Peterborough Petes Mourn Passing of Alumnus Tony Featherstone

Peterborough Petes alumnus and former NHL player Tony Featherstone has passed away on Sunday.

Photo Courtesy of the Peterborough Petes.

Featherstone spent three seasons with the Petes organization from 1966-69. including the Kitchener Greenshirts final season in the 1966-67 season.

He tallied 39 goals, 48 assists for 89 points in 97 games in the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) before he was selected in the first round, seventh overall in the NHL Amateur Draft by the Oakland Seals.

In the NHL, the Toronto-born right-winger had 17 goals, 21 assists for 38 points with the Seals, California Golden Seals and the Minnesota North Stars before being traded to the Montreal Canadiens in 1971. He would report and play with their AHL affiliate in Nova Scotia for two seasons. He appeared in the Calder Cup Finals both years, winning one in 1971-72.

Before hanging up his skates in 1976, Featherstone played two seasons for the Toronto Toros of the World Hockey Association (WHA) where he put up 29 goals, 45 assists for 74 points in 108 games.

“Tony was a guy who was tough, but not aggressively tough,” stated Pete Pearson. “Every team had one player that made space for their team and he was that guy.”

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