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11 Facts About Peterborough Petes

1.

Peterborough Petes are a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League.

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Peterborough Petes have produced a record number of National Hockey League players, including Hall of Famers Steve Yzerman, Bob Gainey, Larry Murphy, Scotty Bowman, Wayne Gretzky and Roger Neilson.

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

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Peterborough Petes have won the OHL Championship nine times, second-most in OHL history and the most in the postwar period.

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Peterborough Petes defeated the Barrie Flyers, Guelph Biltmore Mad Hatters and Toronto St Michael's Majors in the playoffs to win their first OHA championship.

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Bowman and the TPT Peterborough Petes went on to reach the Memorial Cup for the first time that year but fell to the Winnipeg Braves.

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The Peterborough Petes won the Hamilton Spectator Trophy two consecutive times in 1979 and 1980.

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Peterborough Petes's success continued into the Memorial Cup, reaching the championship game all three years, and winning the national junior title in 1979.

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The Petes won the J Ross Robertson Cup defeating the Guelph Storm in the finals, then and played at home while hosting the Memorial Cup tournament in 1996.

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10.

Peterborough Petes travelled to Moncton, New Brunswick to play in the 2006 Memorial Cup, losing the third place tiebreaker game to the Vancouver Giants.

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11.

Peterborough Petes have 152 alumni who have played in the National Hockey League.

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