Bill Peters Out As Flames Coach After Player Said He Used Racial Slur While Talking To Him A Decade Ago

USA TODAY, USA Today: NHL
Fri, 11/29/2019 - 11:48am

Flames coach Bill Peters resigned Friday after former NHLer Akim Aliu, born in Nigeria, revealed Peters used a racial epithet while speaking to him.

Topics: hockey

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