Bill Peters is out as Calgary Flames coach after former NHLer Akim Aliu, born in Nigeria, revealed that Peters used a racial epithet while speaking to him in the American Hockey League a decade ago.“This morning I received a letter of resignation from Bill Peters, which I accepted,” general manager Brad Treliving said Friday in a press conference. Smith was responsible for the team's defensemen and penalty kill.Former Hurricanes captain Rod Brind'Amour replaced Peters as head coach.CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — The Calgary Flames have hired Bill Peters as the team's head coach.The Flames introduced Peters at a news conference on Monday at Scotiabank Saddledome.
He said Rockford team captain Jake Dowell later confronted Peters about the incident in the coach’s office. Then you get sent down to the ECHL, then traded to another organization and it’s an uphill climb from there.” Assistant coach Geoff Ward will take over as the interim coach.Treliving declined to say whether he would've fired Peters because he didn't want to get into hypotheticals. After Matthew Tkachuk scored with 55.3 seconds in the third period, Gaudreau and Mark Giordano completed a pretty give-and-go that left Gaudreau alone with an open net.DENVER (AP) — The Calgary Flames' strong finish rendered their slow start into an afterthought.Elias Lindholm scored the tying goal with 1:54 left in regulation and Johnny Gaudreau put in a goal in the first minute of overtime, lifting the Flames to a 3-2 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday night.CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Calgary Flames coach Bill Peters is seeing a payoff for moving newcomer Elias Lindholm onto the Flames' top line.Lindholm scored his first two goals with Calgary and the Flames scored four unanswered goals in the third period for a 7-4 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday night.The Swede, acquired from the Carolina Hurricanes in a trade at the June draft, scored a power-play goal that was the eventual game-winner at 14:28 of the third period.RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Hurricanes say Steve Smith has resigned as assistant coach.The team announced Smith's resignation Monday. News Bill Peters resigns as Flames coach, NHL’s review into ‘serious matter’ ongoing. "I was rightfully challenged about my use of language, and I immediately returned to the dressing room and apologized to the team," he wrote.But Aliu tweeted he had read the letter on social media and called it "misleading, insincere and concerning. Live updating Bill Peters news and videos on One News Page, trusted since 2008 • Monitor hand-curated, verified media outlets for their Bill Peters coverage on One News Page.
The league immediately issued a statement saying the accusations would be investigated, "The behavior that has been alleged is repugnant and unacceptable," the NHL said.One of his former players in Carolina, Michal Jordan, said Peters had kicked him in the back while he was on the bench and had hit another player. I was too scared to speak up,” Aliu said. “Effectively immediately, Bill Peters is no longer a member of the Calgary Flames organization.”Aliu, 30, told the Canadian television network TSN that he was playing for the Rockford (Illinois) Ice Hogs in 2009-10 when Peters addressed him about his music selections in the team dressing room.“He walked in before a morning pre-game skate and said ‘Hey Akim, I’m sick of you playing that (expletive) (expletive),’ ” Aliu, 30, told TSN.Peters was in his second season with the Flames, and he had a 61-37-11 record. The Flames introduced Peters at a news conference on Monday at Scotiabank Saddledome. Peters did not speak to the media after the game and he was not behind the bench during Wednesday's game in Buffalo.The NHL has embraced a "hockey is for everyone" campaign and has preached against any form of intolerance in the sport. "When you win it and you're plus-five with three points, that's something you can tell your kids and they're going to look it up and hey, it wasn't a lie. “I beat myself up every day over it.”Aliu said he believes that incident with Peters “ruined my career before it started.”“Look at the numbers.
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