Peterborough Petes’ quest for Memorial Cup ends with 4-1 semifinal loss – Peterborough

Kyle Crnkovic scored his tournament-leading fifth aim and added an help because the Seattle Thunderbirds topped the Peterborough Petes 4-1 on Friday in Kamloops, B.C. to e book their ticket to their first Memorial Cup last in franchise historical past.

Brad Lambert, Colton Dach and Nico Myatovic had the opposite targets for Seattle, which obtained 27 saves from Thomas Milic.

Brennan Othmann replied for Ontario Hockey League champion Peterborough. Michael Simpson made 43 saves.

The Western Hockey League champion Thunderbirds will subsequent face the Quebec Main Junior Hockey League champion Quebec Remparts in Sunday’s last.

Quebec earned a last berth after opening the event with consecutive wins within the round-robin stage over the host Kamloops Blazers  who — had been eradicated in Thursday’s tiebreaker by Peterborough — and Seattle.

The Thunderbirds obtained into the semifinal after defeating Kamloops 6-1 on Wednesday.

After dropping their first two video games — together with a 6-3 loss to Seattle final Saturday — the Petes staved off elimination and compelled the tiebreaker sport with a 4-2 win over the Remparts on Tuesday.

Close to the halfway mark of the opening interval, Thunderbirds ahead Jared Davidson took a tough shot from behind into the tip boards from Petes’ defenceman Cam Gauvreau.

Gauvreau and Thunderbirds blueliner Nolan Allan dropped the gloves however had been stopped from preventing by officers. Gauvreau was given a two-minute penalty for a test from behind and one other for unsportsmanlike conduct, whereas Allan was handed two minutes for the latter.

Dylan Guenther was stopped on a shot from the slot throughout the energy play, certainly one of a number of missed scoring possibilities for Seattle, which outshot Peterborough 14-5 within the scoreless body.

Connor Lockhart had the perfect scoring likelihood for the Petes, firing a shot from the left faceoff circle and ringing the crossbar with simply over three minutes left within the first.

Peterborough ahead Avery Hayes was gradual to rise up after taking an elbow to the face from teammate Tucker Robertson late within the body. Each tried to test Thunderbirds defenceman Luke Prokop by the tip boards in Seattle’s zone.

Hayes returned to the sport for the beginning of the second interval.

Simpson _ coming off a 43-save efficiency in Thursday’s 5-4 additional time win _ turned a good brighter spot for Peterborough for a lot of the center body as Seattle continued to press.

Simpson stoned Lucas Ciona and Davidson, amongst others, as Seattle had a number of nice possibilities from the slot.

Lambert lastly broke by way of for Seattle with 4:28 left within the second. He despatched a backhand shot off a rebound that trickled by way of Simpson’s legs for his first of the event.

Dach added to the Thunderbirds’ lead 1:28 into the third interval after a cross from Crnkovic.

Othmann put the Petes on the board simply 1:13 later. Owen Beck despatched the puck to Othmann with a turnaround cross and he beat Milic for his second.

Crnkovic – who had a hat trick within the groups’ earlier sport – made it a two-goal lead at 9:33 after a scramble in entrance following a cease on a tipped shot.

Myatovic scored an empty-netter with 2:09 remaining after taking a cross-ice cross from Reid Schaefer simply exterior of Peterborough’s zone.

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