Petes Snap Eight-Game Winning Streak; Successful Homecoming For Peterborough's Nolan Burke

It was the homecoming that Peterborough’s Nolan Burke wanted as he and the Sarnia Sting snap the Petes winning streak at eight with a 4-2 win at the Peterborough Memorial Centre PMC on Thursday.

Photo courtes of Kenneth Andersen and the Peterborough Petes.

The first period was quiet in the score sheet but not in action as a total of 21 shots came from both teams (13 to Sarnia and eight for Peterborough) as it was back and forth.

Peterborough had a productive second period, scoring the first two goals. J.R. Avon had some fancy deking gaining the offensive zone before passing the puck for Tucker Robertson on an easy tap-in goal. Minutes later, Johnathan Melee tipped in his goal after a Jax Dubois shot for a Petes 2-0 lead. The tip would find it’s way past Benjamin Gaudreau to extend the Petes lead to 2-0. Sarnia got on the board on the power play as Sting defenceman Christian Kyrourifled one past Michael Simpson to make it 2-1 going into the third period.

Sarnia continued their momentum with another power play goal as Marko Sikic deflected a shot past Simpson to tie the game at 2-2. Four minutes later, Peterborough’s Nolan Burke got the go-ahead goal, corralling a rebound shot and backhanding it for a 3-2 Sarnia lead. Cooper Way sealed Sarnia’s victory with an empty-net goal to snap Peterborough’s winning streak at eight with a 4-2 score.

Burke was credited with the game-winning goal over Peterborough and was awarded the first star of the game in his final game at the PMC.

The Petes next game is Pride Night against the Niagara IceDogs this Saturday.

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