Career
Pettinger played 98 games in the National Hockey League (National Hockey League) with the Ottawa Senators, Toronto Maple Leafs, and Boston Bruins. Pettinger is the brother of fellow National Hockey League player Gord Pettinger. As a child, Pettinger"s family moved to Regina, Saskatchewan.
In 1922, Pettinger joined the Regina Victorias of the Southern Saskatchewan Senior Hockey League, playing there for five seasons.
After one season in Fort William, Pettinger signed as a free agent with the New York Rangers. Pettinger never joined the Rangers, as his rights were traded a month later to the Toronto Maple Leafs, then two months later traded to Boston, all while playing in Fort William.
Pettinger joined the Bruins for the 1928-1929 season, only to be traded once again, this time to the Maple Leafs. Pettinger played one season with the Leafs before being traded to Ottawa as part of the King Clancy deal.
Pettinger played in only 13 games with the Senators before he was dealt to the International Hockey League"s London Panthers.
Pettinger would not return to the National Hockey League, playing with London for five years, before stints with the International-American Hockey League(IAHL)"s Cleveland Barons, the Pacific Coast Hockey League"s Portland Buckaroos and the IAHL"s Pittsburgh Hornets. September, 1927 - Signed as a free agent by New York Rangers October, 1927 - Rights traded to Toronto by New York Rangers for the rights to Yip Foster December 21, 1927 - Rights traded to Boston by Toronto with $15,000 for Jimmy Herbert January 10, 1929 - Traded to Toronto by Boston with the rights to Hugh Plaxton for the rights to George Owen October 11, 1930 - Traded to Ottawa by Toronto with Art Smith and $35,000 for King Clancy.
