J.R. Avon scored the game-winning aim 10:54 into time beyond regulation and the Peterborough Petes beat the Kamloops Blazers 5-4 on Thursday, incomes a semifinal berth on the Memorial Cup.
Connor Lockhart, Brennan Othmann, Samuel Mayer and Brian Zanetti had the others for Ontario Hockey League champion Peterborough. Michael Simpson made 43 saves.
Logan Stankoven, Olen Zellweger, Harrison Brunicke and Logan Bairos replied for host Kamloops. Dylan Ernst stopped 25 pictures.
The Petes will subsequent meet the Western Hockey League champion Seattle Thunderbirds in Friday’s semifinal for an opportunity to face the Quebec Remparts within the remaining on Sunday.
The Quebec Main Junior Hockey League champion Remparts earned a berth into the ultimate after opening the match with wins over Kamloops and Seattle.
Quebec later fell to Peterborough — which staved off elimination and compelled Thursday’s tiebreaker with the victory — 4-2 on Tuesday in each groups’ remaining round-robin sport.
Lockhart opened the scoring 7:52 into the primary interval. Chase Lefebvre despatched the puck throughout the top boards to Jax Dubois, who discovered Lockhart with a slick cross into the slot and he beat Ernst five-hole.
Stankoven evened it up 11:20 into the body, sending the Sandman Centre crowd right into a frenzy. Connor Levis took a degree shot and the rebound got here out to the Blazers captain, who scored his second of the match.
Zellweger put Kamloops forward 12:45 into the body on the facility play. The CHL Defenceman of the 12 months nominee saved the puck from getting out of the Petes’ zone, moved into the slot and wired one previous Simpson for his first.
With 2:27 remaining within the first, Brunicke piled it on for the Blazers. Peterborough’s Konnor Smith tried to clear it from the top boards however the puck ended up with Brunicke on the level, the place he acquired round a defender and beat Simpson simply over his proper shoulder with little room to spare.
Bairos gave Kamloops a 4-1 edge 4:23 into the center body. He fired a degree shot that ricocheted off Simpson’s blocker, then over him and in.
Simply over three minutes later, the Petes started to swing the momentum again of their favour.
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Peterborough Petes defenceman Donovan McCoy, proper, grabs the puck from Kamloops Blazers ahead Dylan Sydor, centre, whereas goalie Michael Simpson appears on throughout second interval Memorial Cup hockey motion in Kamloops, B.C., Thursday, June 1, 2023.
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Peterborough Petes goalie Michael Simpson, left, blocks the web on Kamloops Blazers ahead Daylan Kuefler throughout first interval Memorial Cup hockey motion in Kamloops, B.C., Thursday, June 1, 2023.T.
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Othmann stripped Bairos of the puck because the Blazers defenceman tried to skate out of his personal zone. Othmann then rotated and roofed it previous Ernst as he fell to at least one knee.
Mayer made it a one-goal sport on the facility play with 2:23 left within the second. He took a cross from Lockhart and fired in a one-timer from the purpose.
Zanetti knotted the competition simply over a minute later. He tipped in a cross from Tucker Robertson whereas streaking towards the web and beat Ernst five-hole.
Either side struggled to capitalize on prime scoring alternatives resulting in a scoreless third interval and further time to settle the winner.
Following a blinding effort by Zellweger that simply missed, Owen Beck took the puck up ice for Peterborough and dropped it off for Avon, who put it previous Ernst to seal the win.
Kamloops defeated Peterborough 10-2 when the 2 final met on Sunday. However with 7:05 remaining in that sport, Othmann laid a success on Blazers defenceman Kyle Masters, who fell awkwardly into the boards.
Masters needed to be stretchered off the ice and was taken to Royal Inland Hospital. Head coach and basic supervisor Shaun Clouston stated Monday that the blue liner was out for the match with a lower-body harm.
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