Éric Perrin

Éric Perrin
Born	November 1, 1975 Laval, Quebec, Canada
Height	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight	176 lb (80 kg; 12 st 8 lb)
Position	Centre
Shoots	Left
Liiga team Former teams	TPS Jokerit Ässät HPK JYP Jyväskylä Tampa Bay Lightning SC Bern Atlanta Thrashers Avangard Omsk
NHL Draft	Undrafted
Playing career	1997–present

Éric Perrin (born November 1, 1975 in Laval, Quebec) is a professional ice hockey centre currently playing with HC TPS in the Finnish Liiga.

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 lock-out, 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 into an empty net in a 5-2 Lightning victory.^[1]

Perrin signed with the Atlanta Thrashers on July 1, 2007.^[2] 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 signed a two-year deal to return with JYP of the SM-liiga.^[3]

On February 23, 2015, Perrin announced that JYP and he had come to a mutual agreement in which Perrin would leave JYP at the end of the 2014-15 Liiga season.

On April 21, 2015 HC TPS announced they had signed Perrin.^[4]

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	2		—	—	—	—	—
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
2005–06	EHC Biel	NLB		—	—	—	—	—		11	5	7	12	2
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
2010–11	JYP	SM-l		50	18	32	50	47		10	4	3	7	6
2011–12	JYP	SM-l		58	19	40	59	20		10	4	10	14	6
2012–13	JYP	SM-l		59	11	42	53	22		11	1	5	6	2
2013–14	JYP	SM-1		60	16	30	46	28
2014–15	JYP	SM-1		59	12	43	55	20
Liiga totals				329	100	189	289	217		50	15	28	43	28
NHL totals				245	32	72	104	92		18	1	2	3	8
KHL totals				55	7	12	19	36		3	1	0	1	16

Awards and honours

Award	Year
College
All-ECAC Hockey Rookie Team	1993–94
All-ECAC Hockey First Team	1994–95
All-ECAC Hockey First Team	1995–96
AHCA East First-Team All-American	1995–96
All-ECAC Hockey Second Team	1996–97
AHL
First All-Star Team	2003–04
NHL
Stanley Cup	2003–04
Dan Snyder Memorial Award	2007–08
Liiga
Kanada-malja	2011–12

References

1. "Lightning 5, Flyers 2". hockeyreference.com. 2010-02-03. Retrieved 2012-03-05.
2. "Thrashers agree to terms with UFA forward Eric Perrin". thrashers.nhl.com. July 1, 2007. Retrieved 2009-03-03.
3. "Eric Perrin remains with Champions" (in Finnish). JYP Jyväskylä. 2012-09-08. Retrieved 2012-09-08.
4. "Eric Perrin siirtyy Tepsiin" (in Finnish). hc.tps.fi. 2015-04-21. Retrieved 2015-04-25.

External links

• Éric Perrin's career statistics at EliteProspects.com
• Éric Perrin's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database