Adam Novotný wasted no time showing what he brought back from Canucks camp.
In his season debut for the Peterborough Petes on Thursday, the Vancouver prospect piled up four points and turned a one-goal deficit into a showcase night, finishing as the first star of the game. The OHL also named his opening goal the Play of the Night.
Novotný’s first marker came after he read the play cleanly in the defensive zone, jumped a cross-ice pass, and turned the mistake into a breakaway. From there, he protected the puck from the trailing defender, cut to his forehand, slipped past the goaltender’s poke check, and tucked the puck across the goal line.
Less than 30 seconds later, he struck again. Tracking a teammate behind the net, Novotný drifted in from the top of the zone, sold a move toward the left circle, then cut back inside when the defender bit. As the defender looked away, Novotný slid to the net and found himself alone for a finish right in front.
He kept pouring it on from there, registering seven shots on goal in only two periods.
In the third period, with Peterborough on the power play, Novotný fired a shot from the right circle that was blocked. The rebound chaos created enough space for Leon Kolarik to bury the loose puck and push the Petes’ lead to four.
Novotný’s final point came late, when he powered a pass through the legs to spring Cooper Dennis for a chance on the far side.
After the Canucks’ prospect showcase, training camp, and preseason, the lessons clearly carried over. Back in the OHL, where he can play against his own age group, Novotný looked like a player who knew exactly how to use what he’d picked up.
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