Peters won the Ross Harstone Trophy in 1997 as the curler with who best represents sportsmanship, observance of the rules, exemplary conduct and curling ability.

Peters again qualified for the Safeway Championship in 2011, this time skipping but throwing third stones while son Daley threw fourth.

Peters surprised many by being one of four teams to qualify for the championship round, but they would lose in the 3 vs 4 game to Mike McEwen in an extra end.

Both of his parents were Russian-born Mennonite refugees who fled to Canada in the 1920s after the Russian Revolution and settled in Steinbach, Manitoba.

He played for the Steinbach Millers junior hockey team until an eye injury ended his career at age 19.

[9] His daughter Liz Fyfe is also a curler and won the 2008 Canadian Junior Curling Championships as a second on the Kaitlyn Lawes team.