PETERBOROUGH PETES 2017-18 MEDIA GUIDE Peterborough Petes 2017 Pre-Season ROSTER Name Pos/Shot Ht Wt DOB OHL Draft 2016-17 Team Metallurg Magnitogorsk U17 Babintsev, Gleb LD/L 6.00 197 8-Jan-00 Pbo’s 1st Rnd., 37 / ‘17 (Russia U17) Beraldo, Adrien LD/L 6.01 182 13-Jan-00 Pbo's 5th Rnd., 88 / '16 Ancaster Avalanche (GOJHL) Peterborough Petes Black, Alex LD/L 6.01 196 12-Sep-97 Sar’s 6th Rnd., 115 / ‘13 Sarnia Sting Chisholm, Declan LD/L 6.00 180 12-Jan-00 Pbo's 2nd Rnd., 24 / '16 Peterborough Petes Rayside-Balfour Canadians Denault, Chad RW/R 6.01 186 17-Apr-00 Pbo's 3rd Rnd., 49 / '16 (NOJHL) DeNoble, Logan C/L 5.11 193 15-Oct-97 Pbo's 13th Rnd., 242 / '13 Peterborough Petes Der-Arguchintsev, Semyon C/R 5.10 168 15-Sep-00 Pbo's 2nd Rnd., 27 / '16 Peterborough Petes Dow, Bobby RW/R 6.01 174 5-Nov-98 Pbo's 10th Rnd., 189 / '14 Kemptville 73's (CCHL) Fraser, Cole RD/R 6.02 200 23-Aug-99 Pbo's 3rd Rnd., 50 / '15 Peterborough Petes Gallant, Zach C/L 6.02 197 6-Mar-99 Pbo's 1st Rnd., 5 / '15 Peterborough Petes Gogolev, Pavel LW/RW/L 6.00 168 19-Feb-00 Pbo's 1st Rnd., 8 / '16 Peterborough Petes Hinz, Brady RW 5.08 160 3-May-00 Sar’s 3rd Rnd., 52 / ‘16 Sarnia Sting Isaacson, Nick LW/L 6.02.5 185 11-Aug-99 Pbo's 5th Rnd., 86 / '15 Peterborough Petes Korostelev, Nikita RW/R 6.01 201 8-Feb-97 Sar’s 1st Rnd., 9 / -13 Peterborough Petes McNamara, Matt RD/R 6.00 183 10-May-00 Pbo's 6th Rnd., 108 / '16 Lindsay Muskies Osmanski, Austin RD/L 6.04 210 30-Apr-98 Miss’ 6th Rnd., 105 / ‘14 Mississauga Steelheads Peterborough Petes Paquette, Chris C/RW/R 6.02 214 27-Mar-98 Nia’s 2nd Rnd., 30 / ‘14 Niagara IceDogs Parker-Jones, John LW/R 6.06 219 7-Apr-00 Free Agent Brampton Bombers (GOJHL) Partridge, Jake LW/L 5.10 175 18-Apr-01 Pbo’s 11th Rnd., 215 / ‘17 Barrie Junior Colts Minor Midget Toronto Red Wings Minor Robertson, Nick C/L 5.07.5 143 11-Sept-01 Pbo’s 1st Rnd., 16 / ‘17 Midget (GTHLmm) Quinte Red Devils Minor Midget Supryka, Cameron LD/L 6.02 170 28-Oct-01 Pbo’s 3rd Rnd., 60 / ‘17 AAA (ETAmm) Timleck, Adam RW/R 5.09 165 26-Feb-98 Pbo's 4th Rnd., 62 / '14 Peterborough Petes Timms, Matthew LD/L 5.09 182 12-May-98 Pbo's 2nd Rnd., 22 / '14 Peterborough Petes Name Pos Ht Wt DOB OHL Draft 2016-17 Team Pbo’s U18 3rd Rnd., 55 / Peterborough Petes Midget AAA Curran, Blake G/L 6.01 175 15-Apr-99 ‘17 (ETAm) Jones, Hunter G/L 6.03.5 200 21-Sep-00 Pbo's 5th Rnd., 89 / '16 Stouffville Spirit (OJHL) Wells, Dylan G/L 6.02 190 3-Jan-98 Pbo's 2nd Rnd., 21 / '14 Peterborough Petes General Manager Michael Oke Dir. of Scouting/GTA Regional Scout Chris McNamara Interim Head Coach Andrew Verner Northern Ontario Regional Scout Ron Ringler Assistant Coach Derrick Walser Ottawa & Eastern Ontario Regional Scout Dave Gaw Assistant Coach Mike Duco Central Ontario Regional Scout Sandy Gemmiti Head Trainer Brian Miller S.W. Ont. & Michigan Regional Scout Matt St. Germain Strength & Conditioning Coach Josh Gillam S.W. Ont. Regional Scout Andy Hooper Mental Performance Coach Brenley Shapiro Golden Horseshow Regional Scout Dan Larmer Bantam Scout Dave Pulford Major Midget/Junior A Scout Brian Errey Peterborough Petes 2017-18 Media Guide STAFF BIOS MICHAEL OKE General Manager Mike officially became General Manager of the Petes on February 14th, 2013 after serving as the Interim General Manager for four months. He originally joined the Petes as the Manager of Player Personnel in April 2010. Prior to his role with the Petes, Mike worked with International Scouting Services (ISS) as Chief Scout and subsequently General Manager/Chief Scout in September of 2008. Among his many duties, Mike was responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of ISS, as well as the scouting staff responsible for producing reports on players eligible for the NHL Draft and WHL, QMJHL, OHL and CHL Import Drafts. Mike was Assistant Coach in charge of video with Team Pacific at the 2008 World Under 17 Hockey Challenge. He worked as the Director of Player Personnel and Assistant Coach with the Oshawa Generals from 2004-2006. He also spent four years as Assistant Coach at Wilfrid Laurier University of the Ontario University Athletic Association, where he played a role in their trip to the 2001 CIS National Hockey Championships. In addition, Mike worked for four years as Full-Time Head Coach/Manager with the Trenton Sting of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League, winning the 1998 OPJHL Eastern Conference Championship. He is a graduate of the Sports Administration program at Durham College. ANDREW VERNER Interim Head Coach Andrew was named Interim Head Coach on January 5, 2018 after serving as the team’s Assistant Coach since August, 2014. He joined the Petes as Goaltender Coach following a 17-year professional career spanning the AHL, Canadian National Team, and 14 seasons in Europe. Andrew played for the Petes from 1989 to 1992. He is a two-time OHL All-Star, 2nd round draft pick of the Edmonton Oilers (1991), AHL Calder Cup Champion (Cape Breton Oilers, 1993), Spengler Cup Gold Medalist (Kolner Haie, 1999), Men's World Championship Silver and Bronze Medalist (Canadian National Team, 1996 & 1995, respectively), and Austrian League Champion (Klagenfurt AC 2003). He has also worked as a Goaltending Consultant for Hockey Canada, the Austrian National Team, OHL/OHF U16, and is the current Goaltending Consultant for the Peterborough Minor Petes AAA system. Peterborough Petes 2017-18 Media Guide BIOS DERRICK WALSER Assistant Coach Derrick joined the Petes as an Assistant Coach prior to the start of the 2017-18 season. The New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, native played nineteen seasons of professional hockey between the NHL (Columbus), AHL (Syracuse, Saint John, Albany, Toronto), ECHL (Johnstown), KHL (Chekhov), Swiss-A (Rapperswil-Jona), DEL (Berlin), and was most recently a Player/Head Coach for two seasons with the Belfast Giants of the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL). The career point-per-game defenseman was named QMJHL and CHL Defenceman of the Year in 1997-98. Walser went on to win numerous awards and championships in his career, including winning the Spengler Cup (2012-13), AHL Calder Cup (2000-01), European Trophy (2010-11), and the DEL Championship (2004-05, 2005-06, and 2010-11). He was named an All-Star in the QMJHL (1997, 1998), CHL (1998), ECHL (2000), AHL (2002, 2008), and EIHL (2016, 2017). Walser spent five seasons as a defenseman in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League with the Beauport Harfangs and Rimouski Oceanic, recording 82 goals, 173 assists, 255 points and 293 penalty minutes in 255 career games. Derrick lives in Peterborough with his wife, Sara, and sons Camden and Hudson. MIKE DUCO Assistant Coach Mike joined the Petes as an Assistant Coach prior to the start of the 2017- 18 season. Mike joined the Petes as an Assistant Coach prior to the start of the 2017-18 season. Prior to joining the Petes, he was the Head Coach of the ECHL’s Elmira Jackals after being promoted from Assistant Coach. He played eight seasons of professional hockey between the NHL (Vancouver, Florida), AHL (Toronto, Chicago, Rochester), ECHL (Evansville, Indy, Orlando), EIHL (EC Salzburg) and EBEL (Sheffield Steelers). In the Mike, was a forward with the Kitchener Rangers for five seasons and was a member of the 2007-08 OHL Championship team. He recorded 99 goals, 92 assists, 191 points, and 489 penalty minutes in 242 games. Mike lives in Peterborough with his girlfriend, Alexandra. Peterborough Petes 2017-18 Media Guide BIOS BRIAN MILLER Head Trainer Brian is responsible for the day-to-day medical care of the players. He is also the Petes Head Equipment Manager. In 2013, Brian won the Gold Medal as Equipment Manager with Canada's National Jewish Hockey Team at the Maccabiah Games in Israel. Before joining the Petes, Brian was the Head Trainer and Equipment Manager of the AHL Saint John Flames for six seasons. He was the Trainer for two AHL All-Star games and won the Calder Cup as part of the Flames organization in 2001. Brian holds a Bachelor of Phys-Ed from Brock University and is a graduate of the Sports Injury Management program at Sheridan College. Brian lives in Peterborough with his wife Esther and four children Joshua, Elisha, Luke and Noah. BRENLEY SHAPIRO Mental Performance Coach Brenley is a Sport Psychology & Performance Consultant, Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist and Certified Sports Vision Trainer. Her innovative and in depth program development combines theories of cognition and behaviours into mental skills training, along with scientific strategies using state of the art technologies to strengthen neurocogntive processing. Brenley’s rare and unique skill set blended together covers all aspects of the ‘mental game’ and fundamentally guides clients to master their mind for ultimate performance enhancement. Brenley has been in practice for over 18 years working with athletes, teams, individuals, and organizations and is the founder of Heads Up Mental Game Coaching. Brenley has extensive experience and a specialized focus in work with hockey teams and players at every level from minor hockey, through to the OHL, WHL, KHL, AHL & NHL.