Justin Peters

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. 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.

On February 5, 2010, the Carolina Hurricanes recalled Justin Peters from Albany after Cam Ward suffered an upper body injury. 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.

On July 1, 2016, Peters left the Capitals as a free agent and signed a one-year contract with the Arizona Coyotes. He was assigned to begin the 2016–17 season with the Coyotes' AHL affiliate, the inaugural Tucson Roadrunners. 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.

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). On October 18, 2017, signed a contract with Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) side Kölner Haie of Germany.

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. In January 2024, Peters was elevated to become the Ottawa Senators goaltending coach.

International play

On May 4, 2014, Peters was added to Canada's roster for the 2014 World Championship. 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.

Personal Both of Peters' brothers play hockey. Anthony, a fellow goaltender, plays for Modo Hockey in HockeyAllsvenskan. Youngest brother Alexander was drafted by the Dallas Stars in the 2014 NHL entry draft and most recently played for Saint Mary's University.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs 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 — 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 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 — — — — — — — — 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 — — — — — — — — 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 — — — — — — — — 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 — — — — — — — — 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 — — — — — — — — 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 — — — — — — — — 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 — — — — — — — — 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 — — — — — — — — 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 — — — — — — — — 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 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 — — — — — — — — 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 — — — — — — — — 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 — — — — — — — — 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 — — — — — — — — NHL totals 83 25 38 — 9 4483 230 3 3.08 .901 — — — — — — — —