Petes Wrap up First Half with Win over Rival Generals
Published on December 20, 2019 under Ontario Hockey League (OHL)
Peterborough Petes News Release
(Peterborough, ON) - The Peterborough Petes became the first team to reach 50 points in the OHL standings with a 4-1 win over the Oshawa Generals on Thursday night, taking a 3-0 season series leading against their East division rivals. With a 24-7-1-1 record, the Maroon and White head into the holiday break in first place and on a four game win streak.
Cameron Butler (10), Liam Kirk (16), and Zach Gallant (17) all scored on the power play, with Declan Chisholm (7) adding an empty netter. Oshawa's lone goal was also on the power play.
Chisholm, who is second in OHL defencemen scoring with 40 points, added two assists. Peterborough's leading scorer, Semyon Der-Arguchintsev, also collected two helpers. Gallant and Tucker Robertson registered single assists.
Hunter Jones earned his league-leading 21st win of the season, stopping 27 of 28 shots including two penalty shot attempts.
Final shots were 30-28 in favour of the Petes. Peterborough's fifth ranked power play was 3/9 and their sixth ranked penalty kill was 2/3.
The Petes will head home for the holiday before kicking off the second half of the season on Saturday, December 28 at 7:05pm when they host the reigning OHL Champion Guelph Storm.
Tickets for all regular season home games are available through the PMC Grant Thornton Box Office in person and over the phone at (705) 743-3561 Monday to Friday from 9:30am to 5:00pm, and 24 hours a day online.
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