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Majors Drop Petes in Third Exhibition Match-Up

September 6, 2009 - Ontario Hockey League (OHL)
Mississauga St. Michael's Majors News Release


Oakville, ON - The Mississauga St. Michael's Majors held the third pre-season contest against the Peterborough Petes at Joshua's Creek Arenas in Oakville this afternoon.

After winning the exhibition opener and tying the second game, the Majors were looking to keep things on the upside today - which is exactly what happened. Mississauga battled hard to conclude with a 5-4 win, as their pre-season record shifts to 2-0-1.

Mississauga came off to a flying start as Jordan Mayer connected at 1:05 to give the home team the opening goal of the 1st period. Devanté Smith-Pelly and Alex Cord were the helpers. The Petes knotted things up on a man-advantage with a goal coming from Rickey Buehler at 12:47, while the assists went to Luke Hietkamp and Derek Holden. With only 56 seconds left in the frame Ryan Lopes put the puck into the visitors' net off of passes from Mayer and David Corrente to take a 2-1 lead.

Then, the Majors went ahead 4-1 early in the 2nd period when Mayer (shorthanded) and Smith-Pelly (unassisted) each produced a goal at 0:59 and at 1:57, respectively. On the power-play, the home team connected again to make it 5-1, as Riley Brace got the tally at 7:09 with feeds from Smith-Pelly and Rob Flick. Peterborough's Adam Sedlak and Holden answered back when each connected at 11:43 and at 18:39, respectively, to close the stanza, 5-3. Brett Theberge (2 assists), Matt Puempel and Chris Buonomo provided the passes.

Puempel got the only tally for the Petes in the 3rd period midway through frame at 10:45 with Theberge and Jamie Doornbosch as the helpers on the play, but Mississauga held onto a 5-4 lead to take the victory.

JP Anderson got the start in net this afternoon for Mississauga and stopped 35 shots. Andrew D'Agostini and Zach Fryia combined for 21 saves for Peterborough.

The Majors' final two exhibition games will take place on the road. They face the Sudbury Wolves tomorrow afternoon at 2 p.m. and the Petes on Thursday evening (September 10) at 7 p.m.

Mississauga's regular season begins with a visit to the home of the Brampton Battalion on Friday, September 18 at 7:30 p.m. Home opener will take place on Friday, October 2 with a tilt against the Battalion at 7:30 p.m. A complete list of the Majors 2009-10 regular season schedule is available at the Majors website (www.stmichaelsmajors.com).

Majors fans, please keep your eyes open for a very special announcement to be made on the Majors website this Wednesday afternoon at 1 p.m. Also, stay tuned to Rogers TV (Peel), Cable 10, in Mississauga for a special half-hour show beginning at 11 a.m.

For information on season and single game tickets, group packages and private suites, please visit the Majors website or call the office at 905-502-7788.



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