Petes Collect 388 Pieces Of Hockey Equipment In Effort To Make Hockey More Accessible

The Peterborough Petes in partnership with Emterra Environmental successfully collected 388 pieces of hockey equipment in the Try Hockey equipment drive on Dec. 17 and 18.

All equipment will be used in future, free hockey initiatives offered by the Petes in an effort to make hockey more accessible.

During the two-day campaign, fans made donations at the Peterborough Memorial Centre and a variety of equipment was generously donated including 56 pairs of skates, 32 sticks, 57 pairs of gloves, 43 helmets and 20 hockey bags.

“Peterborough’s generous community spirit was exhibited throughout the two days of equipment collection. We are incredibly excited to use what was dropped off and run free, introductory to hockey programming in the near future and continue to make hockey more accessible for the Peterborough community” said Shelbi Kilcollins, Petes Director of Marketing and Growth.

“We are very grateful for the support of the Peterborough community and their contributions towards this initiative. We look forward to further creating a circular economy in sports with the Petes through our ongoing partnership,” said Paulina Leung, Chief Sustainability Officer, Emterra Group.

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