Peter Short (born April 26, 1976, in Richmond, British Columbia) is a field hockey player from Canada, whose brother Rob also represents the Men's National Team. A striker, Short played for several years in the Dutch League with HGC and HC Rotterdam. He left Rotterdam after helping the club promote to the First Division in the spring of 2005. For the next two years, Short moved to the UK and played hockey for Surbiton Hockey Club in the south London area. During his time in London he studied Urban Planning at the University College of London, where he acquired a master's degree in International Planning at the University College London.