Peter always had to work in the summer holiday since he was 14. His parents helped him get the jobs, and continued to pay him allowance, so the jobs supported all the new equipment for hockey he kept needing to buy as he grew. Also helped pay for all the travel he needed to do as part of the age group teams he was qualifying for.

The first summer he worked stacking shelves in a hardware store, pretty easy work, and helped keep him on his feet all day.

The next summer he worked behind the counter of the same Hardware store in addition to stacking shelves.

the next summer was the last summer he needed to work since he had a semi-pro contract from the Danish ice hockey league to look forward to the following year. However this summer he ended up being strong enough to work in the warehouse out behind the hardware store where they received bulk chemical deliveries and then repackaged those into smaller containers for resale under the store's own brand. This was back breaking work especially over summer. needing to be in full coverage overalls, working next to a huge extractor fan, as well as having to handle some pretty nasty stuff used for cleaning, and also for treating swimming pools. on top of that he also needed to move 40-60kg drums of chemicals to and from his work area, as well as loading and stacking or shipping out the boxes and containers he had just packed. It wasn't all bad, the owner bought him lunch each day from the bakery, and the work was super physical which means the off-season conditioning programme he was on was a breeze.