Flames coach takes puck to face in Coyotes game, returns with stitches

Nov 25, 2018, 3:00 PM | Updated: 4:25 pm

They say hockey players are tough. That includes coaches, too.

During the Arizona Coyotes vs. Calgary Flames day game at Gila River Arena on Sunday, Flames coach Bill Peters was standing behind his team’s bench when a rogue puck flew into the bench area. It hit Peters square on the face, and he was down for a moment.

After some delay, he was escorted down the tunnel, and it appeared that Flames assistant Martin Gelinas had taken over, per Flames reporter Kristen Anderson.

Peters’ exit didn’t last the entire game.

#Flames coach Bill Peters just left the bench after he took a puck to the face. pic.twitter.com/Q0Ko5Knoun

— FOX Sports Arizona (@FOXSPORTSAZ) November 25, 2018

About half an hour after the incident, Peters was already back on the bench with a stitched wound visible on the side of his face.

UPDATE: Peters has returned to the #Flames bench after he received 8 stitches on the left side of his face. pic.twitter.com/DcIp4rvUd7

— FOX Sports Arizona (@FOXSPORTSAZ) November 25, 2018

Peters is coaching his first season with the Calgary Flames after his departure from the Carolina Hurricanes, where he coached for four seasons.

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Calgary Flames center Sean Monahan (23), center Austin Czarnik (27) and left wing Matthew Tkachuk (19) look on as training staff treat head coach Bill Peters who was struck in the face with a puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Arizona Coyotes, Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Calgary Flames defenseman Noah Hanifin (55) scores a power play goal against Arizona Coyotes goaltender Antti Raanta (32) as Coyotes defenseman Kevin Connauton (44) looks on during the second period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Calgary Flames center Austin Czarnik (27) is tripped between Arizona Coyotes defenseman Jakob Chychrun (6) and Coyotes goaltender Antti Raanta, right, during the second period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Arizona Coyotes goaltender Antti Raanta (32) gives up a short-handed goal to Calgary Flames Noah Hanifin during the first period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Calgary Flames center Sean Monahan (23) celebrates his goal against Arizona Coyotes goaltender Antti Raanta, right, with defenseman Mark Giordano (5), center Elias Lindholm (28) and left wing Johnny Gaudreau, second from left, during the first period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

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