Peterborough Petes
Peterborough Petes | |
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founding | 1956 |
history |
Kitchener Greenshirts 1951–1954 Kitchener Canucks 1954–1956 Peterborough Petes since 1956 |
Stadion | Peterborough Memorial Center |
Location | Peterborough , Ontario |
Team colors | wine red & white |
league | Ontario Hockey League |
Conference | Eastern Conference |
division | East Division |
Head coach | Jody Hull |
General manager | Mike Oke |
Cooperations | Peterborough Stars |
Memorial Cups | 1979 |
J. Ross Robertson Cups | 1958/59, 1971/72, 1977/78, 1978/79, 1979/80, 1988/89 , 1992/93 , 1995/96 , 2005/06 |
The Peterborough Petes are a Canadian ice hockey team based in Peterborough , Ontario . The team was founded in 1956 as a youth team and plays in one of the three highest Canadian junior ice hockey leagues, the Ontario Hockey League (OHL).
history
The team is originally from Kitchener , but moved to Peterborough after the end of the 1955/56 season. It belonged to the youth organization of the Montreal Canadiens . The first game of the Pete took place on October 1st, 1956, on October 6th the first victory was celebrated.
TPT Petes (1956 to 1966)
In the first ten years to 1966, the Toronto-Peterborough Transport (TPT) was the sponsor and namesake of the team. The Ottawa Junior Canadiens got an excellent trainer in Scotty Bowman . In 1959, they emerged victorious from the playoffs and moved into the final tournament for the Memorial Cup for the first time . But here you lost to the Winnipeg Braves .
Peterborough Petes Hockey Club (1967 to 1976)
In 1966 the name was changed to Peterborough Petes Hockey Club, but the TPT logo continued to be worn on the jersey until 1975. With the new coach Roger Neilson came from 1968 to 1975 successful years for the Petes, who in 1972 again qualified for the tournament for the Memorial Cup. Nelson was the first coach to use video analysis in those years.
The Memorial Cup Victory (1977 to 1981)
From 1978 to 1980, the Petes were champions of the OHL three times in a row. In 1979 the team won the Memorial Cup for the first time. From 1979 Mike Keenan was the coach behind the gang. During these years, many later NHL stars were in the ranks of the Pete, including Steve Larmer and Larry Murphy .
Consolidated top team (1982 to 1993)
With Dick Todd had been for eleven seasons in a row the same coach. The team did well and the Petes were one of the league favorites year after year. The team made it to the final four times for the OHL title, which was won in 1989 and 1993.
The present (1994 to today)
In 1996, the Petes hosted the Memorial Cup final. All the games in the tournament were sold out. The Petes were subject to the Granby Prédateurs in the final . In 2004, Dick Todd returned as a coach and was also behind the gang in the year of the 50th anniversary. This season, the Petes qualified for their ninth participation in the final tournament for the Memorial Cup, but like seven times before they returned home without a title.
Over the years, the Pete's roster has had a wealth of talent and no other team selected more players in the NHL Entry Draft than Peterborough.
successes
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player
First-round draft picks
Other former players
- Bob Berry
- Michael Clarke
- Jassen Cullimore
- Daniel Del Monte
- Tie Domi
- Dallas Eakins
- Brett Findlay
- Kurtis Foster
- Robert Francz
- Bob Gainey
- Wayne Gretzky
- Doug Jarvis
- Joey Johnston
- Pat Kavanagh
- Kris King
- Artūrs Kulda
- André Lacroix
- Jamie Langenbrunner
- Steve Larmer
- Claude Larose
- Steve Latinovich
- Joey MacDonald
- Steve Montador
- Dave Morrison
- Craig Ramsay
- Ryan Ramsay
- Vaclav Sebek
- Ryan Spooner
- Cory Stillman
- Jamie Tardif
- Shawn Thornton
- Ron Tugnutt
- Jason Williams
Web links
- Official website (English)