Peterborough Petes

Peterborough Petes
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

Memorial Cups 1959 final defeat against the Winnipeg Braves 1972 final defeat against the Cornwall Royals 1978 final defeat against the New Westminster Bruins 1979 final victory against the Brandon Wheat Kings 1980 defeat in the final against the Cornwall Royals 1989 3rd place 1993 final defeat against Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 1996 final defeat against the Granby Prédateurs 2006 4th place J. Ross Robertson Cup 1959 final victory over the Toronto St. Michael's Majors 1972 final victory against the Ottawa 67’s 1973 final defeat against the Toronto Marlboros 1974 final defeat against the St. Catharines Black Hawks 1978 final victory against the Hamilton Fincups 1979 final victory against the Niagara Falls Flyers 1980 final win against the Windsor Spitfires 1985 final defeat against Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 1988 defeat in the final against the Windsor Compuware Spitfires 1989 final victory against the Niagara Falls Thunder 1993 final victory against Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 1996 final victory against the Guelph Storm 2006 final victory against the London Knights

Hamilton Spectator Trophy 1965–66 58 points 1970-71 90 points 1978-79 95 points 1979-80 95 points 1985-86 92 points 1991-92 89 points 1992–93 97 points Division Trophies 1978–79 Leyden Trophy , Eastern Division 1979-80 Leyden Trophy, Eastern Division 1984–85 Leyden Trophy, Eastern Division 1985–86 Leyden Trophy, Eastern Division 1987-88 Leyden Trophy, Eastern Division 1988-89 Leyden Trophy, Eastern Division 1991-92 Leyden Trophy, Eastern Division 1992-93 Leyden Trophy, Eastern Division 2004–05 Leyden Trophy, Eastern Division 2005-06 Leyden Trophy, Eastern Division 2016–17 Leyden Trophy, Eastern Division Bobby Orr Trophy 2005-06

player

First-round draft picks

Draft year	player	as	team
1969	Tony Featherstone	7th	Oakland Seals
1970	Rick MacLeish	4th	Boston Bruins
1970	Ron Plumb	9.	Boston Bruins
1973	Bob Gainey	8th.	Montréal Canadiens
1973	Bob Neely	10.	Toronto Maple Leafs
1975	Doug Halward	14th	Boston Bruins
1976	David Shand	8th.	Atlanta Flames
1980	Larry Murphy	4th	Los Angeles Kings
1983	Steve Yzerman	4th	Detroit Red Wings
1983	Bob Errey	15th	Pittsburgh Penguins
1984	Terry Carkner	14th	New York Rangers
1985	Glen Seabrooke	21st	Philadelphia Flyers
1987	Luke Richardson	7th	Toronto Maple Leafs
1987	Jody Hull	18th	Hartford Whalers
1988	Corey Foster	12.	New Jersey Devils
1990	Mike Ricci	4th	Philadelphia Flyers
1993	Chris Pronger	2.	Hartford Whalers
2001	Lukáš Krajíček	24.	Florida panthers
2003	Eric Staal	2.	Carolina Hurricanes
2006	Jordan Staal	2.	Pittsburgh Penguins
2008	Zach Bogosian	3.	Atlanta Thrashers
2009	Zack Kassian	13.	Buffalo Sabers
2010	Austin Watson	18th	Nashville Predators
2011	Matt Puempel	24.	Ottawa Senators
2012	Slater Koekkoek	10.	Tampa Bay Lightning
2014	Nick Ritchie	10.	Anaheim Ducks
2018	Ryan Merkley	21st	San Jose Sharks

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)