Rehill Building Supplies AAA Bantam Petes won three games on the weekend, gaining 6 points in the Bantam East ETA standings
On Friday, the team travelled to Oshawa to take on the Generals.
Nolan Burke opened the scoring in the first period. He added two more later in the game for a hattrick, as well as 3 assists for 6 points. Chase Stillman scored twice on strong passing plays with Burke, Ben Lukinuk and Gabe Lemire. Will Everson finished a nice pass from Austin Pearce and Boyd Stahlbaum added a single. Lukinuk won a draw in the third and went to the net to score unassisted. In the end, the Bantam Petes outscored the Generals 8-0. Will Cranley recorded the shutout.
On Saturday, the Petes beat Clarington at home 5-2. It was a close game, but Peterborough pulled away in the third then netted two open-net goals. Everson lead the way with 2 goals, with singles to Avery Cook, Stahlbaum and Burke. Will Craig was strong in net.
Monday night, the Petes travelled to Whitby. Whitby was hoping to gain a few extra points in the race for fourth place, but the Petes outworked the Wolves to win 3-2. Reice Nicholson made a long pass to Everson at center, who found Burke open in front of the net to open the scoring. With Whitby up 2-1 in the third, Everson scored on a short-handed breakaway to tie the game. Tyler Deline scored with 6:42 left in the third on a pass from Lemire to secure the win. Will Cranley faced lots of traffic at the front of his net but stood tall.