- Eric Perrin
Infobox Ice Hockey Player
image_size =
position = Centre
shoots = Left
height_ft = 5
height_in = 9
weight_lb = 176
nationality = CAN
birth_date = birth date and age|1975|11|1
birth_place = Laval, QC, CAN
career_start = 1997
career_end =
team =Atlanta Thrashers
former_teams =Tampa Bay Lightning
league = NHL
draft = Undrafted
draft_year =
draft_team =Éric Perrin (Born
November 1 ,1975 in Laval,Quebec ) is a professionalice hockey centre for theAtlanta Thrashers of theNational Hockey League .Playing career
He played college hockey at
The University of Vermont , and went undrafted by the NHL. After spending several years playing minor league hockey, including a stint inFinland , Perrin was playing for theHershey Bears when he was called up by the Lightning with 4 games left in the2003–04 NHL season . He registered one assist in the playoffs on the way to the Lightning winning theStanley Cup . Perrin is the best friend of Lightning wingerMartin St. Louis .During the
2004–05 NHL lockout , Perrin re-signed with the AHLHershey 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 teamSC Bern . During the Playoffs in the Swiss Nationalliga B he played with theEHC Biel . Once the Swiss season ended, he re-signed with the Tampa Bay Lightning, and on Monday,November 2 ,2006 , he scored his first NHL goal against thePhiladelphia Flyers . Eric signed with the Atlanta Thrashers onJuly 1 ,2007 .Career statistics
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