PETERBOROUGH, ON - There were teddy bears all over the ice of the Peterborough Memorial Centre as the annual Salvation Army Teddy Bear toss took place last night. The Petes then went on to a 3-2 overtime win over the Barrie Colts on Austin Watson's first goal on home ice this season.

The Colts got on the board first after a scoreless opening period when Steven Beyers picked up his fifth of the season beating Andrew D'Agostini for the 1-0 lead. Midway through the period, Matt Puempel brought 1,260 bears out of the crowd and on to the ice as he found a loose puck and beat the Colts' John Chartrand on the power play to tie the game. Just under three minutes later, on another power play, Alan Quine's wrist shot found the back of the net to give the Petes the 2-1 lead after forty minutes.

With a 5-on-3 power play and the goalie pulled with under ten seconds remaining, the Colts were able to tie the game on a nice cross-crease pass with just six seconds remaining to force overtime.

After the two teams traded chances in the extra frame, it was Watson snapping a shot over the glove of Chartrand and in to the top corner to give the Petes a much needed 3-2 win. The Petes had not won at home since October 28th when they beat the Oshawa Generals in overtime.

Next action for the Petes is tomorrow night when they travel to the Big Nickel to take on the Sudbury Wolves, 7:00 PM at the Sudbury Community Arena.