Coach Todd Gill stepped off the Kingston Frontenacs bus late Thursday afternoon and went inside the Peterborough Memorial Centre to meet two new players.

It was that type of whirlwind day for Gill's team, which lost much of its veteran presence after general manager Doug Gilmour made three trades earlier in the day.

"I just met them, showed them some systems and told them to go out and have some fun," Gill said about his pre-game introduction to newcomers Billy Jenkins and Jack Nevins.

The two then went out and both scored in a 7-3 victory over the Peterborough Petes in the opener of a home-and-home series. Nevins, formerly of the Sarnia Sting, also had two assists and ex-Niagara IceDog Jenkins picked up one.

Odessa's Darcy Greenaway and Petr Beranek each added two goals and Trevor Morbeck added the other.

The Frontenacs (11-23-2-2), who put 50 shots on Peterborough goaltenders Mike Morrison and Andrew D'Agostini, won the game with four unanswered third-period goals.

The one new comer Gill didn't meet was Ryan Kujawinski, the 16-year-old player the Sarnia Sting traded to Kingston for Ryan Spooner. Kujawinski and his parents were driving to Kingston on Thursday.

Kujawinski, wearing the same No. 17 he had in Sarnia, will make his Kingston debut Friday night (7:30, Cogeco Ch. 13, 88.7 FM) when the Frontenacs face the Petes (17-15-3-3) at the K-Rock Centre.

Jenkins, a swift skater, scored his third of the season to give Kingston a 3-2 lead in the second period. Nevins, sporting No. 23, scored what would be the winner at 1:20 of the third period.

Gill gave his new players lots of ice time, including the power play. Kujawinski, who played for Team Ontario at the World Under-17 Challenge in Windsor, can expect lots of ice time, too.

"They (Nevins and Jenkins) did a great job for their first game. They added some offence we didn't have before," Gill said.

When Nathan Cull left the game in the first period with a suspected concussion, Gill put Jenkins and Nevins on a line with Morbeck. They responded with seven points.

"We did not have a very good first period, but all of a sudden in the second everybody got it," Gill said.

"Our third period was very good. We scored some goals, which is nice to see."

Defenceman Jeff Braithwaite sat out Thursday's game, an indication the 19-year-old defenceman could also be moved.

Gilmour, in a second-period intermission interview on cable television, told former Ontario Hockey League coach Brian Drumm he possibly could make a few more moves.

"The big part is over with. If (anything else) happens, it happens," Gilmour said.

It was a strange situation for Nevins, who practised in the morning with the Sting before being told he had been traded.

Nevins is familiar with coach Gill, having played against the Brockville Braves last year while he was with the Kemptville 73s in the Central Junior A Hockey League. Gill was coaching Brockville then.

"Coming to Kingston brings me a really good opportunity," Nevins said in a post-game interview.

The Frontenacs are home for two games this weekend — versus Peterborough on Friday and the Barrie Colts on Sunday afternoon.