Patrick O’Connor – Director of Player Personnel & Assistant Coach

Patrick joined the Petes as an assistant coach ahead of the 2019-20 season. The England native came up through the Durham junior hockey system, and went on to play for and captain Great Britain’s national junior team. He turned pro in 1994, joining the Sheffield Steelers where he spent the season playing with Petes Head Coach Rob Wilson and winning the BHL Championship. O’Connor was forced to retire due to injury a few years later and went on to build a successful telecommunications company in the UK and a boxing gym (Brandon Boxing Club). He would later join the coaching staff of the Newcastle Vipers for two seasons alongside Wilson. O’Connor moved to Peterborough in 2019 with his wife Louise and their children Harrison and Heidi, while his daughters Georgia and Olivia pay frequent visits from the UK.