Bill Peters (ice hockey)
| Bill Peters | |
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Peters in 2014
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| Born |
January 13, 1965 Three Hills, Alberta, Canada |
| Team | Carolina Hurricanes |
| Previous team(s) |
Detroit Red Wings Rockford IceHogs Spokane Chiefs University of Lethbridge |
| Years as a coach | 1996–present |
| Years as an NHL coach | 2011–present |
William Robert "Bill" Peters (born January 13, 1965) is a Canadian ice hockey coach and former college player. He is currently the head coach of the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has also served as the coach of the Canadian men's national ice hockey team.
Peters was born in Three Hills, Alberta, where he spent the first 10 years of his life living on a cattle and grain farm. Afterwards he moved to Killam, and started to play both ice hockey and baseball. At the age of fifteen, Peters broke his knee as his bicycle was run over by a car, an injury that hindered his intention to play professionally. He only played college hockey, two seasons for the Augustana Vikings, and one for the Red Deer College Kings, where he won the 1989 Alberta Colleges Athletics Conference championship under future mentor Mike Babcock. Afterwards, he began his managerial career coaching Killam's Junior B team at the age of 24, before moving to Texas following an assignment of his nurse wife. Peters helped open San Antonio's first ice hockey rink, and held hockey schools every summer across the United States and Canada. He also played his only game as a professional in Texas, as a last-minute replacement in 1996 for the Central Hockey League's San Antonio Iguanas.
Peters began his coaching career during the 1996-97 season when he was named as an assistant coach for the Spokane Chiefs of the Western Hockey League (WHL). He served in that role through the end of the 2001-02 season.
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