Saturday, June 19, 2010

Petes Name Director of Player Personnel

Press Release

Mike joins the Petes on a full-time basis after spending the past three months as the Manager of Player Personnel on an interim basis while the Petes went through a management change and hired General Manager Dave Reid.

Prior to his role with the Petes Mike worked with International Scouting Services (ISS) as Chief Scout and was promoted to the position of General Manager/Chief Scout in September of 2008. Among his many duties, Oke was responsible for overseeing the day to day operations of ISS as well as the scouting staffs responsible for producing reports on players eligible for the NHL Draft, as well as the WHL, QMJHL, OHL and CHL Import Drafts.

Mike was an Assistant Coach in charge of video with Team Pacific at the 2008 World Under 17 Hockey Challenge, worked as the Director of Player Personnel and Assistant Coach with the Oshawa Generals from 2004-2006 and spent four years as Assistant Coach at Wilfrid Laurier University of the Ontario University Athletic Association, where he played a role in the Hawks trip to the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) National Hockey Championships in 2001 as well as four years as Full-Time Head Coach/Manager with the Trenton Sting of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League, winning the OPJHL Eastern Conference Championship in 1998. He is a graduate of the Sports Administration program at Durham College.

“Mike’s scouting background along with his strong work ethic and knowledge of the OHL will continue to be a valuable asset to the Peterborough Petes. I am very pleased that Mike has agreed to join our team as Director of Player Personnel on a full time basis” says General Manager Dave Reid.

Mike’s duties will include being the Head Scout of the Peterborough Petes working with our scouting staff of Chris McNamara, Ron Ringler, Mike MacPherson, Cory Snoddon, Sandy Gemmitti, and Randy Walker as well as overseeing the development of all non-rostered players on the Peterborough Petes protected list.

(Nathan also is a writer for Maineiacs Post to Post and the Maine Hockey Journal. He can be reached at fourniern@students.nescom.edu)

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