Personal Life
In his free time, Peters gave his efforts to numerous charities, and made several visits to Children's Hospitals in both Buffalo and Rochester during his career. He was also a featured member at Ryan Miller's "Catwalk for Charity" events. In 2008, Peters would tend bar at the Pearl St. Grill and Brewery during the summer with all tips going to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Peters and his wife also did work to promote the Family Justice Center of Western New York, which works with women who have been victims of domestic violence.
In 2010, Peters was a big part of two charity hockey games. In the first ever "Hockey Night in St. Catharines", he was able to gather some other NHL players from the area to play in the game which ended up raising over $100,000 for the United Way. Also, he participated in a game in Rochester for the late Craig Charron, who was a former teammate.
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