Eric Perrin

Eric Perrin
Date of birth	1st November 1975
place of birth	Laval , Quebec , Canada
size	175 cm
Weight	80 kg
position	center
number	# 11
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1993-1997	University of Vermont
1997-1998	Cleveland Lumberjacks
1998-2000	Kansas City Blades
2000-2001	Ässät Pori
2001-2002	HPK Hämeenlinna
2002-2003	JYP Jyväskylä
2003-2007	Tampa Bay Lightning
2005-2006	SC Bern
2007-2009	Atlanta Thrashers
2009-2010	HK Awangard Omsk
2010-2015	JYP Jyväskylä
2015-2018	TPS Turku
2018-2019	JYP Jyväskylä

Éric Perrin (born November 1, 1975 in Laval , Québec ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who has played for the Tampa Bay Lightning and Atlanta Thrashers in the National Hockey League during his playing career .

Career

Éric Perrin began his career as a hockey player for the University of Vermont , for which he played for four years from 1993 to 1997. He then played three seasons in the International Hockey League for the Cleveland Lumberjacks , Quebec Rafales and Kansas City Blades . The attacker was active in the Finnish SM-liiga for another three years . In Finland, Perrin played for Jokerit Helsinki , Ässät Pori , HPK Hämeenlinna and JYP Jyväskylä .

After numerous club changes, Perrin returned to North America in 2003, where he received a contract with the Hershey Bears from the American Hockey League . Towards the end of the 2003/04 season he was named by Tampa Bay Lightning in their NHL squad. In the regular season he played four more times, but remained pointless. In the playoffs he received significantly more ice time at Tampa and so he was allowed to play twelve times. In the playoffs he contributed to the first-time Stanley Cup win by Tampa Bay Lightning through his first assist in the National Hockey League .

During the NHL lockout in the 2004/05 season Perrin signed again with the Hershey Bears and was named the most valuable player of his team. Because of his charitable work, he was also named Man of the Year . Rather than re-extend with the Bears, Perrin decided the following year to Europe to change and spent a year at the SC Bern in the Swiss National League A . During the playoffs of the 2005/06 season he strengthened the EHC Biel in the NLB . After the end of the season in Switzerland Perrin signed again with the Tampa Bay Lightning and scored on November 2, 2006 his first goal in the National Hockey League in a game against the Philadelphia Flyers .

From July 1, 2007 Perrin was under contract with the Atlanta Thrashers and completed 159 NHL games for the Thrashers before he was committed in September 2009 by HK Awangard Omsk from the Continental Hockey League . In October 2010 he moved to JYP Jyväskylä in the SM-liiga.

Perrin ended his active career after the 2018/19 season.

Achievements and Awards

1994 ECAC All-Rookie Team 1994 ECAC Rookie of the Year 1995 ECAC First All-Star Team 1996 ECAC First All-Star Team 1996 ECAC Player of the Year 1996 NCAA East First All-American Team 2004 AHL All-Star Classic

2004 AHL First All-Star Team 2004 Stanley Cup win with the Tampa Bay Lightning 2005 AHL All-Star Classic 2010 SM-liiga player of the month December 2012 SM-liiga All-Star-Team 2012 Finnish champion with JYP Jyväskylä 2012 Best template provider of the SM-liiga

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	4th	245	32	72	104	92
Playoffs	2	18th	1	2	3	8th

Web links

• Éric Perrin at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Éric Perrin at hockeydb.com (English)
• Éric Perrin at legendsofhockey.net (English)