‘MOMENT OF FRUSTRATION’

Calgary Flames Coach Bill Peters Exits Over ‘N-Bomb’ Scandal

Former player Akim Aliu wrote that Peters called him a racial epithet 10 years ago—an incident the Flames coach acknowledged.

Calgary Flames coach Bill Peters on Friday resigned amid a scandal surrounding his use of a racial epithet a decade ago. Former pro hockey player Akim Aliu revealed Monday on Twitter that Peters “dropped the N bomb several times towards me in the dressing room in my rookie year because he didn't like my choice of music.” Two days later, Peters apologized for the incident, calling it a “moment of frustration.” He added: “Although it was an isolated and immediately regrettable incident, I take responsibility for what I said.” The next day, however, Aliu called the coach’s apology “insincere” and then on Friday, in a news conference, Flames GM Brad Treliving announced Peters had resigned.