BUFFALO, N.Y. — Calgary Flames coach Bill Peters is now being accused of punching and kicking players while he was in Carolina, adding to an allegation that he directed racist slurs at a Nigerian-born player in the minors 10 years ago.
Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour on Wednesday said “for sure that happened” in backing a former player’s complaints of Peters physically going after his own players behind the bench during his four seasons in Carolina.
Brind’Amour’s comments increase the scrutiny on Peters, whose future in Calgary remains in question.
Peters has not commented or been with his team over the past two days while the NHL and the team investigate allegations made by Akim Aliu, who said Peters “dropped the N bomb several times” because he didn’t like the player’s choice of music.