The 6’0”, 200 lbs Utterson native played a total of seven games for the Petes across the 2020-21 and 2021-22 seasons.
Patey was selected in the sixth round, 113th overall by the Peterborough Petes in the 2019 OHL Priority Selection from the North Central Minor Midget AAA Predators and spent his 2019-20 season with the U18 PMHC Peterborough Petes.
“It was a tough start to the season for Cole battling an injury and this will provide him the opportunity to get into some meaningful game action,” said Michael Oke, Petes general manager.