OHL Playoff Roundup: Petes are Second Team to Advance to Next Round with Sweep of Ice Dogs

Credit Peterborough Examiner 

The Peterborough Petes were the first team in the Eastern Conference to advance to the second round of the OHL playoffs by sweeping the eighth seed Niagara Ice Dogs in four straight games.

Game scores can be seen below, home team will be first and the series record will follow each game score.

Game #1: Petes (5) Vs. Ice Dogs (2) 1-0 Petes 
The Peterborough Petes opened up their 2017 playoff campaign with a 5-2 home victory over the Niagara Ice Dogs in front of 2,681 fans. Niagara opened up the scoring at 4:12 of the first period when Kirill Maksimov scored his first goal of the playoffs. The Petes would then go on the score the game's next five goals, led in scoring by right winger Adam Timleck with two goals. Peterborough goaltender Dylan Wells was incredibly in cage for the Petes, stopping 32 of the 34 shots he faced.

Game #2: Petes (6) Vs. Ice Dogs (3) 2-0 Petes
Niagara was unable to find a way to stop Peterborough's offense in the second and third periods as the Petes would score all 6 goals down the stretch to take a two game lead in the playoff series. Niagara's Ryan Mantha, one of the best OHL defenders this season, scored the first of the Ice Dog's two goals in the first period. Peterbogh would then go on to score 5 straight goals, two of which came from forward Jonathan Ang which would be the eventual game winner midway through the third period. Niagara goaltender Stephen Dhillon had his second straight impressive game, stopping 35 of 40 shots, but it was not enough as the Ice Dogs suffered their second straight loss.

Game #3: Ice Dogs (3) Vs. Petes (4) OT 3-0 Petes 
Peterborough was barely able to pull away with their third straight victory over the Ice Dogs by defeating Niagara 4-3 off of an overtime goal from Josh Coyle at 15:59 of the overtime period. even with the high score this was a battle between goaltenders as Niagara goalie Stephen Dhillon stopped 46 of 50 shots in the loss while Petes goaltender Dylan Wells stopped 39/42 shots for his third straight victory.

Game #4: Ice Dogs (2) Vs. Petes (6) 4-0 Petes 
The Peterborough Petes defeated the Ice Dogs for their fourth straight victory and a ticket to the next round of the playoffs with a 6-2 victory. The Petes were led by Forward Jonathan Ang with his fifth and sixth goals of the playoffs while Niagara Ice Dogs goaltender Stephen Dhillon stopped 30 of 36 shots in his fourth straight loss. Peterborough will play the lowest remaining seed in the Eastern Conference in the next round of the playoffs.