Peterborough, ON – The Peterborough Petes, in association with the Canadian Cancer Society Peterborough & District Unit, are excited to announce that $72,923 was raised in the sixth annual Pink in the Rink campaign.

The 2015 Pink in the Rink campaign featured Dan O’Toole as the honourary co-chair. The world-renowned sports anchor and Peterborough native raised $6,895 on his fundraising web-page. Preceding the Petes’ 6-3 win against the Windsor Spitfires, O’Toole spoke during an emotional pre-game ceremony which included Anita Blackbourn, local mother of two who is battling stage four breast cancer.

Dan and Anita were joined at centre ice by CCS Peterborough Manager Anita Record, Petes President Jim Devlin, Montana’s Manager Mike Jickels, and Tim Horton’s Owners Lee Schubert and Donna Annett.

During and after the game, Canadian Cancer Society volunteers and staff coordinated several other fundraising initiatives, with results as follows:

Chuck-a-Ball: $1,000

Silent Auction: $6,678

Game-worn jersey live auction: $21,595 (Michael Clarke’s and Josh Coyle’s jerseys sold for the most at $1,250 each)

Bucket pass: $3,395

Leading up to the game night, the Petes unveiled the new commemorative jersey design which featured the names of nearly 200 individuals directly affected by cancer.

In addition, special commemorative fundraising t-shirts and scarves were sold, which rounded out the grand total including money donated at the Pink in the Rink Celebrity Servers event at Kelsey’s and Montana’s in January and sponsorship sales.

For more information, visit gopetesgo.com.