Kelly Perrault (born December 18, 1973) is a Canadian retired ice hockey defenseman who was an All-American for Bowling Green[1]

Kelly Perrault
Born (1973-12-18) December 18, 1973 (age 50)
Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 205 lb (93 kg; 14 st 9 lb)
Position Defenseman
Shot Left
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
Playing career 1993–2009

Career

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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

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Regular season and playoffs

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    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1991–92 Fort Saskatchewan Traders AJHL
1992–93 Fort Saskatchewan Traders AJHL
1993–94 Bowling Green CCHA 38 5 12 17 36
1994–95 Bowling Green CCHA 37 16 32 48 61
1995–96 Bowling Green CCHA 40 14 32 46 101
1996–97 Bowling Green CCHA 32 10 27 37 90
1996–97 Chicago Wolves IHL 8 0 3 3 6 4 0 1 1 6
1997–98 Austin Ice Bats WPHL 3 0 1 1 0
1997–98 Houston Aeros IHL 53 3 4 7 58 1 0 0 0 0
1998–99 Birmingham Bulls ECHL 50 7 32 39 59
1998–99 Manitoba Moose IHL 17 0 0 0 23
1999–00 Birmingham Bulls ECHL 51 12 36 48 71
1999–00 Long Beach Ice Dogs IHL 8 0 1 1 14
1999–00 Rochester Americans AHL 5 0 0 0 2
1999–00 Hershey Bears AHL 5 0 3 3 4 5 0 1 1 4
2000–01 Hershey Bears AHL 7 1 2 3 12
2000–01 Quad City Mallards UHL 61 14 46 60 106 12 2 8 10 14
2001–02 Straubing Tigers Germany 2 38 2 23 25 87
2002–03 Fort Wayne Komets UHL 73 12 52 64 138 12 3 7 10 22
2003–04 Fort Wayne Komets UHL 75 25 64 89 111 9 1 4 5 8
2008–09 Dayton Bombers ECHL 30 1 13 14 42
NCAA totals 147 45 103 148 288
UHL totals 209 51 162 213 355 33 6 19 25 44
ECHL totals 131 20 81 101 172
IHL totals 86 3 8 11 101 5 0 1 1 6
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 [2]
AHCA West First-Team All-American 1994–95 [1]
All-CCHA Second Team 1995–96 [3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
  2. ^ "CCHA All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  3. ^ "CCHA All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
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Awards and achievements
Preceded by CCHA Best Offensive Defenseman
1994–95
Succeeded by