Yanic Perreault

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Position	Center
Shoots	Left
Nickname	No Panic Yanic
Height Weight	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 189 lb (86 kg)
NHL Team F. Teams	Toronto Maple Leafs Phoenix Coyotes Los Angeles Kings Montreal Canadiens Nashville Predators
Nationality	Canada
Born	April 4, 1971, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
NHL Draft	47th overall, 1991 Toronto Maple Leafs
Pro Career	1993 – present

Yanic Perreault (b. April 4, 1971 in Sherbrooke, Quebec) is a current professional ice hockey player. He plays as a centre for the Toronto Maple Leafs. Previously, he played for the Nashville Predators, Montreal Canadiens, Phoenix Coyotes and Los Angeles Kings.

Yanic started his hockey career in Trois-Rivières where he was one of the best offensive players in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, racking up a total of 185 points in his most productive season.

Yanic is statistically one of the better face-off men in the NHL. He consistently has one of the best face-off win percentages in the NHL. He is regarded as one of the greatest face-off men in NHL history. These incredible face-off percentages combined with his quick and accurate wrist-shot earned him the affectionate nick-name of "No Panic Yanic".

On February 27, 2007, Perrault got traded back to the Toronto Maple Leafs from the Phoenix Coyotes, for defencemen Brendan Bell and a draft pick.

[edit] Career statistics

                                  Regular Season              
Season  Team                    Lge   GP   G   A    Pts  PIM   
1988-89 Trois Rivieres Draveurs QMJHL 70   53  55   108  48
1989-90 Trois Rivieres Draveurs QMJHL 63   51  63   114  75
1990-91 Trois Rivieres Draveurs QMJHL 67   87  98   185  103
1991-92 St. John's Maple Leafs  AHL   62   38  38   76   19   
1992-93 St. John's Maple Leafs  AHL   79   49  46   95   56
1993-94 St. John's Maple Leafs  AHL   62   45  60   105  38  
        Toronto Maple Leafs     NHL   13   3   3    6    0
1994-95 Phoenix Roadrunners     IHL   68   51  48   99   52
        Los Angeles Kings       NHL   26   2   5    7    20
1995-96 Los Angeles Kings       NHL   78   25  24   49   16
1996-97 Los Angeles Kings       NHL   41   11  14   25   20
1997-98 Los Angeles Kings       NHL   79   28  20   48   32
1998-99 Los Angeles Kings       NHL   64   10  17   27   30
        Toronto Maple Leafs     NHL   12   7   8    15   12
1999-00 Toronto Maple Leafs     NHL   58   18  27   45   22
2000-01 Toronto Maple Leafs     NHL   76   24  28   52   52
2001-02 Montreal Canadiens      NHL   82   27  29   56   40
2002-03 Montreal Canadiens      NHL   73   24  22   46   30
2003-04 Montreal Canadiens      NHL   69   16  15   31   40
2005-06 Nashville Predators     NHL   69   22  35   57   30
2006-07 Phoenix Coyotes         NHL   38   17  13   30   16     
                 
                   NHL Totals         778  234 260  494  360