The Peterborough Petes come alive in the second and third periods, scoring five unanswered goals to defeat the Kingston Frontenacs, 5-1 at the Peterborough Memorial Centre on Thursday night.
The Petes peppered Kingston goalie Ivan Zhigalov with 15 shots in the first period but were shutout. The Frontenacs’s Linus Hemström gave Kingston the 1-0 lead into the second.
Three minutes into J.R Avon would tuck one past Zhigalov to tie the game at 1-1. Tucker Robertson extended the Petes lead after Kingston committed a delay-of-game penalty, ripping a shot off the post and in for a 2-1 lead into the third.
Peterborough exploded in the third period offensively as Jax Dubois scored his first of the year, Justin DeZoete rifled one through for his third of the year and Robertson capped it off with a penalty shot goal to seal the victory.
Petes goalie Michael Simpson stopped 27 of 28 in net to earn the win.
Kingston gets a shot at revenge as they’ll host Peterborough Friday night as part of a home-and-home series between the two teams.