#peterborough petes

[yzerman]

Steve Yzerman during his two-year stint with the Peterborough Petes, 1982.

[pokemonwearingsportsmerch]

[onmytape]

@ someone who knows the 2021-2022 peterborough petes: who is this??

[readyfreddy]

The Kamloops Blazers really gave up a 4-1 lead in the tie-breaker game to the Peterborough Petes, where the Petes lost against the Blazers 10-2 earlier in the tournament.

Congrats to the Petes and good luck in the semi-final against the Seattle Thunderbirds.

[mrsfilipchibstelford]

[schneiderdavis]

THE PETES ARE OHL CHAMPS !!!!

[annieqattheperipheral]

while u wait for this glorious matty fic (which so needs to happen) pls enjoy this very real OHL champ, undrafted Leafs prospect, turned fashion designer who Strome & Debrincat have commissioned pieces from, and used to setup a table to sell his pieces at arenas while he played defense.

Full article:

As a veteran defenceman in the Ontario Hockey League, Cameron Lizotte had been in countless pressure situations before.

At 19, he was a trade deadline acquisition by the Erie Otters to help with a lengthy playoff run that culminated with an OHL championship and an appearance in the 2017 Memorial Cup. He had been under scrutiny at NHL training camps and he understood that it was all part of the game.

He was used to the nerves, anxiety, energy and excitement he experienced in hockey, so he was well prepared for one of the biggest tests of his new career: Paris Fashion Week.

“So much hype and anticipation for just those few brief moments,” said the retired hockey player turned designer. “But to compare, the way I am, it was either physically violent on the ice or emotionally vulnerable with my art. Both can be stressful, but at least I got fewer bumps and bruises (in Paris).

“It was a crazy experience.”

Lizotte, 24, was part of the Flying Solo show last month, which took place at La Galerie Bourbon in Paris. Flying Solo is a New York-based fashion retailer that also serves as an incubator for new and emerging designers.

For Paris Fashion Week, Flying Solo featured the work of 20 designers from around the world — including Lizotte and his label, Atelier Coin. His label name is an homage to his hometown of Sudbury, Ont., known for its nickel mining.

Lizotte showed eight looks from his Fall/Winter 2022-23 collection in Paris and is slated to show 13 looks at Vancouver Fashion Week on April 10. Despite the fall/winter label, Lizotte considers the pieces part of his “lifetime collection,” because each garment is made by him exclusively, by hand, with a limit of one. There’s no production line, so if a piece is sold, that’s it — there are no more available. Even if a piece is commissioned from an existing garment, it would be inspired by the original but wouldn’t be the same.

It’s a bit like buying an original piece of art.

And, like art, he already has customers around the world who are buying his clothes not to wear but as investment pieces.

“People look at my clothing as an investment, which is pretty crazy, and that they see something in me, which is also crazy, but it really motivates me to keep going,” said Lizotte from his home studio in Victoria, B.C.

His story, a hockey player who started out making his own clothes, is well-known in junior hockey circles. But Paris Fashion Week has been a game-changer for Lizotte, who spent his career trying to reconcile his past as a rugged defenceman and his future as a talented up-and-coming Canadian designer. Breaking down stereotypes hasn’t been easy.

“I didn’t always fit in with the hockey aesthetic,” said Lizotte.

For his creations, Lizotte usually buys fabric ends, so there isn’t much material to begin with for his garments.

“Sometimes I only have enough to make one piece anyways,” he said. “I’ve had to say, ‘Sorry’ to a lot of people when they’ve wanted certain things. People will say that’s not great for business, but in a way, the exclusivity will be. I think there’s a reason something inside me is telling me not to ever damage this one of one.”

He counts many of his former teammates as clients. Chicago Blackhawks centre Dylan Strome, who played with Lizotte in Erie, had the former defenceman create a dark blue bomber jacket for him with his initials and No.17 stitched on the inside. Strome said he has the piece with him in Chicago and still wears it, though he’s extra careful with it, knowing it’s one-of-a-kind.

“He’s very talented in what he does,” said Strome. “It’s very impressive to do that and play hockey — making those clothes as well as he does.

“Just the quality of it is very impressive for someone who kind of just started doing it in his basement.”

Lizotte began sewing in high school in Peterborough, where he was playing for the OHL’s Petes. He had always been interested in art and needed a backup plan if hockey didn’t work out. He learned the basics of using the sewing machine during a course he took called “World of Fashion” in Grade 11. He loved it. From there he honed his sewing techniques by watching YouTube videos and searching the internet.

Lizotte found he had a knack for garment construction — figuring out how to put the pieces together without a pattern. Even now, Lizotte makes all his clothes based solely on rough sketches, playing with form and draping, without cutting patterns first.

He would design clothes for himself — items he couldn’t find in any stores — and would end up selling them to his teammates, who would post them on Instagram. Word spread that if you were looking for something outside the ordinary to wear, Cam had you covered.

“When we were wearing them back in junior you’d get stopped all the time in the city with people wondering where (the clothes) were from,” said Blackhawks forward Alex DeBrincat, another former teammate who owns Atelier Coin creations.

Eventually, when he was traded from Peterborough to the Barrie Colts, Lizotte enrolled in a workshop run by Kathyrn Brenne in North Bay, Ont. Brenne, a best-selling Vogue pattern designer and former contributing editor at Vogue Patterns magazine, served as a mentor and showed him how to finesse some of his self-taught skills — how to put in a zipper properly or design a certain style of pant. She said she was immediately impressed by his work ethic and dedication to the craft.

“I’ve had a few men come to me, but never a hockey player,” said Brenne, in an interview from Paris. “When I first met Cam he was still playing hockey and I think he still had to decide (what he was going to do). Whenever he had a break he would come to me (in North Bay) when he would go home to his parents in Sudbury.

“When he was playing hockey he’d go to practice and go home and sew all night. The kids were practically ripping the clothes off his back they wanted them so much.”

While playing in Barrie, Lizotte had a pop-up shop inside the arena during games where he’d sell his designs. He’d pay someone to sit in the booth while he was busy patrolling the blue line for the Colts.

“I don’t think there’s ever been anyone in history who has sold their own clothes while they played hockey — and clothing that they made with their own hands,” said Lizotte, with a laugh. “It wasn’t something they put a print on and was made in China.”

By the time he was traded to Erie, Pa., for their playoff run, Lizotte had gained a following and a reputation for his clothes. Strome remembers Lizotte coming to town and his billet house becoming a make-shift studio.

“He brought his sewing machine and like 200 pieces of fabric and he was holding them up saying, ‘This one is going to be a T-shirt when I’m done, this one is a jacket, this is jeans,'” said Strome.

But being known as the player who liked to sew and make clothes also made him a target in the insular, conformist hockey world — something he’s always had to fight to stay true to his art.

“Anytime anyone does something out of the box, it’s easy material for another kid to use,” said Strome. “He’s made it farther than probably a lot of the guys who were chirping him.”

There were times when it proved difficult for Lizotte to reconcile his life in hockey with his craft, because there were always people who held a narrow view of his potential.

“At my graduation, people laughed at me because they thought it was a joke — ‘Who is this hockey guy, who’s making a joke that he’s going to be a fashion designer? That’s not even a job.’ They couldn’t even fathom it,” said Lizotte. “But it’s slowly convincing people that I’m more than just a hockey player. For a long time, I hated that stereotype of being a hockey player.”

He’d hear opponents chirping, but along with the sewing, Lizotte had another reputation, too, and he wasn’t afraid to back it up.

“Most of the league was scared of him,” said DeBrincat. “He was definitely one of our tough guys.”

After going to the Memorial Cup in his fourth OHL season, a shoulder injury derailed any future hockey aspirations but, in reality, Lizotte said there came a point where playing felt more like an obligation, rather than something he was “obsessed” with doing. There was also the feeling that the hockey culture was always trying to push conformity and anyone who coloured outside the lines needed to assimilate.

Lizotte remembers being invited to Toronto Maple Leafs training camp in 2015. He had a full beard and was told he would need to show up to camp cleanly shaven if he wanted to attend. He refused. He felt that his beard, which he called “one of the best beards in hockey” at the time, was part of his identity and he wasn’t comfortable giving that up — for anyone. He went to camp with his beard and no one with the Leafs said a word to him about it.

“Everyone looked at me like I was crazy,” said Lizotte of his fellow prospects. “I didn’t care. This is who I am. You can’t change who I am. If you want me or not — this is who I am. If my beard bothers you that much, I don’t know what to tell you. … There are so many rules in hockey and people are so bound. I didn’t mean any disrespect to anyone. I thought there was more disrespect in not letting people be themselves. All the other kids were like, ‘Nope, gotta do what they say. I’m just a number.'”

There was also the aesthetic, which he said he didn’t always fit. In hockey — and particularly in junior — the off-ice uniform seemed to either be a suit and tie or the comfortable team tracksuit, which was essential for long bus rides.

“Those were really the two outfits,” said Lizotte. “That was the lifestyle they live and it was the lifestyle I lived for a bit riding the buses. I’d always try to wear nice clothes, but they’d always get wrinkled on the bus sitting everywhere travelling. I don’t blame them. But comparable to basketball, they have so much freedom with how they dress and the way they can speak with their clothing.”

Still, Lizotte said his hockey background has served him well in his new career as a fashion designer — especially the work ethic and dedication to always be learning and improving.

He also believes there could be a sports-centric fashion show inspired by his hockey career in the future.

“I definitely get inspired by function in design and sports has a lot of function with that and I’ve actually been thinking in the future maybe I’ll do a fashion show inspired by my hockey career,” said Lizotte.

“If someone was scared to put the puck in my corner, I want to put that same energy into my clothing — that same grit and tenacity.”

That tenacity was even more important during the past two years. A lot of Lizotte’s clothes are what he considers “event wear” — well-made, functional clothes you’d wear out for a birthday or a special night out. So, like many others in the fashion industry, the pandemic hit him hard. He was able to make masks to sell and put his talents to use by teaching a sewing class online part-time. Through the class, he was not only able to share his knowledge, but also have some social interaction. He said he was surprised at how few people realized the amount of time it takes to sew even the most basic pair of pants, let alone do it well.

Like his time in Paris, it’s inspired him to keep on his path of sewing and creating. He’s had people tell him he needs to start making more of the same products if he wants to be successful in the business — even if it’s in a smaller quantity. But Lizotte, who has always done things his own way, isn’t interested in becoming a household name just yet.

“My brand, my company — it’s not about making the most money,” said Lizotte. “It’s not about trying to be the biggest. It’s about doing things right.

“I love the sewing and creating. I feel like if I ever lost that, I would be losing everything. If I did mass production I wouldn’t have that — the whole point is to do the craft and if that means I can only make this much money because I can only make this much clothing, then so be it. I’ll be happy just to make clothing for a living — I just want to be comfortable and do what I love.”

I am CONVINCED that Matthew Tkachuk would be a fashion designer or somehow involved in fashion if he wasn't an NHL hockey player. The dude loves his clothing and accessories, and is so proud for designing/requesting Brady's draft suit. And of course his series of fashion videos (his closet of suits).

Brady's suit interior had his name, the Dallas skyline and draft year from memory. All Matthew's idea and he was so very proud.

He has so many suits and sweaters. The man loves his clothing.

Look at him!!! He loves his suits. He is so proud.

But also his LV belt buckle. If he is wearing a suit with a buckle it is 99.9% the LV belt.

ETA: What I'm getting at is people should write me fics about Matthew Tkachuk becoming a fashion designer after a career ending injury. Put me out of my misery and write it. I CAN'T write another long fic.

[valentin10]

OHL Highlights : Peterborough Petes @ Flint Firebirds Nov. 8, 2024

[insanityisdivine]

Peter Criss

Sweet Peety Pie, Pete, Petey, Petersburg, Peterborough, Pete and the giant peen, Cat, Catnip, *kissy noise*; Kitty cat, Kitten, Lil' Kitten, sweet kitten, sweet ole' pussy cat...whore

[goalhofer]

2024 IIHF World Juniors Canada Roster

Wingers

#17 Macklin Celebrini (Boston University Terriers/North Vancouver, British Columbia)

#18 Matthew Wood (University Of Connecticut Huskies/Lethbridge, Alberta)

#20 Carson Rehkopf (Kitchener Rangers/Barrie, Ontario)

#21 Owen Allard (Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds/Renfrew, Ontario)

#22 Jordan Dumais (Halifax Mooseheads/Longueuil, Quebec)

#27 Easton Cowan (London Knights/Strathroy-Caradoc, Ontario)

Centers

#8 Owen Beck (Peterborough Petes/Peterborough, Ontario)

#9 Nate Danielson (Brandon Wheat Kings/Red Deer, Alberta)

#12 Fraser Minten (Saskatoon Blades/Vancouver, British Columbia)

#15 Matt Poitras (Boston Bruins/Ajax, Ontario)

#26 Matthew Savoie (Wenatchee Wild/St. Albert, Alberta)

#28 Conor Geekie (Wenatchee Wild/Yellowhead Municipality, MB)

#29 Brayden Yager (Moose Jaw Warriors/Saskatoon, Saskatchewan)

Defensemen

#2 Tristan Luneau (Anaheim Ducks/Victoriaville, Quebec)

#3 Jake Furlong (Halifax Mooseheads/Labrador City, Newfoundland)

#4 Noah Warren (Victoriaville Tigres/Île Bizard, Quebec)

#5 Oliver Bonk (London Knights/Ottawa, Ontario)

#6 Tanner Molendyk (Saskatoon Blades/Kamloops, British Columbia)

#13 Maveric Lamoureaux (Drummondville Voltigeurs/Hawkesbury, Ontario)

#24 Denton Mateychuk (Moose Jaw Warriors/Emerson-Franklin Municipality, Manitoba)

Goalies

#1 Scott Ratzlaff (Seattle Thunderbirds/Wainwright Municipality, AB)

#30 Mathis Rousseau (Halifax Mooseheads/Boisbriand, Quebec)

#31 Samuel Saint-Hilaire (Sherbrooke Phoenix/Saint-Elzéar-De-Beauce, Quebec)

[regina-pats]

Did the Regina Pats waste Connor Bedard's Talent?

A lot of people are upset after last night's game, like myself. I lot of people are blaming coaching, individual players, management decisions, and even Bedard himself. This isn't okay.

In short, the Pats absolutely didn't waste his talent.

Bedard (and likely his agent as well) made the decision not to get traded to a team that would be more likely to advance further in the playoffs and Memorial Cup. If he went to Kamloops, he would have an automatic ticket to the cup, if he went to Seattle, he'd already be playing with 8-10 already drafted players. Instead, he stayed with Regina. I am unsure of the specific details regarding his contracts with his agent, team, and the WHL.

Bedard is one player on the Pats, and they relied on him way too much, and it really showed in game seven. Other players, such as Tanner Howe have been overlooked, as all eyes have been concentrated on Bedard. All players made positive contributions, had a lot of first, and made some mistakes. I do think that management could have done a better job building around him, but they did great with the players that have.

Also, would teams want to trade for him? At the time of trade deadline, the season is halfway over, with roughly 30 regular season games remaining plus whatever playoff games the team gets. The team that would hypothetically trade for him would have to give up at least ten future picks for him. If you follow the OHL, the Peterborough Petes got a lot of picks for McTavish and the Kingston Frontenacs got even more picks for Shane Wright (look how that one went lol). What I'm trying to say is that they're risking two to three years of their future for a single player.

This happened with the Regina Pats when they hosted the cup in 2018. They put went all in, did really bad for the next few years and lucked into Bedard (the pick originally came from the Swift Current Broncos).

Bedard has easily brought in 1.5 million dollars into the WHL alone, and probably even more into the Regina community. People have been coming in from the USA and all over Canada to see him play. They don't want to see the Pats play, they want to see Bedard play. This has brought employment into the community. Where that be direct employment from the Pats or Brandt (company that owns the Pats), or indirectly (hospitality services at the rink and in Regina too).

He has also popularized the game for so many people that may not have started playing if it wasn't for him. He's brought a lot to the community, doing skates and practices with youth hockey leagues, the children will always remember that.

For that I thank him for what he has brought to Regina, and the broader hockey community.

Best of luck to Bedard and his future career. A true, once-in-a-lifetime, generational player.

[laresearchette]

Friday, January 20, 2022 Canadian TV Listings (Times Eastern)

WHERE CAN I FIND THOSE PREMIERES?: SHAPE ISLAND (Apple TV +) TRUTH BE TOLD (Apple TV +) THE ASSISTANT (TUBI) REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER (HBO Canada) 10:00pm DARCY & STACY STRIKE BACK (TLC Canada) 11:00pm WHAT IS NOT PREMIERING IN CANADA TONIGHT? CRISS ANGEL'S MAGIC WITH THE STARS (CW Feed) PENN & TELLER: FOOL US (CW Feed) KINDRED SPIRITS (TBD - DTour) THE REAL FRIENDS OF WEHO (TBD - MTV Canada)

NEW TO AMAZON PRIME CANADA/CBC GEM/CRAVE TV/DISNEY + STAR/NETFLIX CANADA:

AMAZON PRIME CANADA DETECTIVE KNIGHT: INDEPENDENCE THE LEGEND OF VOX MACHINE (Season 2) MARQUERITE VOLANT (Season 1)

CBC GEM HAMMER

CRAVE TV THE AFTERMATH AMBULANCE THE BACK-UP PLAN BEGINNERS THE BREAK-UP DINE YOUR SIGN: SUMMER FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS INDIAN HORSE THE IRON LADY IT’S COMPLICATED JUST FOR LAUGHS 2022: THE GALA SPECIALS PATTON OSWALT THE KING’S DAUGHTER LIE WITH ME MIDNIGHT RUN MIRROR MIRROR MONSIEUR LAHAR OLDBOY (2003) RIDICULOUSNESS (Season 27) SIESTA KEY: MIAMI MOVES (Season 5)

DISNEY + STAR THE HEIR: THE FREESTYLE DYNASTY/EL HEREDERO: LA DINASTIA DEL FREESTYLE (Season 1 premiere)

NETFLIX CANADA BAKE SQUAD (Season 2) BLING EMPIRE: NEW YORK FAUDA (Season 4) MISSION MAJNU REPRESENT SAHMARAN SHANTY TOWN

AUSTRALIAN OPEN TENNIS (TSN) 7:00pm: Early Round Coverage Day #6 (TSN4) 9:00pm: Early Round Coverage Day #6

NHL HOCKEY (TSN5) 7:00pm: Sens vs. Penguins (SNPacific) 10:00pm: Avalanche vs. Canucks

CHL HOCKEY (TSN3) 7:30pm: Peterborough Petes vs. Guelph Storm

NBA BASKETBALL   (SN/SN1) 7:30pm: Heat vs. Mavericks (TSN2) 7:30pm: Warriors vs. Cavaliers (SN1) 10:00pm: Grizzlies vs. Lakers

MARKETPLACE (CBC) 8:00pm: Busting Miracle Cures: Hidden Camera Investigation: Investigating the ���Doc of Detox” who promises to cure serious ailments with his supplements & specialized devices. We reveal the false claims & speak to those who regret subscribing to his treatment.

STUFF THE BRITISH STOLE (CBC) 8:30pm: Sign a deal with Queen Victoria or face disease and devastation? That was a choice facing one of Canada’s proudest leaders. But did the British forces then literally steal the shirt from his back?

THE NATURE OF THINGS (CBC) 9:00pm: Science & Cannabis: Is cannabis a medical cure-all or snake oil? Scientists distinguish the medicine from the myths.

TRANSPLANT (CTV) 9:00pm: A software glitch takes down the emergency department; Bash explores new terrain; Mags searches for a new cardiologist; June is fed up with her bosses; Theo attempts a stable dating life.

THE PROOF IS OUT THERE (History Canada) 9:00pm (SEASON PREMIERE):  Reports of a dinosaur living in the African Congo, strange lights above the Hessdalen Valley in Norway, a 12-year-old girl in Russia with superhuman strength, and proof of an alien structure on an asteroid.

OLDBOY (2003) (Crave) 9:00pm:  A vengeful man (Choi Min-sik) must unlock the mystery behind his 15-year-imprisonment by unseen jailers.

CRIME BEAT (Global) 10:00pm: The Wrongful Confession

THE SUICIDE TEXTS: THE FRIENDS SPEAK (Super Channel Fuse)  10:00pm: The case of Michelle Carter and Conrad Roy, who met during a chance encounter while on vacation and immediately connected through their struggles with mental health; over time, Michelle helped Conrad prepare and execute his suicide.

TERROR TRAIN 2 (Crave) 11:05pm: Alana is coerced to join the Magician and other survivors on a New Year's Eve redemption ride aboard the now infamous Terror Train, where a new kind of evil awaits. Once again, the terrified passengers must fight to survive.

[three-headed-monster]

Can you do a list of where all the Canada guys are playing now so I can keep track? All these trades are making me cray.

yup anon!

as far as i know these are the only ones who have been moved recently:

ohl

del mastro -> sarnia sting

beck -> peterborough petes

wright -> windsor spitfires

whl

ostapchuk -> winnipeg ice

zellweger -> kamloops blazers

[southjerseyweb]

Peterborough sisters take pride in new jersey designs

Peterborough sisters take pride in new jersey designs. When it comes to Petes design contest, the Randall family has had great success. flag wire …

[blogynews]

"Homecoming Unveiled: Londoner Michael Simpson Returns to Dominate the Ice with the London Knights"

London Knights Acquire Goaltender Michael Simpson from Peterborough Petes In a surprising move, the London Knights have acquired goaltender Michael Simpson from the Peterborough Petes. Simpson, who was named the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) playoff most valuable player just four months ago, will now have the opportunity to help the Knights win the J. Ross Robertson Cup. After leading the Petes to…