Peter Allen (ice hockey), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Canadian ice hockey player
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Place of Birth: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
About Peter Allen (ice hockey)
- Peter Allen (born March 6, 1970) is a Canadian former ice hockey defenceman. Born in Calgary, Alberta, Allen was taken in the 1991 NHL Supplemental Draft by the Boston Bruins from Yale University.
- After graduation in 1993, he had a spell with the Canadian National Team before spells in the East Coast Hockey League with the Richmond Renegades and in the American Hockey League for the Prince Edward Island Senators.
- Another spell with Team Canada followed, including in the 1995 World Ice Hockey Championships, winning a bronze medal.
- Afterwards he signed with the Pittsburgh Penguins as a free agent and played eight games for them during the 1995-96 NHL season but failed to register a point.
- He spent much of his tenure with the International Hockey League's Cleveland Lumberjacks.
- In 1997, Allen signed with the San Jose Sharks, but was assigned to the AHL's Kentucky Thoroughblades and never played for San Jose.
- Allen then represented his country again in 2000 World Championships, but played just one game as Canada left empty-handed, losing to Finland in the bronze medal match.
- Afterwards, Allen played in the European league, beginning with a spell in the Swiss Nationalliga B with EHC Chur.
- He then had spells in Germany's Deutsche Eishockey Liga for the Schwenninger Wild Wings and in the German 2.
- Bundesliga for EC Bad Nauheim before retiring in 2004.
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