Peterborough Petes

The Peterborough Petes are a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League. The team has played at the Peterborough Memorial Centre in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, since 1956, and is the oldest continuously operating team in the league.

History

The Petes were formed on October 1, 1956, when the Kitchener Canucks relocated to Peterborough after the 1955–56 season. They also became a sponsored junior team for the Montreal Canadiens of the NHL. The Petes played their first game on November 4, 1956, and won their first game on November 8, 1956.

The Petes have won the OHL Championship ten times, which is the second-most in OHL history behind the Oshawa Generals who have 13 and the most in the postwar era. The franchise’s most recent OHL Championship was in 2023 with a six game victory over the London Knights. They won the Memorial Cup once, in 1979.

TPT Petes

The team was sponsored by Toronto-Peterborough Transport (TPT) from 1956 to 1966. Scotty Bowman was brought in to coach by the Montreal Canadiens organization from the Ottawa-Hull Canadiens junior team, and led the team to a second-place finish in 1959. Peterborough defeated the Barrie Flyers, Guelph Biltmore Mad Hatters and Toronto St. Michael's Majors in the playoffs to win their first OHA championship. Bowman and the TPT Petes went on to reach the Memorial Cup for the first time that year but fell to the Winnipeg Braves. The TPT Petes claimed their first Hamilton Spectator Trophy during the 1965-66 season, but were eliminated from the playoffs.

Roger Neilson era (1966–1976)

The team became known as the Peterborough Petes Hockey Club in 1966–67, which was also the beginning of Roger Neilson's tenure as coach. The Petes wore the TPT logo on their sweaters until 1974–75, when their colours were changed to maroon and white and a new "Petes" logo was adopted.

Neilson led his team to seven consecutive winning seasons from 1968 to 1975, also finishing first overall in 1970–71, winning the J. Ross Robertson Cup in 1972, and were runners-up in 1973 and 1974. In the 1972 Memorial Cup, the Petes lost a close 2–1 game in the finals to the Cornwall Royals.

Neilson left behind a winning legacy in Peterborough and set the standard for coaches to come. Neilson was the first coach to use videotape analysis as a teaching method, leading to the nickname "Captain Video," and also the first to use microphone headsets to communicate with his assistant coaches.

Neilson also pushed the envelope causing several rules to be rewritten. During one Petes game, his team was up one goal, but was down two men in a five on three situation for the last minute of the game. Realizing that more penalties could not be called under the existing rules, Neilson put too many men on the ice every ten seconds. The referees stopped the play and a faceoff was held relieving pressure on the defence. After this display the rule was changed so that a call for too many men on the ice in a 5 on 3 situation now leads to a penalty shot.

Neilson also discovered that if he put a defenceman in net instead of a goalie during a penalty shot, the defenceman could rush the attacker and greatly reduce the chances of a goal. Today the rule states that a team must use a goalie in net for a penalty shot, and that the goalie may not leave the crease until the attacking player touches the puck.

Neilson was promoted for the 1976–77 season, coaching the Dallas Black Hawks in the former Central Hockey League.

Three seasons, three titles

The Peterborough Petes won three consecutive OHL championships in 1978, 1979 and 1980. Gary Green coached the first two championships followed up by Mike Keenan in 1980. The Petes won the Hamilton Spectator Trophy two consecutive times in 1979 and 1980. Peterborough's success also continued into the Memorial Cup, reaching the championship game all three years, and winning the national junior title in 1979.

Many future NHL stars played for Petes in these three years. Those of note are: Keith Acton, Bob Atwell, Keith Crowder, Ken Ellacott, Doug Evans, Dave Fenyves, Tom Fergus, Larry Floyd, Mark Kirton, Rick LaFerriere, Steve Larmer, Larry Murphy, Mark Reeds, Stuart Smith, Steve Smith, Bill Gardner, Tim Trimper and Jim Wiemer.

Dick Todd era (1982–1993)

Dick Todd started with the Petes as a trainer in the 1970s and was with the team through their three Memorial Cups. As a coach he led the team to two more Memorial Cup tournaments—in 1989 in Saskatoon, and in 1993 in Sault Ste. Marie. During Todd's time as coach, the Petes won six division titles and had the best overall winning percentage in the OHL. Todd was awarded the Matt Leyden Trophy as OHL Coach of the Year in 1987–88.

Memorial Cup 1996

The Peterborough Petes celebrated their 40th anniversary in 1996. The Petes won the J. Ross Robertson Cup defeating the Guelph Storm in the finals, then and also played at home while hosting the Memorial Cup tournament in 1996. The club achieved a 100% sellout each tournament game, and lost in the final that year to the Granby Prédateurs.

50th anniversary

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Todd returned as head coach of the Petes in 2004. Todd's second season back behind the Petes bench, was the 50th anniversary of the Peterborough Petes founding. They are the oldest continuously operating franchise in the Ontario Hockey League (the rival Oshawa Generals date to 1937 but were inactive from 1953 to 1962).

The Petes celebrated their 50th anniversary in grand style, winning the J. Ross Robertson Cup on May 11, 2006, in a four-game sweep of the London Knights. Peterborough travelled to Moncton, New Brunswick, to play in the 2006 Memorial Cup, losing the third place tiebreaker game to the Vancouver Giants. Todd retired for good a few weeks after the Petes returned from Moncton.

60th anniversary

The 2015–16 season marked the 60th in franchise history.

Rob Wilson era (2018–present)

Under Rob Wilson, the franchise has made three playoff appearances. In 2023, the franchise won its tenth OHL championship and first since 2006, defeating the London Knights, earning its tenth trip to the Memorial Cup.

Championships

Memorial Cup

1959 Finalist vs. Winnipeg Braves
1972 Finalist vs. Cornwall Royals
1978 Finalist vs. New Westminster Bruins
1979 Champions vs. Brandon Wheat Kings
1980 Finalist vs. Cornwall Royals
1989 3rd place in Saskatoon, SK
1993 Finalist vs. S.S. Marie Greyhounds
1996 Finalist vs. Granby Prédateurs
2006 4th Place in Moncton, NB
2023 3rd place in Kamloops, BC

George Richardson Memorial Trophy

1959 Champions vs. Ottawa-Hull Canadiens

Hamilton Spectator Trophy First overall in the OHL regular season standings.

1965–1966 58 points
1970–1971 90 points
1978–1979 95 points
1979–1980 95 points
1985–1986 92 points
1991–1992 89 points
1992–1993 97 points

Bobby Orr Trophy Eastern Conference Champions.

2005 Finalist vs. Ottawa 67's
2006 Champions vs. Barrie Colts
2017 Finalist vs. Mississauga Steelheads
2023 Champions vs. North Bay Battalion

J. Ross Robertson Cup Ontario Hockey League Champions

1959 Champions vs. St. Michael's Majors
1972 Champions vs. Ottawa 67's
1973 Finalist vs. Toronto Marlboros
1974 Finalist vs. St. Catharines Black Hawks
1978 Champions vs. Hamilton Fincups
1979 Champions vs. Niagara Falls Flyers
1980 Champions vs. Windsor Spitfires
1985 Finalist vs. S.S. Marie Greyhounds
1988 Finalist vs. Windsor Compuware Spitfires
1989 Champions vs. Niagara Falls Thunder
1993 Champions vs. S.S. Marie Greyhounds
1996 Champions vs. Guelph Storm
2006 Champions vs. London Knights
2023 Champions vs. London Knights

Leyden Trophy First overall in the Eastern Division regular season standings.

1978–79, 1979–80, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1991–92, 1992–93, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2016–17

Coaches

Three coaches of the Peterborough Petes are members of the Hockey Hall of Fame. Scotty Bowman won nine Stanley Cups in his career, and lead the Petes to the Memorial Cup finals in 1959. Roger Neilson coached 1,000 regular season games in the NHL, and led the Petes to the 1972 Memorial Cup finals. Ted "Teeder" Kennedy played 14 years for the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Gary Green was awarded the Matt Leyden Trophy as OHL Coach of the Year in 1978–79, leading the Petes to their only Memorial Cup championship.

Dick Todd recorded 500 career victories faster than any other coach in Major Junior A hockey history, accomplishing the milestone in just 813 games. Todd was awarded the Matt Leyden Trophy as OHL Coach of the Year in 1987–88.

List of coaches with multiple seasons in parentheses.

1956–57 — Calum MacKay
1957–58 — Ted Kennedy
1958–61 — Scotty Bowman (3)
1961–62 — Neil Burke
1962–65 — Frank Mario (3)
1965–66 — Roger Bedard (2)
1966–67 — R. Bedard & R. Neilson
1967–76 — Roger Neilson (10)
1976–77 — Garry Young
1977–79 — Gary Green (2)
1979–80 — Mike Keenan
1980–81 — Dave Dryden (2)
1981–82 — D. Dryden & D. Todd
1982–93 — Dick Todd (14)
1993–96 — Dave MacQueen (3)
1996–97 — Brian Drumm (2)
1997–98 — B. Drumm & Jeff Twohey
1998–04 — Rick Allain (6)
2004–05 — Dick Todd (14)
2005–08 — Vince Malette (2)
2008–10 — Ken McRae
2010–12 — Mike Pelino (2+)
2012–18 — Jody Hull (4+)
2018 — Andrew Verner (interim)
2018–present — Rob Wilson

Players

The Peterborough Petes have 152 alumni who have played in the National Hockey League. Eight Hockey Hall of Fame inductees played junior hockey for the Petes: Bob Gainey, Wayne Gretzky, Larry Murphy, Chris Pronger, Steve Yzerman, and Colin Campbell; and coaches Scotty Bowman and Roger Neilson.

The Petes have not retired any numbers, but they have banners hanging from the ceiling honouring past Petes including Bob Gainey, Steve Yzerman, Mickey Redmond, Larry Murphy, Dick Todd, Roger Neilson, Scotty Bowman, Colin Campbell, and Jamie Langenbrunner.

Award winners

CHL Player of the Year

1989–90 – Mike Ricci

CHL Defenceman of the Year

1992–93 – Chris Pronger

CHL Top Draft Prospect Award

2005–06 – Jordan Staal

CHL Rookie of the Year

2009–10 – Matt Puempel

CHL Sportsman of the Year

2019-20 – Nick Robertson

George Parsons Trophy Most Sportsmanlike at the Memorial Cup

1978 – Mark Kirton
1979 – Chris Halyk
1993 – Jason Dawe
1994 – Jeff Smith
1996 – Mike Williams

Hap Emms Memorial Trophy Outstanding Goaltender at the Memorial Cup

1978 – Ken Ellacott
1980 – Rick LaFerriere

Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy Memorial Cup MVP

1996 – Cameron Mann

Red Tilson Trophy Most Outstanding Player

1959–60 – Wayne Connelly
1964–65 – Andre Lacroix
1965–66 – Andre Lacroix
1966–67 – Mickey Redmond
1989–90 – Mike Ricci

Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy Scoring Champion

1965–66 – Andre Lacroix

Jim Mahon Memorial Trophy Top scoring right winger

1995–96 – Cameron Mann

Max Kaminsky Trophy Most Outstanding Defenceman

1969–70 – Ron Plumb
1973–74 – Jim Turkiewicz
1978–79 – Greg Theberge
1979–80 – Larry Murphy
1985–86 – Terry Carkner
1992–93 – Chris Pronger

Wayne Gretzky 99 Award OHL Playoffs MVP

2005–06 – Daniel Ryder
2022-23 - Michael Simpson

Emms Family Award Rookie of the Year

1989–90 – Chris Longo
2009–10 – Matt Puempel

Leo Lalonde Memorial Trophy Overage Player of the Year

1996–97 – Zac Bierk

OHL Goaltender of the Year

1996–97 – Zac Bierk

Dave Pinkney Trophy Lowest Team GAA

1958–59 – Jacques Caron
1962–63 – Chuck Goddard
1969–70 – John Garrett
1970–71 – John Garrett
1974–75 – Greg Millen
1979–80 – Rick LaFerriere & Terry Wright
1985–86 – Kay Whitmore & Ron Tugnutt
1987–88 – John Tanner & Todd Bojcun
1988–89 – John Tanner & Todd Bojcun
1992–93 – Chad Lang & Ryan Douglas

F. W. "Dinty" Moore Trophy Best Rookie GAA

1977–78 – Ken Ellacott
1981–82 – Shawn Kilroy
1984–85 – Ron Tugnutt
1987–88 – Todd Bojcun

Dan Snyder Memorial Trophy Humanitarian of the Year

1993–94 – Brent Tully
1996–97 – Mike Martone
2004–05 – Jeff MacDougald
2010–11 – Jack Walchessen
2011–12 – Andrew D'Agostini

William Hanley Trophy Most Sportsmanlike Player

1965–66 – Andre Lacroix
1966–67 – Mickey Redmond
1974–75 – Doug Jarvis
1984–85 – Scott Tottle
1989–90 – Mike Ricci
2009–10 – Ryan Spooner
2019-20 – Nicholas Robertson

Bobby Smith Trophy Scholastic Player of the Year

1983–84 – Scott Tottle

Ivan Tennant Memorial Award Top Academic High School Player

2010–11 – Andrew D'Agostini

NHL alumni

The Petes have graduated the most players to the NHL of all current OHL teams with a total of 248.

Season-by-season results

Regular season and playoffs results:

Legend: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses, SL = Shoot-out losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

{| class="wikitable"

|bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|Memorial Cup champions

|bgcolor="#B3FFB3"|OHL champions

|bgcolor="#D0E7FF"|OHL finalists

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! rowspan="2"|Season !! colspan="11"|Regular season !! rowspan="2"|Playoffs

! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! Finish

|1956–57||52||11||40|| 1|| —||—|| 23||0.221||139||239||7th OHA||Did not qualify

|1957–58||52||21||25|| 6|| —||—|| 48||0.462||159||185||5th OHA||Lost quarterfinals (Hamilton Tiger Cubs) 7–3

|1958–59||54||29||20|| 5|| —||—|| 63||0.583||222||179||2nd OHA||bgcolor="#B3FFB3"|Won quarterfinals (Barrie Flyers) 8–4 Won semifinals (Guelph Biltmore Mad Hatters) 8–2 Won OHA finals (Toronto St. Michael's Majors) 9–7 Won Eastern Canada playoffs (Ottawa-Hull Canadiens) 4–2–1 Lost 1959 Memorial Cup finals (Winnipeg Braves) 4–1

|1959–60||48||22||23|| 3|| —||—|| 47||0.490||206||205||5th OHA||Won quarterfinals (Barrie Flyers) 8–4 Lost semifinals (St. Catharines Teepees) 9–3

|1960–61||48||16||24|| 8|| —||—|| 40||0.417||167||188||6th OHA||Lost quarterfinals (Hamilton Red Wings) 8–2

|1961–62||50|| 9||33|| 8|| —||—|| 26||0.260||114||210||6th OHA||Did not qualify

|1962–63||50||21||18||11|| —||—|| 53||0.530||144||132||3rd OHA||Lost semifinals (Montreal Junior Canadiens) 9–3

|1963–64||56||24||25|| 7|| —||—|| 55||0.491||176||200||5th OHA||Lost quarterfinals (Montreal Junior Canadiens) 8–2

|1964–65||56||28||20|| 8|| —||—|| 64||0.571||243||197||3rd OHA||Won quarterfinals (St. Catharines Black Hawks) 8–2 Lost semifinals (Toronto Marlboros) 9–7

|1965–66||48||24||14||10|| —||—|| 58||0.604||211||171||1st OHA||Lost quarterfinals (Toronto Marlboros) 8–4

|1966–67||48||15||23||10|| —||—|| 40||0.417||183||219||8th OHA||Lost quarterfinals (Hamilton Red Wings) 8–4

|1967–68||54||13||30||11|| —||—|| 37||0.343||183||243||8th OHA||Lost quarterfinals (Niagara Falls Flyers) 8–2

|1968–69||54||27||18|| 9|| —||—|| 63||0.583||222||193||3rd OHA||Won quarterfinals (London Knights) 8–4 Lost semifinals (Montreal Junior Canadiens) 8–0

|1969–70||54||29||13||12|| —||—|| 70||0.648||240||172||2nd OHA||Lost quarterfinals (London Knights) 8–4

|1970–71||62||41||13|| 8|| —||—|| 90||0.726||290||174||1st OHA||Lost quarterfinals (Toronto Marlboros) 8–0

|1971–72||63||34||20|| 9|| —||—|| 77||0.611||292||227||3rd OHA||bgcolor="#B3FFB3"|Won quarterfinals (St. Catharines Black Hawks) 8–2 Won semifinals (Toronto Marlboros) 8–2 Won OHA finals (Ottawa 67's) 8–0 Lost 1972 Memorial Cup final (Cornwall Royals) 2–1

|1972–73||63||42||13|| 8|| —||—|| 92||0.730||330||234||2nd OHA||bgcolor="#D0E7FF"|Won quarterfinals (Oshawa Generals) 8–0 Won semifinals (London Knights) 9–5 Lost OHA finals (Toronto Marlboros) 8–6

|1973–74||70||35||21||14|| —||—|| 84||0.600||255||230||3rd OHA||bgcolor="#D0E7FF"|Won quarterfinals (Ottawa 67's) 9–5 Won semifinals (Kitchener Rangers) 8–4 Lost OHA finals (St. Catharines Black Hawks) 9–1

|1974–75||70||37||20||13||—||—|| 87||0.621||311||254||2nd OHA||Won quarterfinals (Oshawa Generals) 8–2 Lost semifinals (Hamilton Fincups) 8–4

|1975–76||66||18||37||11||—||—|| 47||0.356||204||284||6th Leyden||Did not qualify

|1976–77||66||31||28|| 7||—||—|| 69||0.523||307||309||4th Leyden||Lost preliminary round Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 3–1

|1977–78||68||37||18||13||—||—|| 87||0.640||327||273||2nd Leyden||bgcolor="#B3FFB3"|Won quarterfinals (Oshawa Generals) 9–3 Won semifinals (Ottawa 67's) 9–7 Won OMJHL finals (Hamilton Fincups) 8–6 Lost 1978 Memorial Cup final (New Westminster Bruins) 7–4

|1978–79||68||46||19|| 3||—||—|| 95||0.699||341||245||1st Leyden||bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|Won quarterfinals (Kingston Canadians) 9–5 Won semifinals (Sudbury Wolves) 8–2 Won OMJHL finals (Niagara Falls Flyers) 8–6 Won 1979 Memorial Cup final (Brandon Wheat Kings) 2–1

|1979–80||68||47||20|| 1||—||—|| 95||0.699||316||238||1st Leyden||bgcolor="#B3FFB3"|Won quarterfinals (Sudbury Wolves) 4–3 Won semifinals (Ottawa 67's) 4–0 Won OMJHL finals (Windsor Spitfires) 4–0 Lost 1980 Memorial Cup final (Cornwall Royals) 3–2

|1980–81||68||29||36|| 3|| —||—|| 61||0.449||287||290||5th Leyden||Lost division quarterfinals (Oshawa Generals) 3–2

|1981–82||68||36||29|| 3|| —||—|| 75||0.551||291||266||3rd Leyden||Won division quarterfinals (Kingston Canadians) 6–2 Lost division semifinals (Oshawa Generals) 8–2

|1982–83||70||46||22|| 2|| —||—|| 94||0.671||367||278||2nd Leyden||Bye through division quarterfinals Lost division semifinals (Oshawa Generals) 8–0

|1983–84||70||43||23|| 4|| —||—|| 90||0.643||380||307||3rd Leyden||Won division quarterfinals (Cornwall Royals) 6–0 Lost division semifinals (Toronto Marlboros) 8–2

|1984–85||66||42||20|| 4|| —||—|| 88||0.667||354||233||1st Leyden||bgcolor="#D0E7FF"|Won division quarterfinals (Ottawa 67's) 9–1 Bye through division semifinals Won division finals (Belleville Bulls) 9–1 Lost OHL finals (Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds) 9–5

|1985–86||66||45||19|| 2|| —||—|| 92||0.697||298||190||1st Leyden||Won division quarterfinals (Toronto Marlboros) 8–0 Won division semifinal round-robin (Belleville Bulls and Kingston Canadians) Lost division finals (Belleville Bulls) 9–7

|1986–87||66||35||24|| 7|| —||—|| 77||0.583||267||212||2nd Leyden||Bye through division quarterfinals Won division semifinals (Ottawa 67's) 4–2 Lost division finals (Oshawa Generals) 4–2

|1987–88||66||44||17|| 5|| —||—|| 93||0.705||325||212||1st Leyden||bgcolor="#D0E7FF"|Won division quarterfinals (Toronto Marlboros) 4–0 Bye through division semifinals Won division finals (Ottawa 67's) 4–0 Lost OHL finals (Windsor Compuware Spitfires) 4–0

|1988–89||66||42||22|| 2|| —||—|| 86||0.652||302||235||1st Leyden||bgcolor="#B3FFB3"|Won division quarterfinals (Belleville Bulls) 4–1 Bye through division semifinals Won division finals (Cornwall Royals) 4–2 Won OHL finals (Niagara Falls Thunder) 4–2 Lost 1989 Memorial Cup semifinal (Swift Current Broncos) 6–2

|1989–90||66||37||23|| 6|| —||—|| 80||0.606||294||236||3rd Leyden||Won division quarterfinals (Ottawa 67's) 4–0 Won division semifinals (Belleville Bulls) 4–0 Lost division finals (Oshawa Generals) 4–0

|1990–91||66||33||26|| 7|| —||—|| 73||0.553||272||254||5th Leyden||Lost division quarterfinals (North Bay Centennials) 4–0

|1991–92||66||41||18|| 7|| —||—|| 89||0.674||319||256||1st Leyden||Bye through division quarterfinals Won division semifinals (Ottawa 67's) 4–1 Lost division finals (North Bay Centennials) 4–1

|1992–93||66||46||15|| 5|| —||—|| 97||0.735||352||239||1st Leyden||bgcolor="#B3FFB3"|Lost Super Series to host 1993 Memorial Cup (Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds) 4–0 Bye through division quarterfinals Won division semifinals (Sudbury Wolves) 4–3 Won division finals (Kingston Frontenacs) 4–1 Won OHL finals (Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds) 4–1 Lost 1993 Memorial Cup final (Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds) 4–2

|1993–94||66||15||41||10|| —||—|| 40||0.303||252||350||7th Leyden||Lost division quarterfinals (Ottawa 67's) 4–3

|1994–95||66||26||34|| 6|| —||—|| 58||0.439||255||286||5th Eastern||Won division quarterfinals (Oshawa Generals) 4–3 Lost quarterfinals (Detroit Junior Red Wings) 4–0

|1995–96||66||35||22|| 9|| —||—|| 79||0.598||289||235||2nd Eastern||bgcolor="#B3FFB3"|Won division quarterfinals (Kingston Frontenacs) 4–1 Won quarterfinals (Sarnia Sting) 4–2 Won semifinals (Detroit Whalers) 4–1 Won OHL finals (Guelph Storm) 4–3 Lost 1996 Memorial Cup final (Granby Prédateurs) 4–0

|1996–97||66||39||25|| 2|| —||—|| 80||0.606||251||238||3rd Eastern||Won division quarterfinals (Kingston Frontenacs) 4–1 Lost quarterfinals (Oshawa Generals) 4–2

|1997–98||66||20||36||10|| —||—|| 50||0.379||212||273||5th Eastern||Lost division quarterfinals (Belleville Bulls) 4–0

|1998–99||68||40||26|| 2|| —||—|| 82||0.603||266||213||4th East||Lost conference quarterfinals (Oshawa Generals) 4–1

|1999–2000||68||34||26|| 7|| 1||—|| 76||0.551||242||219||4th East||Lost conference quarterfinals (Belleville Bulls) 4–1

|2000–01||68||30||28|| 8|| 2||—|| 70||0.500||221||213||3rd East||Lost conference quarterfinals (Toronto St. Michael's Majors) 4–3

|2001–02||68||33||22|| 7|| 6||—|| 79||0.537||242||215||3rd East||Lost conference quarterfinals (Ottawa 67's) 4–2

|2002–03||68||32||22||11|| 3||—|| 78||0.551||222||215||2nd East||Lost conference quarterfinals (Oshawa Generals) 4–3

|2003–04||68||22||40|| 3|| 3||—|| 50||0.346||191||244||4th East||Did not qualify

|2004–05||68||34||21|| 9|| 4||—|| 81||0.566||238||215||1st East||Won conference quarterfinals (Belleville Bulls) 4–1 Won conference semifinals (Toronto St. Michael's Majors) 4–1 Lost conference finals (Ottawa 67's) 4–0

|2005–06||68||47||16||—|| 2|| 3|| 99||0.728||269||199||1st East||bgcolor="#B3FFB3"|Won conference quarterfinals (Ottawa 67's 4–2) Won conference semifinals (Sudbury Wolves) 4–0 Won conference finals (Barrie Colts) 4–1 Won OHL finals (London Knights) 4–0 Lost 2006 Memorial Cup tie-breaker (Vancouver Giants) 6–0

|2006–07||68||24||39||—|| 1|| 4|| 53||0.390||198||274||5th East||Did not qualify

|2007–08||68||28||36||—|| 1|| 3|| 60||0.441||199||250||4th East||Lost conference quarterfinals (Belleville Bulls) 4–1

|2008–09||68||28||37||—|| 1|| 2|| 59||0.434||210||266||3rd East||Lost conference quarterfinals (Brampton Battalion) 4–0

|2009–10||68||29||35||—|| 1|| 3|| 62||0.456||231||277||3rd East||Lost conference quarterfinals (Mississauga St. Michael's Majors) 4–0

|2010–11||68||20||45||—|| 1|| 2|| 43||0.316||195||298||5th East||Did not qualify

|2011–12||68||27||34||—|| 3|| 4|| 61||0.449||219||281||4th East||Did not qualify

|2012–13||68||26||35||—|| 3|| 4|| 59||0.434||202||254||4th East||Did not qualify

|2013–14||68||32||30||—|| 0|| 6|| 70||0.515||233||269||3rd East||Won conference quarterfinals (Kingston Frontenacs) 4–3 Lost conference semifinals (Oshawa Generals) 4–0

|2014–15||68||26||36||—|| 1|| 5|| 58||0.426||203||268||5th East||Lost conference quarterfinals (Oshawa Generals) 4–1

|2015–16||68||33||28||—|| 2|| 5|| 73||0.537||240||259||3rd East||Lost conference quarterfinals (North Bay Battalion) 4–3

|2016–17||68||42||21||—|| 2|| 3|| 89||0.654||239||221||1st East||Won conference quarterfinals (Niagara IceDogs) 4–0 Won conference semifinals (Kingston Frontenacs) 4–0 Lost conference finals (Mississauga Steelheads) 4–0

|2017–18||68||23||39||—|| 3|| 3|| 52||0.382||222||283||5th East||Did not qualify

|2018–19||68||33||31||—|| 2|| 2|| 70||0.515||234||256||3rd East||Lost conference quarterfinals (Oshawa Generals) 4–1

|2019–20||62||37||21||—|| 2|| 2|| 78||0.629||250||198||2nd East||bgcolor="#CCCCCC"|Playoffs cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

|2020–21 || colspan="12" bgcolor="#CCCCCC"|Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

|2021–22||68||29||33||—|| 5|| 1|| 64||0.471||240||281||5th East||Lost conference quarterfinals (Hamilton Bulldogs) 4–0

|2022–23||68||35||29||—|| 2|| 2|| 74||0.544||247||207||2nd East||bgcolor="#B3FFB3"|Won conference quarterfinals (Sudbury Wolves) 4–0 Won conference semifinals (Ottawa 67's) 4–2 Won conference finals (North Bay Battalion) 4–3 Won OHL finals (London Knights) 4–2 Lost 2023 Memorial Cup semifinal (Seattle Thunderbirds) 4–1

|2023–24||68||20||40||—|| 7|| 1|| 48||0.353||183||296||5th East||Did not qualify

|2024–25||68||18||41||—|| 4|| 5|| 45||0.331||172||277||5th East||Did not qualify

|2025–26||68||40||24||—|| 1|| 3|| 84||0.618||235||231||3rd East||Lost conference quarterfinals (North Bay Battalion) 4–2

Uniforms and logos

From 1956 to 1974, the Petes wore the red, white & blue colours of the Montreal Canadiens. In 1974–75, the club changed to the maroon & white colours they wear today. In January 2000, a new '3rd' jersey was introduced, that used the maroon background, with white, black & gold trim.

For the 2005–06 season, the Petes unveiled a 50th anniversary jersey that has a black background with maroon and gold trim. During January in the 2006–07 season, the Petes wore throwback jerseys for the TPT Petes.

Arena

thumb|right|150px|Interior of Peterborough Memorial Centre before renovation

thumb|right|150px|Interior of Peterborough Memorial Centre, April 2023

The Peterborough Memorial Centre was constructed in 1956, and named in honour of the many war veterans who came from the region. It was built at the east of the fairground and horse track at the corner of Landsdowne and George streets.

The original design included a large stage at the south end of the arena, with an oversized portrait of Queen Elizabeth II above. The seats were all wooden and painted yellow, green and mauve. The Memorial Centre hosted the Memorial Cup tournament in 1996. The arena has a capacity of 4,329 for hockey, and an additional 1,000 for concerts.

In 2003, the Memorial Centre was renovated adding 24 luxury box suites, improved concessions, a licensed restaurant, new seats, boards, scoreboard and the addition of air conditioning. The renovated arena hosted the 2004 OHL All-Star Classic.

Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductee John Badham briefly served as the public address announcer for Peterborough Petes home games.

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External links

www.gopetesgo.com Official web site
Ontario Hockey League Official web site
Canadian Hockey League Official web site