Andrew Peters (ice hockey player)

Andrew Peters
Date of birth	May 5th 1980
place of birth	St. Catharines , Ontario , Canada
size	193 cm
Weight	112 kg
position	Left wing
number	# 76
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1998 , 2nd round, 34th position Buffalo Sabers
Career stations
1996-1997	Georgetown Raiders
1997-1999	Oshawa Generals
1999-2000	Kitchener Rangers
2000-2003	Rochester Americans
2004-2005	Soil IK
2003-2009	Buffalo Sabers
2009-2010	New Jersey Devils
2010-2011	Rochester Americans

Andrew Peters (born May 5, 1980 in St. Catharines , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player on the position of left winger who has played for the Buffalo Sabers and New Jersey Devils in the National Hockey League during his playing career .

Career

Peters began his career with the Georgetown Raiders in the Ontario Junior Hockey League and in 1997 moved to the Oshawa Generals in the Ontario Hockey League . A year later, in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft , he was selected by the Buffalo Sabers in the second round in 34th place.

He spent his last season as a junior player with the Kitchener Rangers before moving to the Rochester Americans , the Sabers farm team in the AHL , in 2000 . In the second season with the Amerks he sat in the penalty box for a total of 388 minutes, which meant a league record. His brother Geoff was also used for ten games for the Amerks, with the brothers both scoring a goal together (the assist came from Andrew Peters, the goal was scored by Geoff).

From the 2003/04 season Andrew Peters was in the NHL squad of the Sabers and led them in the penalty statistics, while he hardly reached scorer points. The lockout - 2004/05 season he spent in the Swedish Allsvenskan in soil IK , where he came up with 196 penalty minutes in 22 games. After spending the 2009/10 season with the New Jersey Devils , Peters signed a one-year contract with the Florida Panthers in August 2010 , but was exchanged for Darcy Hordichuk of the Vancouver Canucks in early October . The Canucks did not use it in their farm team, but continued to use it with the Rochester Americans. On February 11, 2011, Peters declared his playing career over.

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	6th	229	4th	3	7th	650
Playoffs	-	-	-	-	-	-

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Panthers Ink LW Andrew Peters

Web links

• Andrew Peters at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Andrew Peters at hockeydb.com (English)