Éric Perrin

Éric Perrin
Born November 1, 1975 (1975-11-01) (age 36)
Laval, QC, CAN
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight 176 lb (80 kg; 12 st 8 lb)
Position Centre
Shoots Left
NHL team
Former teams		 JYP
Tampa Bay Lightning
Atlanta Thrashers
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 1997–present

Éric Perrin (born November 1, 1975 in Laval, Quebec) is a professional ice hockey centre who is currently playing on JYP of the SM-liiga of Finland .

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Playing career

Perrin played college hockey at the University of Vermont, where he played with future Tampa Bay Lightning team mate Martin St. Louis and Boston Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas. and went undrafted by the NHL. After spending several years playing minor league hockey, including a stint in Finland, Perrin was playing for the Hershey Bears when he was called up by the Lightning with 4 games left in the 2003–04 NHL season. He registered one assist in the playoffs on the way to the Lightning winning the Stanley Cup. Perrin is best friend of Lightning winger Martin St. Louis.

During the 2004–05 NHL lockout, Perrin re-signed with the AHL Hershey Bears, where he was named the team's MVP, as well as the Man of the Year for his charitable contributions. The next season, rather than re-sign with the Bears, he elected to go back overseas, and signed with Swiss team SC Bern. During the Playoffs in the Swiss Nationalliga B he played with the EHC Biel. Once the Swiss season ended, he re-signed with the Tampa Bay Lightning, and on November 2, 2006, he scored his first NHL goal against the Philadelphia Flyers.

Perrin signed with the Atlanta Thrashers on July 1, 2007.[1] In the 2007–08 NHL season with the Thrashers, he recorded career highs in assists (33) and points (45). He last played for the Atlanta Thrashers of the National Hockey League and he joined Avangard Omsk of the KHL on September 3, 2009. Perrin was cut from his try-out with the Tampa Bay Lightning on October 5, 2010. In his NHL career he recorded 32 goals and 104 points in 245 games with the Tampa Bay Lightning and Atlanta Thrashers. He was also a member of the 2004 Stanley Cup winning Tampa Bay Lightning. In October 2010 he made a 2-year deal with JYP of the SM-liiga.

Awards and achievements

Career statistics

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1993–94 University of Vermont ECAC 32 24 21 45 34 — — — — —
1994–95 University of Vermont ECAC 35 28 39 67 38 — — — — —
1995–96 University of Vermont ECAC 38 29 56 85 38 — — — — —
1996–97 University of Vermont ECAC 26 26 33 59 40 — — — — —
1997–98 Cleveland Lumberjacks IHL 69 12 31 43 34 — — — — —
1997–98 Quebec Rafales IHL 13 2 12 14 4 — — — — —
1998–99 Kansas City Blades IHL 82 24 37 61 71 3 0 0 0 0
1999–00 Kansas City Blades IHL 21 3 15 18 16 — — — — —
2000–01 Jokerit SM-l 6 1 1 2 4 — — — — —
2000–01 Ässät SM-l 43 15 23 38 70 — — — — —
2001–02 Ässät SM-l 45 13 13 26 16 — — — — —
2001–02 HPK SM-l 12 5 10 15 4 8 2 4 6 6
2002–03 JYP SM-l 56 18 28 46 36 7 4 6 10 8
2003–04 Hershey Bears AHL 71 21 54 75 49 — — — — —
2003–04 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 4 0 0 0 0 12 0 1 1 6
2004–05 Hershey Bears AHL 80 24 49 73 46 — — — — —
2005–06 SC Bern NLA 44 13 25 38 28 6 2 4 6 8
2006–07 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 82 13 23 36 30 6 1 1 2 2
2007–08 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 81 12 33 45 26 — — — — —
2008–09 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 78 7 16 23 36 — — — — —
2009–10 Avangard Omsk KHL 55 7 12 19 36 3 1 0 1 16
NHL totals 245 32 72 104 92 18 1 2 3 8
KHL totals 55 7 12 19 36 3 1 0 1 16

References

  1. ^ "Thrashers agree to terms with UFA forward Eric Perrin". thrashers.nhl.com. 2007-07-01. http://thrashers.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=332733&page=NewsPage&service=page. Retrieved 2009-03-03. 

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