Kelly Perrault
{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| name = Kelly Perrault
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|12|18}}
| birth_place = Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada
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| height_ft = 6
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| weight_lb = 205
| position = Defenseman
| shoots = Left
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| played_for = Chicago Wolves
Houston Aeros
Birmingham Bulls
Long Beach Ice Dogs
Hershey Bears
Rochester Americans
Quad City Mallards
Straubing Tigers
Fort Wayne Komets
Dayton Bombers
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| career_start = 1993
| career_end = 2009
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Kelly Perrault (born December 18, 1973) is a Canadian retired ice hockey defenseman who was an All-American for Bowling Green
Career
Perrault's college career began in 1993 with Bowling Green. After a decent freshman campaign, the Falcons got a new head coach in Buddy Powers. The change in leadership coincided with Perrault's offensive numbers taking off and he nearly tripled his totals as a sophomore. The astounding jump led to Perrault being named an All-American. Despite helping the team finish with a 25–11–2 record, BG got snubbed by the NCAA selection committee and was left out of the NCAA Tournament. Perrault continued his pace as a junior and senior but couldn't stop his team from declining in his final year. After the college season was over, Perrault signed a professional contract with the Chicago Wolves and ended the season in the IHL playoffs.
In his first full year, Perrault took a step back offensively. He found himself playing AA hockey the following year and seemed to rebound. Unfortunately, with each opportunity at the AAA-level, Perrault could never find his scoring game and remained consigned to the lower-tier. He headed to Europe for a year but returned to North America for the remainder of his career afterwards. After helping the Fort Wayne Komets capture the Colonial Cup in 2003, Perrault retired following the next season. He returned after a four year break for a 30-game stint in 2009 but then hung up his skates for good.
Statistics
=Regular season and playoffs=
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Regular Season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Playoffs | |||||||||
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! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM | |||||||||
| 1991–92
| AJHL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1992–93 | AJHL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1993–94
| CCHA | 38 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1994–95 | CCHA | 37 | 16 | 32 | 48 | 61 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1995–96
| CCHA | 40 | 14 | 32 | 46 | 101 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1996–97 | CCHA | 32 | 10 | 27 | 37 | 90 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1996–97
| IHL | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
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| 1997–98 | WPHL | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1997–98
| IHL | 53 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1998–99 | ECHL | 50 | 7 | 32 | 39 | 59 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1998–99
| IHL | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1999–00 | ECHL | 51 | 12 | 36 | 48 | 71 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1999–00
| IHL | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1999–00 | AHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1999–00
| AHL | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
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| 2000–01 | AHL | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2000–01
| UHL | 61 | 14 | 46 | 60 | 106 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 14 |
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| 2001–02 | 38 | 2 | 23 | 25 | 87 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2002–03
| UHL | 73 | 12 | 52 | 64 | 138 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 22 |
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| 2003–04 | UHL | 75 | 25 | 64 | 89 | 111 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| 2008–09
| ECHL | 30 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — |
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! colspan="3" | NCAA totals ! 147 !! 45 !! 103 !! 148 !! 288 !! — !! — !! — !! — !! — | |||||||||
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! colspan="3" | UHL totals ! 209 !! 51 !! 162 !! 213 !! 355 !! 33 !! 6 !! 19 !! 25 !! 44 | |||||||||
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! colspan="3" | ECHL totals ! 131 !! 20 !! 81 !! 101 !! 172 !! — !! — !! — !! — !! — | |||||||||
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! colspan="3" | IHL totals ! 86 !! 3 !! 8 !! 11 !! 101 !! 5 !! 0 !! 1 !! 1 !! 6 | |||||||||
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! colspan="3" | AHL totals ! 17 !! 1 !! 5 !! 6 !! 18 !! 5 !! 0 !! 1 !! 1 !! 4 |
Awards and honors
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! Award ! Year ! |
| All-CCHA First Team
| 1994–95 |
| AHCA West First-Team All-American
| 1994–95 |
| All-CCHA Second Team
| 1995–96 |
References
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External links
- {{Ice hockey stats|nhl=8466128|euro=|elite=30294|hockeydb=18567}}
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{{succession box | before = John Gruden | title = CCHA Best Offensive Defenseman| years = 1994–95| after = Keith Aldridge}}
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Category:Ice hockey people from Alberta
Category:People from Fort Saskatchewan
Category:Canadian ice hockey defencemen
Category:Bowling Green Falcons men's ice hockey players
Category:AHCA Division I men's ice hockey All-Americans
Category:Chicago Wolves players
Category:Austin Ice Bats players
Category:Houston Aeros (1994–2013) players
Category:Birmingham Bulls (ECHL) players
Category:Long Beach Ice Dogs (IHL) players
Category:Hershey Bears players
Category:Rochester Americans players
Category:Quad City Mallards (UHL) players
Category:Straubing Tigers players
Category:Fort Wayne Komets players
Category:Dayton Bombers players
Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States