PRESS RELEASE

November 25th, 2007

Roop Chanderdat, President & Co-Owner, of the Petrolia Jets of the Western Ontario Hockey League (WOHL) has named Todd Annett as their new head coach.
Todd was an assistant coach and is taking over for Randy Campbell who resigned due to family commitments. Todd and his family reside in Petrolia. The club has also brought Petrolia native Brian Shannon on board. "This is a good fit for our organization and we believe the coaching staff in place can lead us to wins" says Chanderdat.
Annett and Shannon shared coaching duties two years ago for the Alvinston Flyers Jr. C hockey club. Shannon took a year off from coaching, but he couldn't wait to jump back onto the bench when he got the call.
For the 2006-07 hockey season, Annett was the head coach for the Mooretown Flags Jr. C team.
"I couldn't turn down the opportunity to coach WOHL hockey in my hometown". Annett said. Annett has coached in the Petrolia Minor Hockey system for 10 years and is still actively involved with his son's bantam team. From a family of four boys, he grew up playing in P-town with his twin brother. Hockey has always been a big part of his life, along with working on his family farm. Annett is married to Beth and has two children Brett and Brooke.
Annett plans on incorporating Hometown Petrolia style hockey along with some extra pride and heart. He knows from experience that it takes team work, dedication, good work ethic, and a lot of heart to pull off a championship, just like in 2004 when PMHA went down in the history books when they captured six provincial championships.
There is only one way for this team to go and that is up. Annett is very confident that the players will pick up their game and keep the TEAM goal in mind: making it to a playoff spot before the end of the regular season schedule ends. Annett also stated "that the support of the owners Roop and Scott is just amazing. They are very dedicated to this team and the players, which is a great feeling and this day and age that is hard to come by."

JETS ROUT ROCKETS!

The Petrolia Jets scored four unanswered goals in the second period en route to a 5-1 win over the Strathroy Rockets, Sunday evening in Petrolia.

Strathroy opened the scoring in the first period when Mark Aris beat Petrolia goalie Blair Bennett. However, Bennett was unbeatable the rest of the way, stopping a total of 33 out of 34 shots to get the win.

Stephen Sanza (shorthanded), Justin Smith, Thor Skalski and Chris Edwards scored the second period goals for the Jets, while Tanner Tomlinson added another shorthanded goal late in the third period to cap the scoring.

JETS WIN AGAIN!

The Petrolia Jets won on Saturday knocking off St. Marys 5-4 before 223 fans at the Greenwood Recreation Centre.

Peter Pritchett's unassisted goal at 18:51 of the third period snapped a 4-4 tie and gave the Jets the win. Tony Beck, Thor Skalski, Justin Smith and Greg Zavitz scored the other Petrolia goals. Greg Noyes had a pair for St. Marys.

Petrolia led 3-1 after the first period and 4-2 after the second. St. Marys tied the game by the 13:43 mark of period three.

Blair Bennett was the inning goalie making 25 saves while Evan Groenstege stopped 21 for St. Marys.

JETS BEAT FLYERS IN OVERTIME!

Petrolia Jets won Thursday night downing the Leamington Flyers 6-5 in overtime before 420 fans at the Kinsmen Recreation Centre.

Justin Smith's second goal of the game at 1:14 of overtime gave Petrolia the much-needed win. Tony Beck, Thor Skalski, Stephen Sanza and Chase Clark scored the other Petrolia goals.The Jets trailed 1-0 after the first period, but roared back to take a 4-1 lead after 40 minutes. Leamington scored three goals to start the third period to pull even at 4-4.

After Clark put Petrolia up 5-4 at 19:12, Leamington tied the game with 13 seconds left in regulation time.Leamington held a 47-23 edge in shots on goal with Blair Bennett the winning goalie.

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JET FANS - update

Petrolia opens the 2007-08 season on the road in Leamington on Sept. 13, with the Jets' home opener in Petrolia at the Greenwood Recreation Centre slated for Sept. 21 at 7 p.m. versus the league champion Strathroy Rockets.

JET FANS

The Jets first exhibition game is Saturday in Lucan against the St. Marys Lincolns at 7:00 p.m. Aug. 29 St. Marys is at Petrolia in Glencoe at 7 p.m., and Sept. 5 the Jets host London in Glencoe, also at 7 p.m. Petrolia travels to London on Sept. 8 to close out the exhibition season.

JETS SIGN - update

The Petrolia Jets are pleased to announce that they have signed key players for this years 2007-08 season.

IAQUINTO, Anthony

SMITH, Justin

ROGERS, Joseph

JACOBS, Joseph

BECK, Anthony

SKALSKI, Thor

PRITCHETT, Peter

BELANGER, Brentley

EDWARDS, Chris

ZAVITS, Greg

TOMLINSON, Tanner

JETS MAIN CAMP - update

The Petrolia Jets would like to congratulate all players who participated in this years main camp. A special thanks goes out to all players who were unsuccessful on making the final cut. The Jets will participate in four preseason games.

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