Petes reassign 12 players

Maroon and White final scrimmage game tonight at 6 p.m. PETES PIECES

The Petes reassigned 12 players following Thursday’s scrimmages to set the rosters for their Maroon and White Game 6 p.m. Friday.

Players reassigned include Adrien Beraldo (Ancaster Jr. B Avalanche), Parker Casey (TBD), Brendan Cederberg (Listowel Jr. B Cyclones), Blake Curran (Peterborough Major Midget AAA), Chad Denault (Rayside-Balfour Jr. A Canadians), Isaac Emon (St. Andrew’s College), Matthew Falls (Toronto Jr. A Canadiens), Liam Haslam (TBD), Nate McDonald (Powassan Jr. A Voodoos), Matt McNamara (Lindsay Jr. A Muskies), Jake Nimmo (TBD) and Luke St. John (St. Andrew’s College).

“The Petes would like to thank each of the players re-assigned today for attending training camp and wish them good luck in their upcoming seasons,” stated Petes GM Michael Oke, in a press release.

“These players performed well in all areas of training camp including on- and off-ice testing, practices and intrasquad games. Our staff will be following their development closely this season.”

Lorentz leads Team East Side Mario’s

Steve Lorentz and Luke Wyatt scored a pair of goals each to power Team East Side Mario’s past Team CCM 6-4 in the Peterborough Petes’ lone training camp scrimmage on Thursday.

Wyatt had the wining goal and added an empty-net tally while Lorentz scored his first goal on a penalty shot. ESM goalie Billy Day stopped 24 of 26 shots in the game’s second half while partner Blake Curran stopped 17 of 19.

Also scoring for ESM was Nick Grima and Carson Gallagher. Jonathan Ang had two assists with singles to Matyas Svoboda, Troy Henley and Isaac Emon.

C.J. Clarke had two goals and an assist for CCM while Igor Martynov and Ian McKinnon also scored. Cole Fraser, Tyler Rollo, Josh Coyle and Ethan Ramsden had assists. Hunter Jones stopped 15 of 18 shots and Nate McDonald 10 of 12.

The final Maroon and White scrimmage will be held at 6 p.m. Friday at the PMC. The Petes first exhibition game is 2 p.m. Sunday when they host the Oshawa Generals. The barbecue for Petes season ticket holders will follow at 4 p.m.

The lone lineup change saw goalie Scott Smith sit out and be replaced by McDonald. Petes goalie coach Andrew Verner said the club knows what Smith can do and wanted to get a longer look at McDonald alongside the other rookie goalies.

Rink board winners

The Petes’ 2016 Home Opener Rinkboard Draw winners, picked randomly by Petes head coach Jody Hull, were P.J.’s Diner and XCopper. P.J.’s has won a rinkboard advertisement for the 2016-17 season and XCopper has won a game night sponsorship.

The two local businesses were two of over 20 organizations that participated in the draw. Each group purchased 50 tickets to the Petes 2016 home opener on Sept. 22 against the Ottawa 67’s.

Due to the popularity of the contest, only a few Family Zone and regular bowl tickets remain for the home opener.