Perry Berezan

Perry Berezan
Date of birth	5th December 1964
place of birth	Edmonton , Alberta , Canada
size	188 cm
Weight	87 kg
position	center
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1983 , 3rd lap, 55th position Calgary Flames
Career stations
1981-1983	St. Albert Saints
1983-1985	University of North Dakota
1985-1989	Calgary Flames
1989-1991	Minnesota North Stars
1991-1993	San Jose Sharks

Perry Edmund Berezan (born December 5, 1964 in Edmonton , Alberta ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and coach who played 409 games for the Calgary Flames , Minnesota North Stars and San Jose Sharks in the course of his playing career between 1983 and 1993 of the National Hockey League on the position of the center .

Career

After Berezan had his junior years in the Alberta Junior Hockey League extremely successful behind, he was selected in the 1983 NHL Entry Draft in the third round in 55th place by the Calgary Flames . The following two seasons 1983/84 and 1984/85 Berezan then played at the University of North Dakota in the National Collegiate Athletic Association before he was first used by the Flames in the NHL at the end of the second season . The Canadian left a lasting impression with five points in nine games and established himself in the team's regular squad in the following four years.

In March 1989, the Flames transferred the center together with Shane Churla to the Minnesota North Stars , who in exchange sent Brian MacLellan and a four-round pick in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft , with which Robert Reichel was later drawn, to Calgary. In Minnesota, Berezan stayed until his contract expired at the end of the 1990/91 season when the franchise moved to Dallas .

The following summer, the free agent signed a contract with the newly established San Jose Sharks franchise , where he ran the 1991/92 and 1992/93 seasons. At the end of the 1992/93 season, Berezan ended his career after 378 NHL games in which he scored 136 points. During his time in the NHL, he went from being a solid playmaker to a defensive-oriented striker. After retiring, he worked for two years at his alma mater , the University of North Dakota, as an assistant coach for the ice hockey team.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1981/82	St. Albert Saints	AJHL		47	16	36	52	47		-	-	-	-	-
1982/83	St. Albert Saints	AJHL		57	37	40	77	110		-	-	-	-	-
1983/84	University of North Dakota	WCHA		44	28	24	52	29
1984/85	University of North Dakota	WCHA		42	23	35	58	32
1984/85	Calgary Flames	NHL		9	3	2	5	4th		2	1	0	1	4th
1985/86	Calgary Flames	NHL		55	12	21st	33	39		8th	1	1	2	6th
1986/87	Calgary Flames	NHL		24	5	3	8th	24		2	0	2	2	7th
1987/88	Calgary Flames	NHL		29	7th	12	19th	66		8th	0	2	2	13
1988/89	Calgary Flames	NHL		35	4th	4th	8th	21st		-	-	-	-	-
1988/89	Minnesota North Stars	NHL		16	1	4th	5	4th		5	1	2	3	4th
1989/90	Minnesota North Stars	NHL		64	3	12	15th	31		5	1	0	1	0
1990/91	Minnesota North Stars	NHL		52	11	6th	17th	30th		1	0	0	0	0
1990/91	Kalamazoo Wings	IHL		2	0	0	0	2		-	-	-	-	-
1991/92	San Jose Sharks	NHL		66	12	7th	19th	30th		-	-	-	-	-
1992/93	San Jose Sharks	NHL		28	3	4th	7th	28		-	-	-	-	-
1992/93	Kansas City Blades	IHL		9	4th	4th	8th	31		-	-	-	-	-
AJHL total				104	53	76	129	157		-	-	-	-	-
NCAA overall				86	51	59	110	61
IHL total				11	4th	4th	8th	33		-	-	-	-	-
NHL overall				378	61	75	136	277		31	4th	7th	11	34

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; ¹  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

• Perry Berezan at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Perry Berezan at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Perry Berezan at hockeydb.com (English)