J.R. Avon scored at 10:54 of time beyond regulation and the Peterborough Petes beat the host Kamloops Blazers 5-4 within the Memorial Cup tiebreaker Thursday night time to advance to face the Seattle Thunderbirds within the semifinal.
Avon took a drop cross from Owen Beck and beat goalie Dylan Ernst with a shot into the highest of the web.
Ontario Hockey League champion Peterborough will face the Western Hockey League champion Thunderbirds on Friday night time for a spot within the last Sunday in opposition to the Quebec Remparts.
Connor Lockhart, Brennan Othmann, Samuel Mayer and Brian Zanetti additionally scored for Peterborough and Michael Simpson made 43 saves. Down 4-1 early within the second interval, the Petes tied it on Zanetti’s aim with 1:10 left within the interval.
Peterborough beat the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League champion Remparts 4-2 on Tuesday night time of their round-robin finale to keep away from elimination and power the tiebreaker sport.
Logan Stankoven, Olen Zellweger, Harrison Brunicke and Logan Bairos scored for Kamloops. The Blazers dropped into the tiebreaker sport Wednesday night time with a 6-1 loss to Seattle.
PHOTOS: Peterborough rallies to beat Kamloops 5-4 in OT in Memorial Cup tiebreaker
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