Justin Peters

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| name = Justin Peters

| image = Justin Peters 2013-04-27.JPG

| image_size = 230px

| caption = Peters with the Carolina Hurricanes in 2013

| played_for = Carolina Hurricanes
Washington Capitals
Arizona Coyotes
Dinamo Riga
Kölner Haie
Piráti Chomutov
BK Mladá Boleslav
HC Bílí Tygři Liberec

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|8|30}}

| birth_place = Blyth, Ontario, Canada

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 230

| position = Goaltender

| catches = Left

| draft = 38th overall

| draft_year = 2004

| draft_team = Carolina Hurricanes

| career_start = 2006

| career_end = 2020

}}

Justin Peters (born August 30, 1986) is a Canadian ice hockey coach and former professional ice hockey goaltender. He was selected in the second round, 38th overall, by the Carolina Hurricanes in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft. He is currently the goaltending coach for the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League.

Peters played 83 career games for the Hurricanes, Washington Capitals and Arizona Coyotes.

Playing career

After playing Junior A hockey with the Vaughan Vipers of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League (OPJHL), Peters began a four-season Ontario Hockey League (OHL) career with the Toronto St. Michael's Majors and Plymouth Whalers. Peters scored an empty-net goal in Game 7 of the first-round of the 2004 OHL playoffs against the Sudbury Wolves while playing for the Majors.{{cite web |title=JUSTIN PETERS |url=http://gocheckers.com/players/35-justin-peters.html |website=Charlotte Checkers |access-date=2017-04-14 |archive-date=2017-04-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415200718/http://gocheckers.com/players/35-justin-peters.html |url-status=dead }} He was drafted in the second round, 38th overall, by the Carolina Hurricanes in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft, then began his professional career in 2006–07 with the Hurricanes' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Albany River Rats. He was demoted to the ECHL for parts of the 2007–08 season, but returned to the River Rats in 2008–09.

File:Justin Peters Checkers.jpg in 2012]]

On February 5, 2010, the Carolina Hurricanes recalled Justin Peters from Albany after Cam Ward suffered an upper body injury.[https://web.archive.org/web/20100208154332/http://www.canescountry.com/2010/2/5/1296835/justin-peters-recalled-from-albany "Justin Peters Recalled From Albany"] canescountry.com cached on February 9, 2010 He made his NHL debut for the Hurricanes on February 6, 2010, starting against the New York Islanders; he made 34 saves in a 3–1 victory.

After eight seasons within the Hurricanes organization, Peters left as a free agent to sign a two-year contract with the Washington Capitals on July 1, 2015.{{cite news| url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/capitals/capitals-sign-orpik-peters-to-free-agent-deals/2014/07/01/e2dcd98e-0146-11e4-9a6a-955ebcaa3334_story.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140716065517/http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/capitals/capitals-sign-orpik-peters-to-free-agent-deals/2014/07/01/e2dcd98e-0146-11e4-9a6a-955ebcaa3334_story.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2014-07-16 | title = Capitals add two Penguins defencemen in free agency | newspaper = Washington Post | date = 2014-07-01 | accessdate = 2014-07-01}}

On July 1, 2016, Peters left the Capitals as a free agent and signed a one-year contract with the Arizona Coyotes.{{cite web| url = http://coyotes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=888298 | title = Coyotes sign Peters to one-year contract | publisher = Arizona Coyotes | date = 2016-07-01 | accessdate = 2016-07-01}} He was assigned to begin the 2016–17 season with the Coyotes' AHL affiliate, the inaugural Tucson Roadrunners.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/coyotes/news/coyotes-assign-dvorak-peters-to-ahl/c-283753406|title=Coyotes Assign Dvorak, Peters To AHL|publisher=nhl.com|date=2016-11-15|accessdate=2016-11-21}} With the Coyotes impacted by an injury to starting goaltender Mike Smith, Peters was recalled and appeared in three games. While returned to the Roadrunners, Peters (along with Justin Hache) were traded to the Dallas Stars in exchange for Brendan Ranford and Branden Troock on February 1, 2017.{{cite web| url = https://www.nhl.com/stars/news/dallas-stars-acquire-goaltender-justin-peters-and-defenseman-justin-hache-from-arizona-coyotes-in-exchange-for-forwards-brendan-ranford-and-branden-tr/c-286342010 | title = Stars acquire Peters and Hache | publisher = Dallas Stars | date = 2017-02-01 | accessdate = 2017-02-01}}

Having spent his first ten professional seasons in North America, on June 30, 2017, Peters signed a one-year deal with Latvian club Dinamo Riga of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).{{cite web | url = https://www.dinamoriga.lv/lv/zinas/kluba-zinas/dinamo-riga-vienojusies-ar-vartsargu-justin-peters | title = Dinamo agrees contract with goalie Justin Peters | publisher = Dinamo Riga | date = 2017-06-30 | accessdate = 2017-06-30 | archive-date = 2017-07-20 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170720083204/https://www.dinamoriga.lv/lv/zinas/kluba-zinas/dinamo-riga-vienojusies-ar-vartsargu-justin-peters | url-status = dead }} On October 18, 2017, signed a contract with Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) side Kölner Haie of Germany.{{Cite web|url=http://www.haie.de/news/haie-verpflichten-goalie-justin-peters|title=Haie verpflichten Goalie Justin Peters {{!}} Kölner Haie|website=www.haie.de|date=18 October 2017 |language=de|access-date=2017-10-20}}

Peters moved to Piráti Chomutov of the Czech Extraliga for the 2018-19 season. He then played for Bili Tygri Liberec and BK Mlada Boleslav the following season.

Post-Playing Career

On February 5, 2021, Peters was hired by the Belleville Senators as a goaltending coach, effectively ending his professional career.{{cite web |title=Belleville Senators add Sexton and Peters to coaching staff |url=https://bellevillesens.com/belleville-senators-add-sexton-peters-coaching-staff/ |website=Belleville Senators |date=5 February 2021 |access-date=February 5, 2021 |archive-date=5 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205180054/https://bellevillesens.com/belleville-senators-add-sexton-peters-coaching-staff/ |url-status=dead }}In January 2024, Peters was elevated to become the Ottawa Senators goaltending coach.{{cite web |last=Garrioch |first=Bruce |date=January 15, 2024 |title=Senators promote goalie coach Justin Peters and reassign Zac Bierk |url=https://ottawasun.com/sports/hockey/nhl/ottawa-senators/senators-promote-goalie-coach-peters-reassign-bierk |access-date=January 18, 2024 |work=Ottawa Sun}}

International play

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On May 4, 2014, Peters was added to Canada's roster for the 2014 World Championship.[http://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/news/three-players-added-and-one-change-made-to-canadas-2014-iihf-world-championship-roster "Three players added and one roster change made to Canada's National Men's Team roster for 2014 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship"] hockeycanada.ca cached on May 20, 2014 Assuming the role as the team's third goaltender, Peters did not dress in the tournament.

On January 11, 2018, Peters was named to Canada's men's hockey team delegation to the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeonchang, South Korea, where they won the bronze medal.[http://blackburnnews.com/midwestern-ontario/midwestern-ontario-sports/2018/01/11/blyth-native-peters-makes-team-canada-mens-hockey-team/ "Blyth Native Peters Makes Team Canada Men’s Hockey Team"]

Personal

Both of Peters' brothers play hockey. Anthony, a fellow goaltender, plays for Modo Hockey in HockeyAllsvenskan.{{cite web |title=Anthony Peters |url=https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/14372/anthony-peters |website=eliteprospects.com |accessdate=February 7, 2021}} Youngest brother Alexander was drafted by the Dallas Stars in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft and most recently played for Saint Mary's University.{{cite web |title=Alexander Peters |url=https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/196066/alexander-peters |website=eliteprospects.com |accessdate=January 28, 2019}}

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" \| ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" \| ! colspan="10" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" \| Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" \| ! colspan="8" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" \| Playoffs
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! W !! L !! T !! OTL !! MIN !! GA !! SO !! GAA !! SV% ! GP !! W !! L !! MIN !! GA !! SO !! GAA !! SV%
2001–02 \| Huron-Perth Lakers \| OMHA \| 17	11	2	4	—	810	32	1	1.89	— \| 13	9	4	285	30	1	2.31	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2002–03 \| Toronto St. Michael's Majors \| OHL \| 23	6	11	1	—	1057	55	0	3.12	.905 \| 7	1	0	126	4	0	1.90	9.49
2003–04 \| Toronto St. Michael's Majors \| OHL \| 53	30	16	6	—	3149	139	4	2.65	.910 \| 18	10	8	1109	37	4	2.00	.922
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2004–05 \| Toronto St. Michael's Majors \| OHL \| 58	23	20	8	—	3149	146	3	2.78	.911 \| 10	4	4	524	25	0	2.86	.934
2005–06 \| Toronto St. Michael's Majors \| OHL \| 20	10	6	—	3	1174	75	0	3.83	.893 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2005–06 \| Plymouth Whalers \| OHL \| 35	19	15	—	1	2073	95	1	2.75	.921 \| 13	6	7	789	42	0	3.20	.901
2006–07 \| Albany River Rats \| AHL \| 34	10	18	—	0	1765	96	1	3.26	.886 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2006–07 \| Florida Everblades \| ECHL \| 1	0	0	—	1	65	6	0	5.54	.786 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007–08 \| Albany River Rats \| AHL \| 11	7	3	—	0	645	29	0	2.70	.904 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2007–08 \| Florida Everblades \| ECHL \| 31	18	10	—	2	1846	79	1	2.57	.922 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008–09 \| Albany River Rats \| AHL \| 56	19	30	—	4	3178	153	4	2.89	.908 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2009–10 \| Albany River Rats \| AHL \| 45	26	18	—	2	2763	117	1	2.54	.917 \| 8	4	4	509	29	0	3.42	.896
2009–10 \| Carolina Hurricanes \| NHL \| 9	6	3	—	0	488	23	0	2.83	.905 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2010–11 \| Carolina Hurricanes \| NHL \| 12	3	5	—	1	648	43	0	3.98	.875 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011–12 \| Charlotte Checkers \| AHL \| 28	10	13	—	2	1604	74	1	2.77	.908 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2011–12 \| Carolina Hurricanes \| NHL \| 7	2	3	—	2	387	16	1	2.48	.931 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012–13 \| Charlotte Checkers \| AHL \| 37	22	12	—	1	2072	79	6	2.29	.921 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2012–13 \| Carolina Hurricanes \| NHL \| 19	4	11	—	1	954	55	1	3.46	.891 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013–14 \| Charlotte Checkers \| AHL \| 6	4	1	—	1	364	13	0	2.14	.932 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2013–14 \| Carolina Hurricanes \| NHL \| 21	7	9	—	4	1225	51	1	2.50	.919 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014–15 \| Washington Capitals \| NHL \| 12	3	6	—	1	647	35	0	3.25	.881 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2014–15 \| Hershey Bears \| AHL \| 2	1	1	—	0	119	3	1	1.51	.948 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015–16 \| Hershey Bears \| AHL \| 37	17	8	—	12	2055	104	1	3.04	.896 \| 20	11	9	1242	44	2	2.13	.922
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2016–17 \| Tucson Roadrunners \| AHL \| 12	5	6	—	0	590	41	0	4.17	.868 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016–17 \| Arizona Coyotes \| NHL \| 3	0	1	—	0	133	7	0	3.16	.900 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2016–17 \| Texas Stars \| AHL \| 31	13	16	—	4	1760	91	2	3.10	.888 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017–18 \| Dinamo Riga \| KHL \| 14	2	11	—	0	690	40	0	3.48	.869 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2017–18 \| Kölner Haie \| DEL \| 24	11	11	—	0	1294	63	1	2.92	.895 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018–19 \| Piráti Chomutov \| CZE \| 35	13	22	—	0	2027	94	3	2.78	.906 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2019–20 \| Bílí Tygři Liberec \| CZE \| 12	8	3	—	0	669	39	1	3.50	.881 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2019–20 \| BK Mladá Boleslav \| CZE \| 11	7	4	—	0	575	19	2	1.98	.918 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan=3 \| NHL totals ! 83 !! 25 !! 38 !! — !! 9 !! 4483 !! 230 !! 3 !! 3.08 !! .901 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! — !! — !! — !! —