Dave Peters enters his eleventh season at  Dartmouth College and his 19th overall as a college hockey coach. He was chosen as the winner of the 2008 Terry Flanagan Award, which honors an assistant coach for his career body of work. Peters is one of the most accomplished assistant coaches and recruiters in the country. He has a proven record for improving programs and helping to develop players.

    His responsibilities at Dartmouth include recruiting, coaching the forwards and overseeing the power play. The Big Green had an All-America forward for four consecutive years beginning in 2003, and in 2007, David Jones became the school’s first Hobey Baker finalist. In 2004 Dartmouth had three players selected among the top 100 picks in the NHL draft, and in 2002-03 they had the highest scoring freshman class in the country. Since 2000 Dartmouth has had seven winning seasons, five trips to the ECAC semi-finals, two 20-win seasons, an Ivy League Championship and a share of the ECAC Championship for the first time in school history.

    From 1993-98, Peters was the top assistant and recruiting coordinator at Providence College. In his third season, Peters helped lead the Friars to the 1996 Hockey East Championship and a trip to the NCAA Tournament. It marked the first and only time that Providence made back-to-back trips to the Hockey East finals. Peters was instrumental in recruiting 12 members of the Hockey East All-Academic Team and 10 NHL draft picks, including Fernando Pisani of the Edmonton Oilers.

    In May of 1998, Peters was named head coach and general manager of the Danville Wings junior hockey team, where he assembled a team that went on to win the 2000 North American Hockey League Championship and finish third in the nation. While Peters was gaining valuable head coaching experience in junior hockey, he kept a close eye on the progress of Providence College, as the 1998-99 Friars advanced to the Hockey East semifinals, ranked fourth nationally in scoring and had three 50-point scorers for the first time since 1983.

    From 1990-93, as the top assistant and recruiting coordinator, Peters was a driving force in building the Kent State University hockey program into a competitive CCHA member. In 1991-92 Kent State ranked ninth nationally in scoring and recorded upset wins over Michigan State, Boston College and Providence. In 1992-93, Kent swept the season series against both Ohio State and Notre Dame, and won both games at Bowling Green.

    Peters spends part of the off-season working for USA Hockey, coaching and helping to develop elite players in New England. He was the head coach of the gold-medal winning New England Select 17 team at the 2000 Junior Olympic Festival. Peters is a 1982 graduate of Boston College with a bachelor’s degree in marketing. A hard-working forward, Peters earned a roster spot on the 1979-80 team that won 25 games, a first for BC hockey. Peters lives in Hanover with his wife Katherine and their 10-year-old son Jake.