James "Seaweed" Pettie (October 24, 1953 â August 31, 2019) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played 21 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Boston Bruins between 1976 and 1979.
Pettie was born in Toronto, Ontario.
As a youth, he played in the 1965 and 1966 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey team from Toronto.
Pettie died in Rochester, New York, on August 31, 2019, at the age of 65, due to cancer.