Rangers Take 8-4 Win Over Petes
The Kitchener Rangers doubled up the Peterborough Petes 8-4 before a crowd of 6,275 at The Aud.
Peterborough’s Jamie Doornbosch scored the only goal of the first period at 7:38 to put the Petes up 1-0. The Petes had an 11-10 shooting advantage during the period.
The Rangers scored twice within two-minutes to take a 2-1 lead before the mid-way mark of the second period. The first goal came from Michael Catenacci who went high to the glove side of Petes netminder Jason Missiaen to tie the game 1-1. Gabriel Landeskog followed his teammate up when he back-handed the puck past Missiaen to take the lead 2-1. Jeff Skinner netted his 20th of the season just past the halfway mark of the period to make it 3-1. The Rangers held a 17-14 shooting edge.
Matt Tipoff gave the Rangers a three goal advantage at the 1:29 mark. Ryan Spooner replied on the Petes power play to narrow the gap to 4-2. Skinner scored his second goal of the game less than a minute later to return the Rangers three goal lead. Julian Cimadamore scored at the 5:36 mark with a helper from Chris MacKinnon. The Petes were quick to reply back with a goal by David Quesnele to make it 6-3. A back-hander by Jason Akeson returned the Rangers four goal lead by the 11:34 mark. Zack Kassian answered back for the Petes with his eighth of the season at 15:18. MacKinnon would close out the scoring 8-4 in the game with 26-seconds left on the clock.
Brandon Maxwell made many outstanding saves in the 36 shots he faced.
Notes:
Matthew Tipoff had four points (1G, 3A)
Jeff Skinner had three points (2G, 1A)
Chris MacKinnon had three points (1G, 2A)
Kitchener travels to Guelph this Sunday, December 6th for a 2:00pm game against the Storm.
The Rangers are preparing for the 15th Annual Teddy Bear Toss on Tuesday, December 8th. Fans attending the game are asked to bring a new or gently used teddy bear/stuffed animal to donate.
Reserved seating tickets are still available 519-578-1570 or 1-800-265-8977, www.centre-square.com or in person at the Centre In the Square Box Office or The Aud Box Office.
Scoring
1. PBO Doornbosch, (7) (Puempel, Spooner), 7:38
2. KIT Catenacci, (8) , 5:32
2. KIT Landeskog, (9) (MacKinnon), 7:24
2. KIT Skinner, (20) (Akeson, Tipoff), 11:52
3. KIT Tipoff, (13) , 1:29
3. PBO Spooner, (14) (Doornbosch, Kassian), 2:46 (PP)
3. KIT Skinner, (21) (Tipoff), 3:37
3. KIT Cimadamore, (2) (MacKinnon, Tipoff), 5:36
3. PBO Quesnele, (7) (Walchessen, West), 11:00
3. KIT Akeson, (11) (Skinner, Jasper), 11:34
3. PBO Kassian, (8) (Heelis), 15:18
3. KIT MacKinnon, (16) (Murphy), 19:34
Attendance: 6,275
Three Stars
1. KIT – 53 Jeff Skinner
2. KIT – 72 Matthew Tipoff
3. PBO – 9 Zack Kassian
