Mathieu Perreault

Mathieu Perreault

Perreault in October 2014.
Born (1988-01-05) January 5, 1988
Drummondville, QC, CAN
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position Centre
Shoots Left
NHL team
Former teams		 Winnipeg Jets
Washington Capitals
Anaheim Ducks
NHL Draft 177th overall, 2006
Washington Capitals
Playing career 2008–present

Mathieu Perreault (born January 5, 1988) is a Canadian ice hockey centre for the Winnipeg Jets of the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously played for the Washington Capitals and the Anaheim Ducks in the NHL, and, during the 2012–13 NHL lockout, HIFK of the Finnish SM-liiga.

Playing career

Perreault in January 2012.

Perrault was drafted in the sixth round, 177th overall, in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft by the Washington Capitals. After an injury to Alexander Ovechkin and several other Capitals forwards, Perreault was recalled from the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League (AHL). He made his NHL debut on November 4, 2009, against the New Jersey Devils and recorded two assists 10:30 of ice time. He became the fifth player from the Capitals' 2006 NHL Entry Draft selections to play in the NHL. In the third game of his call up, Perreault scored his first NHL goal, which came in the third period against Scott Clemmensen of the Florida Panthers at the Verizon Center. The goal proved to be the spark that the Capitals needed after being down 3–2; the team ended up winning 7–4.

On July 13, 2011, Perreault signed a one-year, two-way contract extension with the Capitals.[1] After two seasons bouncing back and forth between the AHL and NHL, Perreault made the Capitals' opening night roster out of training camp for the first time in 2011.[2] Perreault recorded his first NHL hat trick on January 24, 2012, against Tuukka Rask of the Boston Bruins in Washington's 5–3 victory.[3]

Perreault was traded from the Capitals to the Anaheim Ducks on September 29, 2013, in exchange for winger John Mitchell and a fourth round pick in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft.[4] In his one season with the Ducks, he registered 43 points in 69 games played, as Anaheim opted not to sign Perrault following the expiry of his contract. On July 1, 2014, Perreault signed a three-year, $9 million contract with the Winnipeg Jets.[5] On January 13, 2015, Perreault scored four goals in an 8–2 Winnipeg home rout of the Florida Panthers. It marked the first time a Jet scored four goals in one game the since the franchise relocated from Atlanta. (Ilya Kovalchuk was the last Thrasher/Jet to accomplish the feat, on November 11, 2005.)[6]

Career statistics

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2005–06Acadie-Bathurst TitanQMJHL6218345242171011218
2006–07Acadie-Bathurst TitanQMJHL674178119661268148
2007–08Acadie-Bathurst TitanQMJHL6534801146112319226
2007–08Hershey BearsAHL—————30000
2008–09Hershey BearsAHL7711395036212688
2009–10Hershey BearsAHL5616345034217121918
2009–10Washington CapitalsNHL214596—————
2010–11Hershey BearsAHL341124353863366
2010–11Washington CapitalsNHL35771420—————
2011–12Washington CapitalsNHL641614302440000
2012–13HIFKSM-l71676—————
2012–13Washington CapitalsNHL39611172071340
2013–14 Anaheim Ducks NHL69182543361123518
2014–15Winnipeg JetsNHL621823413830220
2015–16Winnipeg JetsNHL719324136—————
NHL totals 361 78 117 195 180 25 3 8 11 18

References

  1. ↑ "Caps sign RFA Mathieu Perreault". Washington Examiner. 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2011-07-13.
  2. ↑ "Mathieu Perreault, Jay Beagle Ecstatic About Making Capitals' Final Roster". SB Nation. 2011-10-04. Retrieved 2012-01-24.
  3. ↑ "Capitals 5, Bruins 3". Washington Capitals. 2012-01-24. Retrieved 2012-01-24.
  4. ↑ "Ducks Acquire Center Perreault From Washington In Exchange for Winger Mitchell and a Fourth-Round Draft Pick.". Anaheim Ducks. 2013-09-29. Retrieved 2013-09-29.
  5. ↑ "Jets sign F Mathieu Perreault". ESPN. 2014-07-01. Retrieved 2014-07-02.
  6. ↑ "Jets' Mathieu Perrault felt 'chills' after four-goal night". CBC. January 14, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
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