The
Petrolia Squires defeated the Tillsonburg Thunder
6-4 Friday night.
Petrolia
opened the game scoring twice on the powerplay.
Jason Polera and Scott McPhail each added powerplay
goals to give the Squires a 2-0 lead heading into
the second.
Petrolia
would extend that lead to four when Breydan Belan
and Carson Simpson each added goals to give the
Squires a 4-0 lead. Tillsonburg would get on the
board by adding a goal just after the Squire fourth
goal making it a three goal game heading into the
third.
The
Thunder would get another quickly to start the
period, as they scored 19 seconds into the period.
But the Squires would reply just as fast, as Dan
Veenema scored 12 seconds after to make it 5-2. The
Thunder would add two more goals in the middle of
the period to bring the game to within one, erasing
a four goal lead the Squires had built, but they
couldn’t pull for the tie, as JJ Martin scored with
six seconds left to make it a 6-4 game.
Petrolia
next takes on Thedford in Sarnia at the RBC Centre
on Saturday, December 18th.
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