Petes Goalie Hunter Jones Named OHL Player of the Week For First Time In Career

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The Ontario Hockey League today announced that Minnesota Wild prospect Hunter Jones of the Peterborough Petes is the OHL “On the Run” Player of the Week with a 3-0 record, 1.67 goals-against average and .943 save percentage.

Jones earns the award for the first time in his OHL career after backstopping the Petes to a perfect 3-0 record. On Sunday (October 20th), he stopped 28 of 29 in Sunday's 2-1 victory over the CHL's top-ranked Oshawa Generals, earning his 40th career OHL win in the process.

A 19-year-old native of Brantford, Ont., Jones is off to a 9-1-0-0 start in the 2019-20 season, posting a league-leading 2.41 goals-against average along with a .919 save percentage and one shutout.

Jones—who is honouring the late legendary broadcaster Gary Dalliday on his goalie mask—owns a career 40-34-2-2 record over 82 career OHL regular season contests, posting a 3.54 goals-against average and .896 save percentage with four shutouts. Originally Peterborough's fifth round pick in the 2016 OHL Priority Selection, Jones was selected by the Minnesota Wild in the second round of the 2019 NHL Draft.

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Sell Out Crowd Watches Petes Win 4-3 In Home Opener, Goalie Pays Tribute To Gary Dalliday On Mask

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After nine straight games on the road to start the season as the Peterborough Memorial Centre completed renovations, the Petes finally hit home ice, defeating Hamilton Bulldogs 4-3 in front of a sell-out crowd of 3,719.

The maroon and white scoring two goals in the final minutes of the third period to complete the comeback victory. Peterborough were deserving of the win, outshooting the visiting Bulldogs 38-25.

Photo by Jess Van Staalduinen, Peterborough Petes

In addition, goalie Hunter Jones is honouring the late legendary broadcaster Gary Dalliday—Petes play by play announcer Pete Dalliday’s dad—on his goalie mask.

“Big shout out to Petes goalie Hunter Jones who’s paying tribute to my father on his mask this year,” says Pete Dalliday in a Facebook post. “What a classy young man. He could have put anything on there and he did this. Thanks Hunter.”

Photo courtesy Peterborough Petes

The Petes are back on the road to take on two of the country’s top teams, Ottawa on Friday and Oshawa on Sunday. Their next home game is on Thursday, October 24th at 7:05 p.m. when they host the Sarnia Sting.

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