In one of the wildest games in recent memory, the Ottawa 67’s buried their rival Peterborough Petes, in a 6-2 win inside The Arena at TD Place, Sunday afternoon.
The Barber Poles were up by five goals, late in the contest, when tempers flared from the Petes side, giving the game a fight-filled ending frame.
“I think it was one-sided,” said Head Coach Dave Cameron. “I thought we played a real solid game. Teams, for some reason, think they can run us out of our rink, and it’s not going to happen.”
It was, once again, six different goalscorers coming through for the Barber Poles. Vinzenz Rohrer, Luca Pinelli, Henry Mews, Brady Stonehouse, Matthew Mayich, and Cooper Foster provided the offence, while Collin MacKenzie made 16 saves in 59:48 of action, before his day ended with a fight against opposing net minder Liam Sztuska.
Rohrer opened the scoring, just 5:19 in. Jack Matier hit Mayich with a D-to-D pass, and he fired the puck along the ice, where Rohrer was able to tip it home, giving the Montreal Canadiens prospect his ninth of the season.
Late in the first, a Chris Barlas shot was knocked down in front, but Pinelli came flying in to blast it past Liam Sztuska, making it 2-0 in favour of Ottawa.
8:13 into the second, with the 67’s on the powerplay, a loose puck bounced to Mews, who had all day, and a wide open net to score his fourth goal in three games.
The powerplay continued to bear fruit for the Barber Poles, with Cam Tolnai, and Rohrer connecting to find Stonehouse on a bumper play in front, and his 13th of the campaign made it a 4-0 lead.
Tucker Robertson got one back for Peterborough, late in the second, but Mayich broke in on an odd-man rush with Rohrer less than five minutes into the third, and rifled home his first of the year, restoring the four-goal advantage.
Foster added his own marker to make it 6-1, before tempers flared between the two teams. The final 10 minutes saw two Petes players get ejected for checks to the head, and both goaltenders ejected for a fight.
Robertson added another goal for Peterborough, but it didn’t affect the outcome, as the 67’s rolled to a 6-2 victory.
“I think we had really good first two periods, and even in the third period, we didn’t give them a chance to come back,” said Rohrer. “I think that’s a credit to us. The things that happened at the end of the game, it’s hockey. Emotions run high, sometimes that happens.”
After handing the Petes their third straight loss in decisive fashion, the 67’s head out on the road, next week, beginning with a visit to the Windsor Spitfires on Thursday, at 7:05pm.
Game Notes:
- Vinzenz Rohrer ended the day with three points (1G 2A).
- Brady Stonehouse extended his point streak to four games.
- Henry Mews has four goals in his last three games.
- Matthew Mayich’s goal was his first on home ice.
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