Peter A. Ing (born April 28, 1969) is a Canadian former professional

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. He played 74 games in the

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with the

Toronto Maple Leafs The Toronto Maple Leafs (officially the Toronto Maple Leaf Hockey Club and often referred to as the Leafs) are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Div ...

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, and

Detroit Red Wings The Detroit Red Wings (colloquially referred to as the Wings) are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit. The Red Wings compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference, and are ...

between 1989 and 1993.

Biography

Ing was born in

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, Ontario of mixed ancestry. His father was Chinese and mother was Jewish. As a youth, Ing played in the 1982

Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament The Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament (french: Tournoi international de hockey pee-wee de Québec) is an annual minor ice hockey event in Quebec City. The tournament was founded in 1960 to coincide with the Quebec Winter Carnival ...

with a

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team from

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. Ing was selected in the third round, 48th overall, by the

in the

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, and joined Toronto in 1989. He briefly played for the

and the

. His later career was spent in the International Hockey League and the

American Hockey League The American Hockey League (AHL) is a professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental league for the National Hockey League (NHL). Since the 2010–11 season, every team in the lea ...

. Ing retired from hockey and worked at a casino in

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and later as director of slot marketing at

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Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

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* 1969 births Living people Adirondack Red Wings players Canadian ice hockey goaltenders Canadian sportspeople of Chinese descent Cape Breton Oilers players Cincinnati Cyclones (IHL) players Detroit Red Wings players Edmonton Oilers players Fort Wayne Komets players Jewish ice hockey players Las Vegas Thunder players London Knights players Newmarket Saints players San Diego Gulls (IHL) players Ice hockey people from Toronto Toronto Maple Leafs draft picks Toronto Maple Leafs players Windsor Spitfires players {{Canada-icehockey-goaltender-stub