| Final Rank: | 6 | Midterm Rank: | 5 |
| Position: | Defenseman | Shoots: | Right |
| Height: | 6' 3" | Weight: | 206 |
| Born: | January 18, 1990 | | |
| Born in: | King City, ON, CAN |
| Drafted: |
2008: STL
(1st Round / 4th Overall)
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- Finished seventh in OHL scoring among defensemen with 53 points (13-40--53) in 60 games.
- Participated in the OHL All-Star Classic and the CHL Top Prospects Game in 2008.
- Represented Canada at the Ivan Hlinka Under-18 hockey tournament in the Czech Republic in 2007.
- Former NHL goaltender, Frank Pietrangelo (Pittsburgh and Hartford), is his dad’s second cousin.
- Was selected third overall by the Mississauga Ice Dogs in the 2006 OHL Priority Draft – his first hockey team was the Nobleking Knights and he played for the Toronto Junior Canadiens for three years before being drafted into the OHL.
- His nickname is “Petro” and he wears number 10 because he enjoyed watching Pavel Bure growing up.
- His game time rituals include drinking “a bottle filled with half Gatorade and half water during intermission and chewing gum during warm-up”.
- If he wasn’t playing hockey he would be a fisherman and the one thing he couldn’t live without is his cell phone.
STATISTICS
| SEASON | TEAM | LEAGUE | GP | G | A | P | PIM |
|---|
| 2006-2007 | NIAGARA | OHL | 59 | 7 | 45 | 52 | 45 |
| 2007-2008 | NIAGARA | OHL | 60 | 13 | 40 | 53 | 94 |
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