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4FAST FACTSPetes vs. IceDogs

5 BOOSTING THE CLUBFOR OVER 50 YEARS

7 CONFERENCESTANDINGS 10 PETERBOROUGH

PETES ROSTER

11 NIAGARAICEDOGS ROSTER 15 LEAGUE

LEADERS

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Monday’s game marks the first time that Nick and Jason Robertson will face each other since the latter was traded to the IceDogs on November 20.

The IceDogs have 3 players in the top 10 of league scoring - Robertson (3rd; 41-50--91), Ben Jones (8th; 34-47--81), and Akil Thomas (9th; 29-52--81). Robertson is on the league’s longest current point streak, recording 10 goals, 19 assists, and 29 points in his last 14 games.

Cameron Butler has the hottest hands for the Petes of late, registering 3 goals and 2 assists in his last 3 games.

Net minders Hunters Jones and Stephen Dhillon are first and second in saves with 1380 and 1367, respectively. Dhillon has played 5 more minutes than Jones this season.

Philip Tomasino leads the league in game winning goals with 10.

Austin Osmanski is Peterborough’s leading scorer this season versus Niagara with 3 assists in 2 games.

Last Game (October 24/18): Petes 0 at IceDogs 3This Season vs NIAG: 1-1-0-0

2017-18 Regular Season vs NIAG: 2-2-0-0Last Five Years vs NIAG: 10-7-0-1

Last Five Years vs NIAG on home ice: 7-2-0-0

LAST GAME PBO: 4-6 L @ HAMNIAG: 4-5 L vs SBY

TOP SCORERS PBO: Merkley - 50GP - 11G - 50A - 61P

NIAG: Robertson - 49GP - 41G - 50A - 91PSPECIAL TEAMS

PBO: PP 17.1% (17th), PK 76.7% (16th) NIAG: PP 27.4% (2nd), PK 74.9% (17th)

boosting the clubfor over 50 years

When you look around the Peterborough Memorial Centre on any given game night, you’ll see some things that have become staples in this traditional rink. The rows of championship banners, the portrait of the queen that hangs at the south end of the arena, and those square corners that give the Petes a home ice advantage.

But, this story is about something else you will find throughout the building and have been able to find for over 50 years. That is the Petes Booster Club.

TEAM GP W L OTL SOL PTS PCT GF GA PIM LAST 10

1 X - OTTAWA 67’S 57 43 9 3 2 91 .798 253 157 756 9-0-0-1

2 SUDBURY WOLVES 5 35 17 2 1 73 .664 204 170 762 9-1-0-0

3 OSHAWA GENERALS 57 36 18 3 0 75 .658 242 187 671 8-1-1-0

4 NIAGARA ICEDOGS 55 33 15 7 0 73 .664 249 174 624 5-5-0-0

5 MISSISSAUGA STEELHEADS 56 28 21 5 2 63 .563 197 199 582 6-2-1-1

6 HAMILTON BULLDOGS 57 26 26 3 2 57 .500 207 234 607 4-5-0-1

7 NORTH BAY BATTALION 55 25 25 3 2 55 .500 183 214 651 4-4-2-0

8 PETERBOROUGH PETES 55 25 27 1 2 53 .482 190 216 636 2-7-0-1

9 BARRIE COLTS 55 53 28 3 1 50 .455 176 181 709 4-4-1-1

10 KINGSTON FRONTENACS 57 12 43 1 1 26 .228 125 256 691 0-9-0-1

TEAM GP W L OTL SOL PTS PCT GF GA PIM LAST 10

1 X - LONDON KNIGHTS 55 39 9 6 1 85 .773 251 162 674 7-2-1-0

2 X - SOO GREYHOUNDS 55 36 12 6 1 79 .718 242 187 619 6-2-2-0

3 X - SAGINAW SPIRIT 55 36 15 2 2 76 .691 231 179 468 7-3-0-0

4 GUELPH STORM 55 29 16 6 4 68 .618 234 193 550 5-3-2-0

5 OWEN SOUND ATTACK 56 27 24 3 2 59 .527 185 213 577 5-4-1-0

6 KITCHENER RANGERS 55 26 25 3 1 56 .509 191 211 481 6-3-0-1

7 SARNIA STING 57 23 27 5 2 53 .465 226 245 720 4-6-0-0

8 WINDSOR SPITFIRES 55 23 28 3 3 52 .456 187 209 516 3-4-1-2

9 ERIE OTTERS 56 23 30 2 1 49 .438 193 243 487 5-4-1-0

10 FLINT FIREBIRDS 58 11 43 4 0 26 .224 175 308 589 2-7-1-0


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They are usually seen sitting at their podiums in the lobby wearing Petes jerseys or hats, and most importantly a welcoming smile. These are the people who sell you your 50/50 tickets during game nights, but they do much more than just that.

The Booster Club was founded at the beginning of the 1967-1968 Peterborough Petes season, and was created as a result of a suggestion from the late Roger Neilson.

“When Roger Neilson was here, he asked four of us if we could start selling 50/50 tickets,” said Betty Nelson.

Nelson is the longest standing member of the Booster Club and is a native of Peterborough who has been coming to Peterborough Petes games since 1956. She said Roger Neilson had this discussion with herself and three other devoted fans about starting a 50/50 draw to help raise money to offset the cost of the players’ education.

“When Roger was here, he was an educator. The other teams in the league at the time only cared if their players would show up at the arena,” Nelson added. “They didn’t do anything else. Roger was the first to say it is mandatory - you’re in school full-time or you have a job.”

Blacks, which was a store located downtown Peterborough, was gracious enough to offer the players who weren’t in school jobs.

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Photo: Peterborough Examiner

FORWARDS# NAME POS. HT./WT. YOB HOME NHL 10 Erik Čermák LW 6.00/161 2001 Prague, CZE Elig. 2019 11 Zach Gallant ‘C’ C 6.02/195 1999 Oakville, ON DET ‘17/83rd12 Chris Paquette ‘A’ C/RW 6.02/210 1998 Kingston, ON Free Agent14 Liam Kirk LW 6.01/168 2000 Maltby, GBR ARI ‘18/189th16 Nick Robertson C 5.09/160 2001 Northville, MI, USA Elig. 2019 17 Michael Little LW 6.00/187 2000 Mississauga, ON Elig. 201918 Adam Timleck ‘A’ RW 5.09/165 1998 Toronto, ON Free Agent19 Semyon Der-Arguchintsev C 5.10/168 2000 Moscow, RUS TOR ‘18/76th21 Cameron Butler RW 6.04/197 2002 Ottawa, ON Elig. 202022 Chad Denault RW 6.02/190 2000 Iroquois Falls, ON Elig. 201923 Dustin Hutton LW 5.09/145 2001+ Etobicoke, ON Elig. 2020 27 Brady Hinz RW 5.09/160 2000 Stratford, ON Elig. 2019 28 Max Grondin C 6.04/200 2000 Hearst, ON Elig. 2019DEFENCE# NAME POS. HT./WT. YOB HOME NHL2 Cole Fraser D 6.02/204 1999 Beckwith, ON DET ‘17/131st 5 Quinn Hanna D 6.03/192 1999 Peterborough, ON Elig. 20196 Austin Osmanski ‘A’ D 6.04/210 1998 East Aurora, NY Free Agent7 Shawn Spearing D 6.02/180 2002 Toronto, ON Elig. 20208 Matt McNamara D 6.02/182 2000 Peterborough, ON Elig. 201920 Declan Chisholm D 6.01/185 2000 Bowmanville, ON WPG ‘18/150th 25 Ryan Merkley D 5.11/163 2000 Mississauga, ON SJ ‘18/21st 26 John Parker-Jones RW 6.06/230 2000 Brantford, ON Elig. 2019GOALTENDERS# NAME POS. HT./WT. YOB HOME NHL29 Hunter Jones G 6.04/195 2000+ Brantford, ON Elig. 201930 Tye Austin G 6.05/200 2002 Pembroke, ON Elig. 2020 35 Blake Curran G 6.01/176 1999 Peterborough, ON Elig. 2019

peterborough petes niagara icedogSFORWARDS# NAME POS. HT./WT. YOB HOME NHL 3 Ben Jones C 6.00/187 1999 Waterloo, ON VGK ‘17/189th9 Ivan Lodnia RW 6.00/194 1999 Novi, MI MIN ‘17/85th11 Jonah De Simone RW 5.10/165 2002 Richmond Hill, ON Elig. 202013 Kirill Maksimov RW 6.02/190 1999 Moscow, RUS EDM ‘17/146th15 Oliver Castleman LW 5.10/185 1999 Ottawa, ON Elig. 201918 Matthew Philip C 5.11/176 1999 Ilderton, ON Elig. 201919 Jason Robertson RW 6.02/200 1999 Northville, MI DAL ‘17/39th 23 Jack Studnicka C 6.02/175 1999 Tecumseh, ON BOS ‘17/53rd26 Philip Tomasino C 5.11/170 2001 Mississauga, ON Elig. 201928 Andrew Bruder C 6.01/154 2000 Woodstock, ON Elig. 201944 Akil Thomas C 5.11/170 2000 Brandon, FLA LAK ‘18/51st71 Kyen Sopa RW 5.09/182 2000+ Flawil, SUI Elig. 201972 Bradey Johnson C 5.11/174 1999+ Lindsay, ON Elig. 201973 Jake Uberti C 6.01/185 2002 Toronto, ON Elig. 2020DEFENCE# NAME POS. HT./WT. YOB HOME NHL 6 Jacob Paquette D 6.03/216 1999 Ottawa, ON NSH ‘17/216th 8 Johnny Schaefer D 5.09/181 1998 Stoney Creek, ON Free Agent10 Mason Howard D 6.03/220 2001 London, ON Elig. 201921 Matt Brassard D 6.03/205 1998 Barrie, ON VAN ‘17/188th41 Drew Hunter D 6.02/187 1999 Livonia, MI Elig. 201982 Daniel Bukac D 6.06/210 1999 Most, CZE BOS ‘17/204th98 Elijah Roberts D 5.10/159 1999 Brampton, ON Elig. 2019 GOALTENDERS# NAME POS. HT./WT. YOB HOME NHL 30 Stephen Dhillon G 6.04/187 1998 Buffalo, NY Free Agent31 Jake McGrath G 6.02/168 1999 Mississauga, ON Elig. 2019 37 Christian Sbaraglia G 6.01/190 2001 Mississauga, ON Elig. 2019

General Manager Joey Burke Goaltending Coach Ryan LudzikAsst. General Mgr. Brandon Currie Athletic Therapist Peter DobbinHead Coach Billy Burke Equipment Manager Nick Hornby Associate Coach Jody Hull Asst. Athletic Therapist Blair StayzerAssistant Coach Kris Sparre Video Analyst Rick Martin

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General Manager Mike Oke Head Coach Rob Wilson Associate Coach Andrew VernerAssistant Coach Derrick WalserPlayer Dev. Coach Mike DucoHead Trainer Brian MillerAsst. Athletic Therapist Tash LagacéAssistant Trainer Larry SmithAssistant Trainer Terry Bowser

Strength/Cond. Coach Josh GillamAsst. Strength/Cond. Broedie BirkhofMental Performance Coach Brenley ShapiroSenior Advisor Dick ToddVideo Coach Noah BucholtzStatistician Adam MurrayVisiting Room Attendant Grady EvesStick Boy Iain Norrie


“But that only lasted a short time, because Roger said these players must be in school,” Nelson recounted “None of the other teams in the league were doing that for several years. But then other teams caught on, and so did the league.”

But since most of the players weren’t residents of Peterborough, they would have to pay to attend high school, college or university. This was what sparked the idea for a 50/50 draw.

In that first season, Nelson said she remembers one of the grand prizes that a fan took home.

“The first year, we thought one of our highest winners got $70,” she called. “We’ve worked hard at it ever since to build it up to what it is today.”

The great success of the Booster Club sparked some other opportunities for the group to make money. Fans asked for them to organize bus trips for road games.

“We had a few people who were arrested, for drinking and stuff,” laughed Nelson. “We had to be on top of that, but it worked out really well once we got the wrinkles out.”

In the early days of the Booster Club, Nelson would also purchase merchandise for fans that the club would sell on top of 50/50. She ran that until the team built a store and took over those responsibilities. Now when

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PLAYER TEAM GP G A PTS

1 Tye Felhaber OTT 57 54 43 97

2 Morgan Frost SSM 48 34 59 93

3 Jason Robertson NIAG 49 41 50 91

4 Justin Brazeau NB 55 48 42 90

5 Kevin Hancock LDN 57 43 46 89

6 Arthur Kaliyev HAM 56 45 43 88

7 Brandon Saigeon OSH 57 36 48 84

8 Ben Jones NIAG 55 34 47 81

9 Akil Thomas NIAG 50 29 52 81

10 Nate Schnarr GUE 52 27 52 79


1 Marco Rossi OTT 42 25 32 57

2 Cole Perfetti SAG 50 24 29 53

3 Quinton Byfield SBY 51 21 29 50

4 Jacob Perreault SAR 52 27 22 49

5 Jean-Luc Foudy WSR 52 6 36 42

6 Will Cuylle WSR 52 23 12 35

7 Tyler Tullio OSH 49 13 21 34

8 Antonio Stranges LDN 54 11 21 32

9 Jamie Drysdale ER 51 6 25 31

10 Matvey Guskov LDN 46 12 17 29

PLAYER TEAM GP G

1 Tye Felhaber OTT 57 54

2 Justin Brazeau NB 55 48

3 Arthur Kaliyev HAM 56 45

PLAYER TEAM GP G

1 Jacob Perreault SAR 52 27

2 Marco Rossi OTT 42 25

3 Cole Perfetti SAG 50 24

PLAYER TEAM GP MIN SH SAV GA SO GAA SAV% W L OTL

1 Cedrick Andree OTT 40 2337 1114 1019 95 3 2.44 0.915 31 4 1

2 Michael DiPietro OTT 31 1813 861 786 75 2 2.48 0.913 19 10 0

3 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen SBY 41 2427 1271 1167 104 5 2.57 0.918 31 8 1

4 Kyle Keyser OSH 38 2195 1181 1082 99 2 2.71 0.916 26 7 2

5 Joseph Raaymakers LDN 39 2280 1174 1069 105 2 2.76 0.911 27 5 4

6 Kai Edmonds BAR 25 1328 699 633 66 1 2.98 0.906 10 10 1

7 Ivan Prosvetov SAG 42 2340 1270 1151 119 3 3.05 0.906 28 10 1

8 Stephen Dhillon NIAG 46 3699 1507 1367 140 3 3.11 0.907 27 10 7

9 Matthew Villalta SSM 39 2282 1177 1056 121 1 3.18 0.897 26 8 4

10 Jacob Ingham MISS 46 2744 1425 1276 149 1 3.26 0.895 23 19 2

POINTS POINTS BY ROOKIES

POINTS BY DEFENCEMEN GOALS

GOALS BY ROOKIES

TOP GOALTENDERS


1 Mac Hollowell SSM 51 21 44 65

2 Ryan Merkley PBO 50 11 50 61

3 Bode Wilde SAG 49 14 43 57

4 Noel Hoefenmayer OTT 57 15 39 54

5 Nicolas Mattinen OSH 57 16 35 51

6 Thomas Harley MISS 56 10 39 49

7 Adam Boqvist LDN 42 16 31 47

8 Kade Landry HAM 55 6 40 46

9 Matt Brassard NIAG 63 10 35 45

10 Mitch Eliot SAR 56 15 29 44


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you purchase your 50/50 tickets, they are printed through a machine which randomly gives you numbers. The Booster Club recalls the early days of selling 50/50.

“When we had those old tickets, we would have to go to city hall and get the license, then they would take the tickets home and sort them into separate piles of three because nobody wanted three consecutive numbers,” explained Booster Club member Lynda Johnson.

Johnson has been a member of the Booster Club for 18 years. She said this would take them days to do this work for the fan, but added that the new system makes things so much easier and allows for them to make more of a profit.

Jennifer Moore and her husband, Gord, are also members of the Booster Club. Moore said in the start, while her husband was working with the club, she was working in the accounting department at Fleming College. She came up with the idea to create a spreadsheet to help with the counting system. She explained that the club only has a short time to count all their money and separate it. After a while, once she retired, Moore eventually ended up becoming a member of the Booster Club herself.

With the growing success of the Booster Club, they’ve been able to purchase several things for the team. When the Petes hosted the 1996 Memorial



BUSINESS/TEAM OPERATIONS Executive Director, Business Operations Burton Lee Director of Merchandise Don Sharp Manager, Sales and Marketing Greg Sinclair Sr. Coordinator, Communication & Partner Activation Tamara Burns Coordinator, Engagement Shelbi Kilcollins Coordinator, Game Operations & Community Events Madeline Rawson Coordinator, Group Ticket Sales & Service Bolton Kirkof Coordinator, Season Ticket Sales & Service Mike Kosciesza Interns, Sales & Markering Reilly Dunn, Riley Maracle, Eric Scott Bookkeeper Vanessa Dinesen Security/Billet Liaison Walter DiClemente Bus Driver Dave Beamish Educational Consultants Barry Driscoll, Kim Driscoll Team Chaplains Tim Coles, David Jones

BOARD OF DIRECTORS President Dave Pogue Governor Dr. Bob Neville Secretary & Treasurer Dave Lorentz Vice President Ken Jackman Vice President Rod McGillis Senior Advisor Bob Gainey

SCOUTING STAFFDirector of Scouting/GTA Chris McNamaraNorthern Ontario Ron RinglerOttawa & Eastern Ontario Dave GawCentral Ontario Sandy GemmitiSouth Western Ontario Andy HooperSouth Western Ontario & Michigan Matt St. GermainGolden Horseshoe Dan LarmerMidget Scout Brian ErreyBantam Scout Dave Pulford


Media Room Host Don BarrieOff Ice Officials Art Hopkinson, Shannon Lynch, Gary Dunford, Drake Tytler, Josh Hopkinson, Brian Carter, Terry McLaren, Brent Mills, Gord Lowes, Brendan Millard, Dave Post, Ben Lowes, Nick McIlwainPhotographers Ken Andersen Jess Van StaalduinenPetes Store Morgan Coe, Jennifer MalonePA Announcer Gord GibbIn-Game Host Courtney Bell

Booster Club Betty Nelson, Lynda Johnson, Gord Moore, Jennifer MooreJersey Raffle Linda MartinellGame Night Liaison Tyler MorelloGame Operations Andrew Grant, Noah Miller, Jenn Brunet, Ridge Taylor, Alex Yates, Liam MacDonald, Jay Kent, Katrina Cappelli, Shane Fitzgerald, Clint Butts, Spenser Hauraney, Mitchell Flynn, Raechel Longman, Cameron W., Makaya Dafoe, John Hancock, Carter HancockAlumni Room Host Frank Jenkins

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medical STAFFTeam Doctors Dr. Crawford Dobson Dr. Craig Maltman Dr. Mike Munoz Dr. Brendan Hughes Dr. Alex Weiler Dr. Gavin Rukholm Dr. Steph DallaireTeam Physiotherapist Kevin HickeyTeam Dentists Alex Rhee, Laura Deluca

Cup, the Booster Club purchased matching jackets, shirts and pants for the players so they would look sharp when coming in and leaving the arena.

“We also put Wi-Fi on the Petes bus, we bought weight equipment in 2012, and computer equipment for the study room,” said Nelson.

There were a number of things the club has purchased for the Petes, but Nelson added that in recent years they have donated to the team’s mental health coaching.

Nelson, Moore and Johnson all feel that there are several reasons the club has lasted as long as it has.

“Besides the opportunity to win some money, I find people make comments about the fact that they feel they are helping support the club by doing this. We hear that all the time. They really want to support us,” noted Moore.Nelson felt the success also comes from having a strong group of sellers.“Our core sellers have always been very committed. We are there, we’re reliable, and people know where we are and what we do.”

Johnson added to that saying, “I am not bragging, but I think it is because of the people who run it. We never miss a night. They can always count on us to be there.”


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