Daniel Peters (ice hockey player)

Daniel Peters
Date of birth	November 24, 1977
place of birth	Saint Paul , Minnesota , USA
size	175 cm
Weight	84 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1994-1996	Omaha Lancers
1996-2000	Colorado College
2000-2003	Philadelphia Phantoms
2003-2004	Frankfurt Lions
2004-2005	Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies

Daniel "Dan" Peters (born November 24, 1977 in Saint Paul , Minnesota ) is a former American ice hockey player who was active during his career for the Frankfurt Lions from the German Ice Hockey League .

Career

Peters began his career in 1994 in the East Coast Hockey League with the Omaha Lancers , for which he played 82 games in two seasons and was able to achieve 60 scorer points . In the summer of 1996, he decided to study at Colorado College . There he was consequently for the ice hockey team in the Collegeliga Western Collegiate Hockey Association , a league in the game operations of the NCAA , active.

The defensive player was one of the team's top performers at the Colorado College Tigers and was also one of the defenders with the highest points. After he finished his studies after the prescribed time of four years, he was able to have a total of 136 completed league games for the Tigers, in which he scored 76 points. For the 2000/01 season he moved without ever being drafted by a team from the National Hockey League , in the American Hockey League to the Philadelphia Phantoms .

Dan Peters stayed in Philadelphia for three seasons and never got a chance to prove himself in the NHL during that time. Finally, in 2003, he forced a move to Europe, where those responsible for the Frankfurt Lions from the German Ice Hockey League became aware of the then 25-year-old and provided him with a one-year contract. Peters was able to reach the play-off final of the 2003/04 season with the Lions and defeat the favorite Eisbären Berlin with 3-1 games. The American was able to win the German championship with the Lions in his first season .

However, his contract was not renewed at the end of the season and so the left-shot returned to North America, where the Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies from the ECHL took him under contract. Peters ended his active ice hockey career in the summer of 2005 at the age of 27.

International

Peters was nominated in 1997 for the US junior national team , with which he took part in the Junior World Championship in Switzerland in the same year . There he reached second place with his team after a final defeat against Canada. The left shooter was used in five games and scored no scorer point.

Achievements and Awards

• 2004 German champion with the Frankfurt Lions

Career statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
DEL main round	1	20th	2	4th	6th	48
DEL playoffs	1	11	0	1	1	18th
AHL regular season	3	180	9	30th	39	210
AHL playoffs	2	11	1	5	6th	10

Web links

• Daniel Peters at hockeydb.com (English)
• Daniel Peters at eurohockey.com