As Managing Owner/CEO for the past fourteen seasons, Petrovek oversaw the short and long term needs of the business, represented the franchise as an alternate governor at the League level, and participated regularly as a member of various league committees. He took the lead role in developing the Pirates' winning bids for the 2003 Dodge AHL All-Star Classic and the 2010 Time Warner Cable AHL All-Star Classic joining Rochester, Hershey and Providence as the only cities to host more than one AHL All-Star event in the league's history.
Locally, Petrovek served as Board Chair of the United Way of Greater Portland (2007-2009), on the City
Manager's Business Advisory Council, and was a MaineHealth and Gorham Savings Bank Corporator. In 2012, Petrovek served on the City of Portland's Task Force on the Homeless and the Portland School Committee's Transition Committee for the new Superintendent of Schools.
Petrovek served as President of 211 Maine, Inc. from 2003 through 2007 and also served on the Boards of Maine Medical Center, the Portland Regional and Community Chambers, Portland's Downtown District and is currently President of the Cumberland Club. He served as the President of Portland's Downtown District from 2009 to 2011. Petrovek chaired the Boy Scout Pine Tree Council's Annual Campaign in 2007, and served as Honorary Chair of the Children's Museum of Maine's 2008 Annual Campaign.
Petrovek was inducted into the Junior Achievement of Maine Business Hall of Fame in 2008, an honor given to the state's most distinguished businessmen and women for their outstanding contributions to free enterprise and the promise of a better, stronger society. He also received the 2008 Henri A. Benoit Award for Leadership in the Private Sector from the Portland Regional Chamber, not only for his successful stewardship of the Pirates organization, but also for his extraordinary contribution to the greater Portland community, and was awarded the Bert Andrews Award in 2010 by the United Way of Greater Portland, the organization's highest award.
"Ron, Lyman and I started talking more definitively about the opportunity and need for change as the ink dried on a new long term lease with the Civic Center and the completion of the renovation project," said Petrovek, "My decision allows Ron to steer the ship on his own course and begin a new journey for the brand and our fans and sponsors as the team prepares for the 2014-15 season and a much welcomed return to their longtime home, the newly renovated Cumberland County Civic Center and to a community where the franchise has a longstanding history and tradition. The team and business is now well situated to turn the corner and I'm honored to have played a part in that process for so many years. The best days of Portland Pirates hockey are ahead and I look forward to experiencing that now as a fan. I have been actively considering various executive management and entrepreneurial opportunities, both locally and nationally. I've been privileged to shepherd the Pirates for much longer than I had ever planned or imagined. My family and I have so much for which to be thankful, and on behalf of the team, I am grateful to so many people in the community and want to thank each of them for their support and generosity."
"Brian is at the top of his game - our loss will be another's gain," said Cain. "What Brian and his family have contributed to the business over the past fourteen years, from hosting two AHL All Star Classics, securing successful relationships with NHL affiliates during times when the team's future was uncertain, to his tireless efforts during the Civic Center's successful bond renovation campaign, let alone all the work he and his wife have done locally serving on a myriad of civic, community and charitable boards, has been second to none and will be missed."
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