The Flames investigation continues
From #Flames GM Brad Treliving in Buffalo:
We have not completed (our investigation). Bill has not been relieved of his duties. We are continuing this ongoing investigation right now. We hope to have this completed quickly, but it’s got to be thorough.
— Pat Steinberg (@Fan960Steinberg) November 26, 2019
TSN has corroborated the initial incident
“He walked in before a morning pre-game skate and said ‘Hey Akim, I’m sick of you playing that n—– s—,’ ” Aliu told TSN, with Peters, who was then the Ice Hogs head coach, referring to Aliu’s selection of hip-hop music. “He said ‘I’m sick of hearing this n—–s f—— other n—–s in the ass stuff.’“He then walked out like nothing ever happened. You could hear a pin drop in the room, everything went dead silent. I just sat down in my stall, didn’t say a word.”Two of Aliu’s Rockford teammates who were in the room at the time of the alleged incident, Simon Pepin and Peter MacArthur, independently corroborated Aliu’s account to TSN on Tuesday.
Additional allegations have emerged
If you think Mike Commodore had harsh words for Babcock you are in for a treat to hear what I would have to say about Bill Peters … Worst human being to ever coach me … treated me terrible on a AHL team (IceHogs) where I won a League Award for Community Service. #badguy pic.twitter.com/oJ0DqLI9Ey
— Sean McMorrow (@sheriffmcmorrow) November 26, 2019
Former #Canes player Michal Jordan confirms to #TSN that there were "multiple" physical altercations between coach Bill Peters and players in Carolina.
"He kicked me pretty hard in the back during a game," Jordan said. "Even the trainers and the other guys saw it."
— Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) November 26, 2019
Can confirm and will add close relationships spanning decades were ruined because of Francis' decision not to fire Peters. Obviously more to come later. https://t.co/DPAhiCLGaT
— Sara Civ (@SaraCivian) November 26, 2019
Peters is still head coach… for now
I have it good authority that No. 1 is essentially what's happening right now. https://t.co/OdtfzQWlXl
— Greg Wyshynski (@wyshynski) November 26, 2019