 7:05 p.m.

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