Prior to his one-year stint at Danville, Peters served as the top assistant at Providence College and was the Friars’ recruiting coordinator. While at Providence, he was instrumental in the success of a rich hockey program. In 1996, Peters' third season with the Friars, Providence won the Hockey East Championship. It was the school's second consecutive trip to the finals. In 1995, the Friars finished runner-up to eventual national champion Boston University.

Peters has coached more than 20 players who have been drafted, and many more who are playing professionally in North America and Europe.

Before his coaching career at Providence, Peters served as an assistant coach at Kent State University from 1990-93. While at Kent State, Peters was a driving force in the improvement of the school's hockey program from a Division 1 independent to a CCHA competitor. His responsibilities at Kent State included coordinating, recruiting and working with the team's forwards and power play unit.

Peters has also served as an assistant coach for the USA Hockey National 17 Camp at Lake Placid, N.Y. He also spent four months with UMass-Amherst prior to taking the assistant position at Providence.

Peters was the head coach for the New England Select 17 Team that participated in th 2000 Junior Olympic Festival held in Saint Cloud, Minn. The team captured a gold medal by finishing 3-0-1 in the festival and won in the first place game.

After graduating from Boston College, where he was a member of the hockey team, the Quincy, Massachusetts native worked in private business before returning to hockey in 1988.

Peters and his wife, Katherine, reside in Hanover with their son, Jacob (2).