Game Recap (at Peterborough)

Peterborough wins 3-1 over Ottawa. OHL game summary here.

Pre-game notes with Schreiber and Jakubek/TEAM 1200:

Petruzalek was injured last night, and will not play tonight. He is out with a slight concussion. Akeson is still out with flu.

The line ups for tonight:
1st Lahey, McIlveen, Kaspar
2nd Bickell, Bonello, Mancari
3rd Todd, Talbot, Hulit
4th McGinn, Ouellette, Alphonso

Battachio will start in net.

Pre-game interview with Killer: [paraphrasing]Talbot, Todd, and Hulit did a good job last night. It would be nice to see the others chipping in though. We need more than one line going. We didn’t finish well. The most important thing is we won. Petruzalek took a puck in the ear last night [during warm-up], and had a little discomfort and dizziness. We felt it would be better that he stay home and rest. McIlveen was nervous last night, but he can skate and get on the puck quick. He was playing with Kaspar and Petruzalek, and at times didn’t know what they were going to do. But we don’t what they’re going do and we’ve been watching them for three months.[/paraphrase]

Notes during the game, via TEAM1200/Schreibs and AJ:

1st period: The 67s did not start off very good. Schreibs said that Peterborough was definitely dominant in the first period. The Petes’ goal resulted from an odd man rush. Sounds like they were making many mistakes.

2nd period: Some quotes – "67s struggling mightily against the Petes' forecheck; it’s all they [67s] can do to ice it to get it out of their own end; they have no jump; they’re not skating; they’ve come out with no intensity whatsoever." Oh boy. Bickell hasn’t been playing well, so Killer has demoted him. McGinn has been put up on the line with Mancari and Bonello. 67s really struggling without two of their better forwards, Petruzalek and Akeson.

3rd period: Almost five minutes into the third and the 67s just cannot get anything going; Ottawa seems like a different team on the road; 67s continue to be badly out-hustled. Talbot, from Hulit, finally scored in the third. Broken glass caused quite a lengthy disruption in the game --- 20 minutes or so (during which time, AJ and Schreibs discussed the loud fans who sit next to the media boxes in these smaller rinks, clanging bells, swearing, and generally heckling them and making their life unpleasant!). Battachio made every effort to keep them in the game, but the others just didn’t step up.

Overall: The 67s didn’t have the energy, they didn’t skate, they didn’t pass. They didn’t show up. Give the Petes credit. They out-hustled the 67s. AJ said that the second period was one of the worst of the season he’s seen from the 67s. It’s especially disappointing against a divisional rival.

OTTAWA SCORING:
3, Talbot, (Hulit, Colbert), 06:23

PETERBOROUGH SCORING:
1, Kaleta, (Reddox, Ryder), 07:53
2, Ryder, (Reddox, Kaleta), 04:33
3, Ryder, (Kaleta, Hendrikx), 01:39 (PP)

The OHL three stars were: 1. PBO - 23 Daniel Ryder, 2. PBO - 27 Patrick Kaleta, and 3. PBO - 22 Liam Reddox

The TEAM 1200 three stars were: 1. PET - Ryder, 2. PET - Kaleta, and 3. OTT – Battachio

Attendance: 2869

Ref: Mike Pearce