HOME GAME 8 at the PMC 550 Lansdowne St. W 705-748-6200 @Marlin_Ptbo www.marlintravel.ca/1239 TABLE OF CONTENTS FAST FACTS 4 Petes vs. Wolves TAKING A CHANCE 5 ON DICK TODD CONFERENCE PETERBOROUGH 7 STANDINGS 10 PETES ROSTER SUDBURY LEAGUE 11 WOLVES ROSTER 15 LEADERS OFFICIAL GAMEDAY PROGRAM PAGE 3 Last Game (March 11/18): Petes 0 at Wolves 4 2017-18 Regular Season vs SBY: 3-1-0-0 Last Five Years vs SBY: 13-3-0-0 Last Five Years vs SBY on home ice: 7-1-0-0 LAST GAME TOP SCORERS taking a chance on todd PBO: 3-0 L @ NIAG PBO: Paquette - 14GP - 7G - 5A - 12P SBY: 2-0 W vs KGN SBY: Levin - 12GP - 5G - 6A - 11P How Dick todd went from a paper route to the nhl SPECIAL TEAMS The success of the Peterborough Petes and lengthy list of accomplished PBO: PP 10.9% (17th), PK 86.1% (5th) alumni reflect the remarkable group of coaches who have left their footprints SBY: PP 13.6% (15th), PK 83.7% (9th) on the organization. Among this group of men stands Dick Todd, whose time with the maroon and white poses a challenge to briefly summarize. After falling 3-0 to the IceDogs in Niagara last night, the Peterborough Petes are working to break an offensive slump to get back to their winning ways. They’ll do so Like many triumphant stories affiliated with the Petes, Todd’s begins against the Sudbury Wolves who are visiting the PMC for the first time this season. with the core of the club - Roger Neilson. Todd was introduced to Neilson as his baseball coach at ten years old. Dick developed into a Along with having 2018 first overall pick Quinton Byfield in the fold, the Wolves are professional-level player who signed a contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates, reaping the benefits of strong goaltending by Finnish import Ukko-Pekka Lukkonen who is ranked third among OHL goalies. however his elite baseball career was cut short by a torn rotator cuff. Continued on Page 8 Speaking of strong goaltending, Hunter Jones has been a consistent force for the Petes thus far, appearing in all 14 of the team’s games, and sitting atop the league leaderboard in games played (14), minutes (776), shots (473), saves (441), and save percentage (0.932). Off the ice, Energy 99.7 is tonight’s game sponsor! They’ll be giving a lucky fan an Ottawa Senators VIP experience in a bra-folded first intermission shootout ahead of their annual Bras Around the Building campaign which takes place tomorrow at their George Street station. Tonight’s second intermission chuck-a-puck is in support of the Kawartha Gymnastics club. Prizes up for grabs include a team- signed replica jersey, two tickets to an upcoming game, and a $25 gift card for The Petes Store. PAGE 4 OFFICIAL GAMEDAY PROGRAM OFFICIAL GAMEDAY PROGRAM PAGE 5 TEAM GP W L OTL SOL PTS PCT GF GA PIM LAST 10 1 OTTAWA 67’S 14 10 3 1 0 21 .750 50 41 152 8-1-1-0 2 MISSISSAUGA STEELHEADS 12 8 3 1 0 17 .708 45 35 121 8-2-0-0 3 SUDBURY WOLVES 12 8 4 0 0 16 .667 36 38 142 7-3-0-0 4 NIAGARA ICEDOGS 13 7 4 2 0 16 .615 54 40 138 5-3-2-0 5 PETERBOROUGH PETES 14 8 6 0 0 16 .571 41 39 175 5-5-0-0 6 HAMILTON BULLDOGS 13 7 5 1 0 15 .577 57 52 134 5-4-1-0 7 BARRIE COLTS 13 7 5 1 0 15 .577 59 44 193 5-4-1-0 8 OSHAWA GENERALS 11 6 4 1 0 13 .591 45 34 128 6-3-1-0 9 NORTH BAY BATTALION 12 5 7 0 0 10 .417 41 56 154 4-6-0-0 10 KINGSTON FRONTENACS 13 3 9 1 0 7 .269 30 48 145 2-7-1-0 TEAM GP W L OTL SOL PTS PCT GF GA PIM LAST 10 1 SOO GREYHOUNDS 13 8 3 2 0 18 .692 46 36 112 6-2-2-0 2 GUELPH STORM 12 7 4 1 0 15 .625 48 45 109 7-3-0-0 3 SAGINAW SPIRIT 12 7 4 1 0 15 .625 51 45 87 6-3-1-0 4 KITCHENER RANGERS 12 6 4 2 0 14 .583 41 34 102 4-4-2-0 5 LONDON KNIGHTS 11 6 4 1 0 13 .591 40 33 130 5-4-1-0 6 OWEN SOUND ATTACK 12 6 5 0 1 13 .542 44 48 135 5-4-0-1 7 WINDSOR SPITFIRES 12 5 6 0 1 11 .458 36 43 122 4-5-0-1 8 ERIE OTTERS 11 4 6 1 0 9 .4009 39 44 91 3-6-1-0 9 SARNIA STING 11 4 6 1 0 9 .409 41 45 136 3-6-1-0 10 FLINT FIREBIRDS 11 0 11 0 0 0 .000 21 65 120 0-10-0-0 OFFICIAL GAMEDAY PROGRAM PAGE 7 Continued from Page 5 Pre-Peterborough the duo’s friendship developed once Dick joined Roger delivering papers with the Globe and Mail, for ten years. Once Roger left for the Electric City, in addition to managing a grocery store in Toronto, Todd inherited his full paper route so that Neilson had something to return to, in the scenario his hockey coaching career with the Petes flopped. Before stepping onto the bench at the Memorial Centre, Neilson would take sixteen year old Todd scouting for the Montreal Canadiens. Dick, in his teenage years, would also drive players attending school on the Montreal Jr. Canadiens from the airport to their games in Niagara Falls or St. Catharines so that the guys didn’t have to miss any time in the classroom. This attention to facilitating a school-hockey balance would foreshadow Todd’s coaching philosophy ten years later. After forgoing the paper route in exchange for more time with his wife Mary, and sanity after holding two full-time jobs, Todd became removed from the hockey scene as Neilson became more involved. His six years of a rink-free lifestyle concluded when Roger, upon a yearly visit from Dick, approached him about joining the Petes staff when he decided to leave teaching to pursue the role of general manager and head coach. His offer to Dick was one of a multi-faceted position that involved scouting, selling advertising in the summer, and acting as trainer to the players. “I jumped on the chance. It was the first year the World Junior tournament was taking place and the Petes were going to Russia.” Continued on Page 13 PAGE 8 OFFICIAL GAMEDAY PROGRAM peterborough petes sudbury wolves FORWARDS FORWARDS # NAME POS. HT./WT. YOB HOME NHL G A # NAME POS. HT./WT. YOB HOME NHL G A 9 Jake Partridge LW 5.10/182 2001 Barrie, ON Elig. 2019 0____ 0____ 11 Blake McConville RW 6.02/198 2000 LaSalle, ON Elig. 2019 0____ 3____ 10 Erik Čermák LW 6.00/161 2001 Prague, CZE Elig. 2019 1____ 1____ 14 Macauley Carson LW 6.02/199 1999 Midhurst, ON Elig. 2019 3____ 3____ 11 Zach Gallant ‘C’ C 6.02/195 1999 Oakville, ON DET ‘17/83rd 3____ 4____ 16 Ryan O’Bonsawin LW 6.00/196 1999 Sudbury, ON Elig. 2019 0____ 1____ 12 Chris Paquette ‘A’ C/RW 6.02/210 1998 Kingston, ON Free Agent 7____ 5____ 18 Owen Robinson LW 6.00/170 2000 Orangeville, ON Elig. 2019 1____ 3____ 14 Liam Kirk LW 6.01/168 2000 Maltby, GBR ARI ‘18/189th 2____ 2____ 20 Shane Bulitka C 5.11/181 1999 Ilderton, ON Elig. 2019 2____ 3____ 15 Nick Isaacson LW 6.03/187 1999 Mississauga, ON Elig. 2019 5____ 5____ 21 Nolan Hutcheson LW 6.04/195 2000 Kingston, ON Elig. 2019 3____ 3____ 16 Nick Robertson C 5.09/160 2001 Northville, MI, USA Elig. 2019 0____ 0____ 25 Owen Gilhula C 5.11/179 2000 Stratford, ON Elig. 2019 0____ 0____ 17 Pavel Gogolev RW 6.01/175 2000 Moscow, RUS Elig. 2019 3____ 5____ 26 Anthony Tabak LW 6.05/204 2001+ Oakville, ON Elig. 2020 0____ 4____ 18 Adam Timleck ‘A’ RW 5.09/165 1998 Toronto, ON Free Agent 2____ 3____ 28 Drake Pilon RW 5.10/187 1998+ Sault Ste. Marie, ON Free Agent 1____ 1____ 19 Semyon Der-Arguchintsev C 5.10/168 2000 Moscow, RUS TOR ‘18/76th 1____ 4____ 29 Darian Pilon LW 5.10/181 1998+ Sault Ste. Marie, ON Free Agent 3____ 2____ 21 Cameron Butler RW 6.04/197 2002 Ottawa, ON Elig. 2020 4____ 1____ 55 Quinton Byfield C 6.05/214 2002 Newmarket, ON Elig. 2020 5____ 5____ 22 Chad Denault RW 6.02/190 2000 Iroquois Falls, ON Elig. 2019 3____ 2____ 71 David Levin LW 5.10/178 1999+ North York, ON Elig. 2019 5____ 6____ 25 Dustin Hutton LW 5.09/147 2001+ Etobicoke, ON Elig. 2020 0____ 0____ 74 Kirill Nizhnikov RW 6.02/190 2000 Moscow, RUS Elig. 2019 3____ 4____ 26 John Parker-Jones RW 6.06/230 2000 Brantford, ON Elig. 2019 0____ 0____ 92 Blake Murray C 6.03/185 2001 Uxbridge, ON Elig. 2019 4____ 4____ 27 Brady Hinz RW 5.09/160 2000 Stratford, ON Elig. 2019 6____ 2____ DEFENCE DEFENCE # NAME POS. HT./WT. YOB HOME NHL G A # NAME POS.