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4FAST FACTSPetes vs. Wolves

5 KEVIN VARRINThe man with all the numbers 7 CONFERENCE

STANDINGS

10 PETERBOROUGHPETES ROSTER 11 SUDBURY

WOLVES ROSTER

15 LEAGUELEADERS 15 LIAM KIRK Named to Great

Britain’s 28-Man Roster

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Adam Ruzicka is one of three import players that leads their team in scoring. The others are Erie’s Gera Poddubnyi (RUS; 59 pts) and Sarnia’s Hugo Leufvenius (SWE; 78 pts).

Sudbury has the biggest differential in special teams standings with the league’s 20th ranked power play and 2nd ranked penalty kill.

The Wolves lead the league in penalty minutes (903) - 145 minutes more than the Petes.

Both clubs are 7-2-1-0 in their last 10 games.

With 1 goal and 1 assist in this weekend’s games versus Ottawa, Ryan Merkley has moved back into second in scoring among league defencemen.

The Petes are 2-2-0-0 in the final game of three-in-three weekends this season.

Last Game (January 25/19): Petes 4 at Wolves 7This Season vs SBY: 1-2-0-0

2017-18 Regular Season vs SBY: 3-1-0-0Last Five Years vs SBY: 14-5-0-0

Last Five Years vs SBY on home ice: 8-1-0-0

LAST GAME PBO: 3-2 W @ OTTSBY: 8-4 W vs HAM

TOP SCORERS PBO: Merkley - 62GP - 14G - 57A - 71PSBY: Ruzicka - 63GP - 33G - 41A - 74P

SPECIAL TEAMS PBO: PP 18.8% (15th), PK 77.5% (13th) SBY: PP 13.6% (20th), PK 83.6% (2nd)

kevin varrinTHE MAN WITH ALL THE NUMBERS

For over 60 years the Peterborough Petes have been in existence, and in that time there have been a lot of wins, losses, goals for, and goals against, but there is one man who has been keeping track of it all.

Kevin Varrin, who is known as the ‘Petes Historian’, has been keeping track of the Petes’ stats since the late 80s. He said he has been following the team since 1973 when he moved to Peterborough from Oshawa.

“My wife and I had players stay with us, that is how I first really got involved with the Petes,” explained Varrin.

TEAM GP W L OTL SOL PTS PCT GF GA PIM LAST 10

1 Xyz - OTTAWA 67’S 67 49 12 4 2 104 .776 288 180 883 6-3-1-0

2 X - NIAGARA ICEDOGS 66 42 17 7 0 91 .689 311 202 751 8-2-0-0

3 X - OSHAWA GENERALS 67 43 20 4 0 90 .672 280 214 759 7-2-1-0

4 X - SUDBURY WOLVES 66 42 19 3 2 89 .674 249 197 903 7-2-1-0

5 X - PETERBOROUGH PETES 67 33 30 2 2 70 .522 233 253 758 7-2-1-0

6 X - MISSISSAUGA STEELHEADS 67 31 29 5 2 69 .515 234 246 716 2-8-0-0

7 X - NORTH BAY BATTALION 67 30 32 3 2 65 .485 227 273 802 5-5-0-0

8 X - HAMILTON BULLDOGS 68 29 34 3 2 63 .463 241 283 743 2-8-0-0

9 BARRIE COLTS 66 26 36 3 1 56 .424 213 233 846 3-7-0-0

10 KINGSTON FRONTENACS 67 14 51 1 1 30 .224 141 299 793 2-8-0-0

TEAM GP W L OTL SOL PTS PCT GF GA PIM LAST 10

1 Xy - LONDON KNIGHTS 67 45 15 6 1 97 .724 294 209 857 6-4-0-0

2 Xy - SAGINAW SPIRIT 66 45 15 3 3 96 .727 290 208 576 9-0-1-0

3 X - SOO GREYHOUNDS 67 43 16 7 1 94 .701 287 222 753 5-4-1-0

4 X - GUELPH STORM 67 39 18 6 4 88 .657 33 228 668 8-2-0-0

5 X - KITCHENER RANGERS 67 34 29 3 1 72 .537 249 263 596 7-3-0-0

6 X - OWEN SOUND ATTACK 67 30 31 4 2 66 .493 220 272 708 3-6-1-0

7 X - SARNIA STING 66 27 32 5 2 61 .462 261 289 823 4-6-0-0

8 X - WINDSOR SPITFIRES 68 25 33 5 5 60 .441 216 257 609 1-5-2-2

9 ERIE OTTERS 67 26 37 3 1 56 .418 228 295 589 3-6-1-0

10 FLINT FIREBIRDS 66 15 45 6 0 36 .273 201 340 648 5-3-2-0

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Once Varrin and his wife had children of their own, they stopped billeting players but still attended games.

In the late 1980s , the avid researcher joined Gary Baldwin and Don Barrie to write a book which was focused on the history of the team.

“It was Don Barrie who started it, many, many years ago,” explained Varrin. “He left it in limbo, back in the 80s. So one time Don, Gary Baldwin, and I got together and we decided to get back on it. It was quite a bit of work so we decided we would divide the task.”

The book, titled ‘Five Decades with the Petes’, took readers on a journey back in time to look at each Peterborough Petes game from the very beginning.

“While I was doing research for the book, I was going through game by game so I was keeping track of all the scoring and how they finished at the end of the season,” said Varrin.

Varrin said he would spend time at Trent University in the library looking at old newspaper clippings to collect all of these stats. He also had help from some other sources, including a gentleman by the name of Merlo Banks.

“He used to board players when they first came here many, many years ago. He had quite a collection of stuff. It’s in the Trent University archives,” said Varrin.

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FORWARDS# NAME POS. HT./WT. YOB HOME NHL 10 Erik Čermák LW 6.00/161 2001 Prague, CZE Elig. 2019 11 Zach Gallant ‘C’ C 6.02/195 1999 Oakville, ON DET ‘17/83rd12 Chris Paquette ‘A’ C/RW 6.02/210 1998 Kingston, ON Free Agent14 Liam Kirk LW 6.01/168 2000 Maltby, GBR ARI ‘18/189th16 Nick Robertson C 5.09/160 2001 Northville, MI, USA Elig. 2019 17 Michael Little LW 6.00/187 2000 Mississauga, ON Elig. 201918 Adam Timleck ‘A’ RW 5.09/165 1998 Toronto, ON Free Agent19 Semyon Der-Arguchintsev C 5.10/168 2000 Moscow, RUS TOR ‘18/76th21 Cameron Butler RW 6.04/197 2002 Ottawa, ON Elig. 202022 Chad Denault RW 6.02/190 2000 Iroquois Falls, ON Elig. 201923 Dustin Hutton LW 5.09/145 2001+ Etobicoke, ON Elig. 2020 27 Brady Hinz RW 5.09/160 2000 Stratford, ON Elig. 2019 28 Max Grondin C 6.04/200 2000 Hearst, ON Elig. 2019DEFENCE# NAME POS. HT./WT. YOB HOME NHL2 Cole Fraser D 6.02/204 1999 Beckwith, ON DET ‘17/131st 5 Quinn Hanna D 6.03/192 1999 Peterborough, ON Elig. 20196 Austin Osmanski ‘A’ D 6.04/210 1998 East Aurora, NY Free Agent7 Shawn Spearing D 6.02/180 2002 Toronto, ON Elig. 20208 Matt McNamara D 6.02/182 2000 Peterborough, ON Elig. 201920 Declan Chisholm D 6.01/185 2000 Bowmanville, ON WPG ‘18/150th 25 Ryan Merkley D 5.11/163 2000 Mississauga, ON SJ ‘18/21st 26 John Parker-Jones RW 6.06/230 2000 Brantford, ON Elig. 2019GOALTENDERS# NAME POS. HT./WT. YOB HOME NHL29 Hunter Jones G 6.04/195 2000+ Brantford, ON Elig. 201930 Tye Austin G 6.05/200 2002 Pembroke, ON Elig. 2020 35 Blake Curran G 6.01/176 1999 Peterborough, ON Elig. 2019

peterborough petes sudbury wolves FORWARDS# NAME POS. HT./WT. YOB HOME NHL 11 Blake McConville RW 6.02/198 2000 LaSalle, ON Elig. 2019 14 Macauley Carson LW 6.02/199 1999 Midhurst, ON Elig. 2019 18 Owen Robinson LW 6.00/170 2000 Orangeville, ON Elig. 2019 20 Shane Bulitka C 5.11/181 1999 Ilderton, ON Elig. 2019 21 Nolan Hutcheson LW 6.04/195 2000 Kingston, ON Elig. 2019 23 Ryan O’Bonsawin LW 6.00/196 1999 Sudbury, ON Elig. 2019 25 Owen Gilhula C 5.11/179 2000 Stratford, ON Elig. 2019 28 Drake Pilon RW 5.10/187 1998+ Sault Ste. Marie, ON Free Agent 29 Darian Pilon LW 5.10/181 1998+ Sault Ste. Marie, ON Free Agent 55 Quinton Byfield C 6.05/214 2002 Newmarket, ON Elig. 2020 71 David Levin LW 5.10/178 1999+ North York, ON Elig. 2019 83 Adam Ruzicka C 6.04/200 1999 Bratislava, SVK CGY ‘17/109th 92 Blake Murray C 6.03/185 2001 Uxbridge, ON Elig. 2019DEFENCE# NAME POS. HT./WT. YOB HOME NHL 7 Isaak Phillips D 6.03/174 2001+ Barrie, ON Elig. 2020 22 Jack Thompson D 6.01/172 2002 Courtice, ON Elig. 2020 24 Peter Stratis D 6.00/185 2000 Scarborough, ON Elig. 2019 27 Emmett Serensits D 6.01/180 2000 Oakville, ON Elig. 2019 44 Cole Candella D 6.02/195 1998 Mississauga, ON VAN ‘16/140th 64 Liam Ross D 6.02/197 2001 Markham, ON Elig. 2019 74 Anthony DeMeo D 6.01/191 1999 Port Washington, NY Elig. 2019GOALTENDERS# NAME POS. HT./WT. YOB HOME NHL 1 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G 6.05/214 1999 Espoo, FIN BUF ‘17/54th 22 Jonathan Lemaire G 6.06/180 2002+ Gloucester, ON Elig. 2021

VP/GM Rob Papineau Skills Coach Bob JohnstonAssistant GM Ken MacKenzie Ath.Thrpst/Eqt. Mgr Dan BucklandHead Coach Cory Stillman Asst. Equipment Mgr. Brandon Grace Associate Coach Darryl Moxam Asst. Ath. Therapist Shawn CharronAssistant Coach Bud Stefanski Asst. Equipment Mgr. Jacob KomelGoaltending Coach Alain Valiquette Strength Coach Rick Kilganon

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General Manager Mike Oke Head Coach Rob Wilson Associate Coach Andrew VernerAssistant Coach Derrick WalserPlayer Dev. Coach Mike DucoHead Trainer Brian MillerAsst. Athletic Therapist Tash LagacéAssistant Trainer Larry SmithAssistant Trainer Terry Bowser

Strength/Cond. Coach Josh GillamAsst. Strength/Cond. Broedie BirkhofMental Performance Coach Brenley ShapiroSenior Advisor Dick ToddVideo Coach Noah BucholtzStatistician Adam MurrayVisiting Room Attendant Grady EvesStick Boy Iain Norrie

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Once Varrin compiled all of this information, he then started putting that information into a computer. This was Varrin’s very first computer.“From there I just kept keeping track of it,” said Varrin.

This computer that Varrin used is now the home of all the Peterborough Petes’ digital stats since 1956 and is updated regularly. If you wanted to know the scores of any game ever played by the maroon and white, you would just have to go through the files and it will all be there. Varrin first started keeping track of this for the sake of the book, but really enjoye d maintaining the database, so he continued with it. He tried newer software systems on new computers, but said he couldn’t quite figure it out and loved the older system he had been using.

“I think the biggest thing is all the Petes’ records,” said Varrin. “The wins and losses, and the streaks. Some of that is very interesting to look back on; I like that kind of stuff.”

Varrin explained that he enjoys looking at some of the interesting stats including how many goals were scored by the Petes in single game. Varrin said this number sits at 16 goals.

Varrin said back in the day, he would be able to recite off all the Petes’ stats that the team had accumulated, but noted that he is thankful he kept track of everything on that computer.

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PLAYER TEAM GP G A PTS

1 Justin Brazeau NB 7 60 50 110

2 Jason Robertson NIAG 60 45 65 110

3 Morgan Frost SSM 57 37 71 108

4 Tye Felhaber OTT 67 58 48 106

5 Kevin Hancock LDN 69 50 55 105

6 Arthur Kaliyev HAM 67 51 51 102

7 Nate Schnarr GUE 67 34 68 102

8 Ben Jones NIAG 66 40 59 99

9 Akil Thomas NIAG 61 37 62 99

10 Greg Meireles KIT 67 35 61 96

PLAYER TEAM GP G A PTS

1 Cole Perfetti SAG 61 36 37 73

2 Marco Rossi OTT 52 28 36 64

3 Quinton Byfield SBY 62 29 32 61

4 Jacob Perreault SAR 61 28 25 53

5 Jean-Luc Foudy WSR 63 8 41 49

6 Will Cuylle WSR 63 26 15 41

7 Tyler Tullio OSH 59 15 26 41

8 Jamie Drysdale ER 62 7 32 39

9 Logan Morrison HAM 47 14 20 34

10 Antonio Stranges LDN 65 13 21 34

PLAYER TEAM GP G

1 Justin Brazeau NB 67 60

2 Tye Felhaber OTT 67 58

3 Arthur Kaliyev HAM 67 51

PLAYER TEAM GP G

1 Cole Perfetti SAG 61 36

2 Quinton Byfield SBY 62 29

3 Marco Rossi OTT 52 28

PLAYER TEAM GP MIN SH SAV GA SO GAA SAV% W L OTL

1 Michael DiPietro OTT 38 2174 978 891 87 4 2.40 0.911 23 12 0

2 Cedrick Andree OTT 44 2575 1193 1087 106 4 2.47 0.911 33 5 2

3 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen SBY 51 3004 1555 1431 124 6 2.48 0.920 37 10 2

4 Kyle Keyser OSH 46 2647 1428 1306 122 2 2.77 0.915 37 8 3

5 Ivan Prosvetov SAG 52 2936 1588 1445 143 4 2.92 0.910 36 10 2

6 Stephen Dhillon NIAG 56 3298 1793 1631 162 6 2.95 0.910 36 11 7

7 Joseph Raaymakers LDN 47 2702 1384 1251 133 2 2.95 0.904 30 9 4

8 Matthew Villalta SSM 51 2930 1524 1376 148 1 3.03 0.903 33 12 5

9 Anthony Popovich GUE 52 2992 1621 1457 164 0 3.29 0.899 30 13 5

10 Hunter Jones PBO 56 3098 1746 1574 172 3 3.33 0.901 28 23 2

POINTS POINTS BY ROOKIES

POINTS BY DEFENCEMEN GOALS

GOALS BY ROOKIES

TOP GOALTENDERS

PLAYER TEAM GP G A PTS

1 Mac Hollowell SSM 63 24 52 76

2 Ryan Merkley PBO 62 14 57 71

3 Bode Wilde SAG 60 19 51 70

4 Adam Boqvist LDN 53 20 40 60

5 Nicolas Mattinen OSH 67 18 42 60

6 Noel Hoefenmayer OTT 67 16 44 60

7 Tyler Tucker BAR 66 13 44 57

8 Thomas Harley MISS 67 11 46 57

9 Mitch Eliot SAR 65 17 37 54

10 Matt Brassard NIAG 63 11 43 54

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“One of my problems now is I can’t remember it all, so I need that computer,” Varrin explained. “Someone would come up and ask at a game, ‘how many goals did so and so have’, and I would remember but I don’t remember anymore.”

Varrin was so knowledgeable about the team’s stats that he was hired as the official score keeper for the team during the 1995-1996 OHL season. He would keep track of assists, goals, and the players’ plus/minus ratings. This was mandated by the league when players were pushing to get extra points that weren’t deserved.

“If I go back to the time when I started scoring, there were many players who would complain to the refs or linesmen for not being given credit where credit was due,” said Varrin. “One player was quite famous for doing it and some of these players forget we had video replay . Some of these guys, mainly the veterans, would do it. Those years there were rookies who were screwed out of points because the veterans would take points away from them.”

In recent years, Varrin has informed the Petes staff of upcoming milestones in the near future and has done this a few times in the past. Earlier this season it was he who reminded the Petes of their 2,000th regular season home game (February 7), and their 4,000th regular season game (February 9).

Although he no longer tracks the team’s stats, Varrin is always happy to take a call from Petes staffers with any questions as they work to honour the club’s history while building for a prominent future.

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Media Room Host Don BarrieOff Ice Officials Art Hopkinson, Shannon Lynch, Gary Dunford, Drake Tytler, Josh Hopkinson, Brian Carter, Terry McLaren, Brent Mills, Gord Lowes, Brendan Millard, Dave Post, Ben Lowes, Nick McIlwainPhotographers Ken Andersen Jess Van StaalduinenPetes Store Morgan Coe, Jennifer MalonePA Announcer Gord GibbIn-Game Host Courtney Bell

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liam kirk named togreat britain’s 28-man roster

Ice Hockey UK announced Thursday that Petes forward Liam Kirk has been named to Great Britain’s Men’s National Team 28-man roster.

Players named to the preliminary roster will be invited to take part in a training camp and exhibition games against Italy and Hungary in April. The final 25-man roster will compete in the 2019 IIHF World Championship in Slovakia which begins on May 15. Other teams taking part include host team Slovakia, Canada, United States, Finland, Germany, Denmark, and France.

Kirk, who has 25 goals and 21 assists in 60 games with the Petes this season, was a member of last year’s Great Britain squad that earned promotion to the Top Division after winning the Division I championship. He has also suited up for Great Britain for the 2017, 2018, and 2019 DIIA World Junior Championship tournaments as well as for the Under-18 team.

Kirk and the Petes visit the same 67’s on Friday, March 15 at 7:00pm in Ottawa before returning home to host the Sudbury Wolves on Saturday, March 16 at 7:05pm for their last home game of the regular season. Tickets are available at the PMC Collins Barrow Box Office in-person, online, or over the phone at (705) 743-3561.