HOME GAME 30 at the PMC 550 Lansdowne St. W 705-748-6200 @Marlin_Ptbo www.marlintravel.ca/1239 TABLE OF CONTENTS FAST FACTS 4 Petes vs. Knights DON’T COUNT 5 THORNTON OUT CONFERENCE PETERBOROUGH 7 STANDINGS 10 PETES ROSTER LONDON LEAGUE 11 KNIGHTS ROSTER 15 LEADERS OFFICIAL GAMEDAY PROGRAM PAGE 3 Last Game (November 16/18): Petes 3 at Knights 7 This Season vs LDN: 0-1-0-0 2017-18 Regular Season vs LDN: 0-1-1-0 Last Five Years vs LDN: 3-5-1-0 Last Five Years vs LDN on home ice: 2-2-0-0 LAST GAME TOP SCORERS : 2-5 L vs NIAG : Merkley - 51GP - 11G - 51A - 62P don’t count thornton out PBO PBO “I am the worst player on every team I’ve ever played on.” LDN: 4-9 L @ MISS LDN: Hancock - 58GP - 45G - 46A - 91P SPECIAL TEAMS Shawn Thornton sits in a steakhouse at Springfield’s MGM casino, sips on a : PP 17.1% (16th), PK 76.9% (16th) glass of red wine alongside his friend and head of his foundation, Tom Timlin, and PBO forthrightly assesses his playing career. He peeks up at the restaurant’s TV, glancing LDN: PP 22.2% (11th), PK 88.0% (1st) at highlights from the 2019 NHL All-Star Game and laughs at the prospect of him The most goals each team has scored in a single game this season is 8. Both participating in a shootout. Teetering on a line of humility and self deprecation, games were against the Kingston Frontenacs. Thornton ponders on his career earnestly without taking himself too seriously. The retired enforcer was selected by the AHL, in addition to fellow Petes alumnus After scoring two power play markers in his last four games, forward Cameron Rob Murray, to serve as an honourary captain at the 2019 AHL All-Star Game. Butler is now second in rookie power play goals with six on the season. He’s also third in rookie shooting percentage at 19.8%. The role was a perfect fit for Thornton: a New England favourite since his time with Continued on Page 8 Despite leading the Western Conference, the Knights have only one player in the top twenty scorers - Kevin Hancock is fifth in league scoring. He also leads the league in shots with 277. Ryan Merkley has points in 15 of his last 17 games and is on an 8-game point streak. He has 3 goals, 9 assists, and 12 points in those 8 games. Cole Tymkin is London’s sharpest shooter, scoring on 23.8% of his shots on net. Columbus Blue Jackets prospect Liam Foudy holds the OHL’s longest goal streak this season - he scored 12 goals over 10 straight games from January 11 to 30. PAGE 4 OFFICIAL GAMEDAY PROGRAM OFFICIAL GAMEDAY PROGRAM PAGE 5 TEAM GP W L OTL SOL PTS PCT GF GA PIM LAST 10 1 X - OTTAWA 67’S 58 44 9 3 2 93 .802 259 160 768 9-0-0-1 2 X - NIAGARA ICEDOGS 56 34 15 7 0 75 .670 254 176 636 5-5-0-0 3 X - OSHAWA GENERALS 58 37 18 3 0 77 .664 245 189 675 9-0-1-0 4 SUDBURY WOLVES 56 35 17 2 2 74 .661 206 173 772 8-1-0-1 5 MISSISSAUGA STEELHEADS 57 29 21 5 2 65 .570 206 203 602 7-2-0-1 6 HAMILTON BULLDOGS 58 27 26 3 2 59 .509 214 239 623 4-5-0-1 7 NORTH BAY BATTALION 56 25 26 3 2 55 .491 186 220 669 3-5-2-0 8 PETERBOROUGH PETES 56 25 28 1 2 53 .473 192 221 640 2-7-0-1 9 BARRIE COLTS 56 23 29 3 1 50 .446 181 188 723 3-5-1-1 10 KINGSTON FRONTENACS 58 12 44 1 1 26 .224 127 259 695 0-9-0-1 TEAM GP W L OTL SOL PTS PCT GF GA PIM LAST 10 1 X - LONDON KNIGHTS 56 39 10 6 1 85 .759 255 171 688 6-3-1-0 2 X - SOO GREYHOUNDS 56 37 12 6 1 81 .723 248 189 631 6-2-2-0 3 X - SAGINAW SPIRIT 56 36 15 2 3 77 .688 237 186 476 6-3-0-1 4 GUELPH STORM 56 30 16 6 4 70 .625 239 197 561 5-3-2-0 5 OWEN SOUND ATTACK 57 27 25 3 2 59 .518 186 215 609 4-5-1-0 6 KITCHENER RANGERS 56 27 25 3 1 58 .518 194 213 483 6-3-0-1 7 SARNIA STING 59 24 28 5 2 55 .466 235 257 743 4-6-0-0 8 WINDSOR SPITFIRES 58 24 28 3 3 54 .466 189 210 536 4-3-1-2 9 ERIE OTTERS 56 23 30 2 1 49 .438 193 243 487 5-4-1-0 10 FLINT FIREBIRDS 59 11 43 5 0 27 .229 179 313 595 2-6-2-0 OFFICIAL GAMEDAY PROGRAM PAGE 7 Continued from Page 5 Boston, and one of only four players to play at least 600 games in the AHL and 700 in the NHL. Throughout the weekend the Petes alumnus is consistently stopped by fans walking to and at the events with requests for autographs, photos, and chats, making time for everyone who approaches him. At six feet, Thornton isn’t particularly tall for the leagues he played in. However, his ‘rugby-esque’ stature, in combination with his facial scars, makes the Oshawa native easily recognizable and his gracious presence unforgettable to fans. Before a long term career in professional hockey, Thornton dressed for the maroon and white from 1995-97. He compliments the goaltending of Zac Bierk, the team’s on-ice systems, and the closeness of the group as reasons for their statistical success. Of his former teammates Shawn remains close with Petes left winger Dave Duerden, talking to him once a month and crashing on his basement couch when he comes home. Predicting much of his future career, Thornton’s time with the Petes was born out of a demonstration of grit. Previous Petes General Manager Jeff Twohey spotted Shawn at a tournament in Gatineau, Quebec in a game between the Montreal and Oshawa Major Midgets: Montreal, if I remember right, scored a goal and went by the bench and kind of milked the goal and taunted the bench. I can’t remember if Shawn was on the bench or on the ice, but he grabbed the guy and beat the snot out of him. At the time, and I happened to be sitting beside his mother at the time, she was a little bit animated in the fight. I looked at her and said, ‘Kid looks like he knows what he’s doing,’ and she said, ‘he’s never been beat’.” Continued on Page 13 PAGE 8 OFFICIAL GAMEDAY PROGRAM peterborough petes london knightS FORWARDS FORWARDS # NAME POS. HT./WT. YOB HOME NHL G A # NAME POS. HT./WT. YOB HOME NHL G A 10 Erik Čermák LW 6.00/161 2001 Prague, CZE Elig. 2019 8____ 16___ 11 Connor McMichael C 6.00/170 2001 Ajax, ON Elig. 2019 33___ 31___ 11 Zach Gallant ‘C’ C 6.02/195 1999 Oakville, ON DET ‘17/83rd 8____ 8____ 12 Alex Turko C 6.00/183 1999 London, ON Elig. 2019 3____ 12___ 12 Chris Paquette ‘A’ C/RW 6.02/210 1998 Kingston, ON Free Agent 24___ 16___ 14 Luke Evangelista RW 5.11/165 2002 Oakville, ON Elig. 2020 0____ 2____ 14 Liam Kirk LW 6.01/168 2000 Maltby, GBR ARI ‘18/189th 19___ 15___ 15 Cole Tymkin RW 6.01/188 1999 Rainy River, ON Elig. 2019 20___ 24___ 16 Nick Robertson C 5.09/160 2001 Northville, MI, USA Elig. 2019 21___ 23___ 16 Kevin Hancock C 5.11/78 1998 Mississauga, ON Free Agent 45___ 46___ 17 Michael Little LW 6.00/187 2000 Mississauga, ON Elig. 2019 9____ 17___ 17 Nathan Dunkley LW 5.11/181 2000 Campbellford, ON Elig. 2019 21___ 28___ 18 Adam Timleck ‘A’ RW 5.09/165 1998 Toronto, ON Free Agent 19___ 22___ 18 Liam Foudy C 6.01/182 2000 Scarborough, ON CBJ ‘18/18th 31___ 28___ 19 Semyon Der-Arguchintsev C 5.10/168 2000 Moscow, RUS TOR ‘18/76th 6____ 30___ 26 Josh Nelson C 5.11/182 1999 Lockport, IL Elig. 2019 16___ 15___ 21 Cameron Butler RW 6.04/197 2002 Ottawa, ON Elig. 2020 16___ 6____ 40 Antonio Stranges LW 5.10/178 2002 Plymouth, MI Elig. 2020 11___ 21___ 22 Chad Denault RW 6.02/190 2000 Iroquois Falls, ON Elig. 2019 6____ 6____ 43 Paul Cotter C 6.00/195 1999+ Canton, MI VGK ‘18/115th 8____ 15___ 23 Dustin Hutton LW 5.09/145 2001+ Etobicoke, ON Elig. 2020 0____ 0____ 62 Sahil Panwar C 6.00/178 2002 Mississauga, ON Elig. 2020 5____ 3____ 27 Brady Hinz RW 5.09/160 2000 Stratford, ON Elig. 2019 15___ 16___ 70 Matvey Guskov C 6.01/172 2001 Nizhnekamsk, RUS Elig. 2019 12___ 17___ 28 Max Grondin C 6.04/200 2000 Hearst, ON Elig. 2019 11___ 6____ 76 Billy Moskal C 6.00/192 2000 Sudbury, ON Elig. 2019 11___ 21___ DEFENCE 80 Alex Formenton LW 6.02/185 1999 King City, ON OTT ‘17/47th 10___ 13___ # NAME POS. HT./WT. YOB HOME NHL G A DEFENCE 2 Cole Fraser D 6.02/204 1999 Beckwith, ON DET ‘17/131st 4____ 15___ # NAME POS.