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 professional ice hockey centre for the Atlanta Thrashers of the National 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 in Finland, Perrin was playing for the Hershey Bears when he was called up by the Lightning with 4 games left in the 2003–04 NHL season. He registered one assist in the playoffs on the way to the Lightning winning the Stanley Cup. Perrin is the best friend of Lightning winger Martin St. Louis.

During the 2004–05 NHL lockout, Perrin re-signed with the AHL Hershey 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 team SC Bern. During the Playoffs in the Swiss Nationalliga B he played with the EHC 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 the Philadelphia Flyers. Eric signed with the Atlanta Thrashers on July 1, 2007.

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