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Yanic Perreault

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Yanic Perreault
Perreault with the Los Angeles Kings in 1996
Born (1971-04-04) April 4, 1971 (age 53)
Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Left
Played for Toronto Maple Leafs
Los Angeles Kings
Montreal Canadiens
Nashville Predators
Phoenix Coyotes
Chicago Blackhawks
National team  Canada
NHL draft 47th overall, 1991
Toronto Maple Leafs
Playing career 1991–2008

Yanic Jacques Perreault (born April 4, 1971) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played a total of fourteen seasons in the National Hockey League. He is often considered one of the best face-off men in league history and holds the NHL record for the highest face-off winning percentage in a career (62.86%) as of the conclusion of the 2022-23 NHL season.[1]

Playing career

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As a youth, he played in the 1983 and 1984 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey team from Sherbrooke, Quebec.[2]

Perreault started his hockey career for the Trois-Rivières Draveurs where he was one of the best offensive players in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, racking up a total of 185 points in his most productive season. He was drafted in the third round, 47th overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft.[citation needed]

Carrying a reputation as too slow a skater to succeed in the NHL, Perreault played three years for the St. John's Maple Leafs, Toronto's American Hockey League affiliate. Perreault led the St. John's Maple Leafs to a seventh game in the Calder Cup finals in the 1992 season and to first-place finishes the following two seasons; his 132 goals and 276 points became in that span, and remain, career records for the Leafs' American Hockey League franchise.[citation needed]

Perreault made his NHL debut in that third season with the Leafs, showing some flash in spot duty, before being traded to the Los Angeles Kings for a fourth round pick in 1994. He spent most of that season with the Kings' minor league affiliate, the Phoenix Roadrunners, scoring 51 goals to lead the team.[citation needed]

The following year was his breakout season, making the NHL for good with the Kings, where he became the team's lead centre after Wayne Gretzky was traded late in the year amidst a full-scale reorganization of the team; Perreault scored 25 goals to finish second on the squad. He played three more seasons in Los Angeles before being sent back to Toronto in 1999, for Jason Podollan and a third round selection. In 2001, Perreault signed with the Montreal Canadiens as a free agent, remaining three seasons before sitting out the lockout year of 2005, after which he signed with the Nashville Predators, with whom he scored 57 points, his NHL career high.[3][4]

He signed after that single season with the Phoenix Coyotes and was selected to play in the 2007 NHL All-Star Game. On February 27, 2007, Perreault, packaged with a fifth round draft pick, was traded from the Coyotes to Toronto for defencemen Brendan Bell and a second round draft pick, marking his third round of duty with the Maple Leafs.[citation needed]

Perreault signed with the Chicago Blackhawks as a free agent on July 1, 2007. However, with his scoring skills diminishing, he retired at the end of the 2007-08 season.[citation needed]

Coaching career

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On October 4, 2013 − one day ahead of the second game of the season - the Blackhawks announced they had hired Perreault to help the team improve its face-off success rate.[5] Perreault is also head coach for the Chicago Mission 2005 youth team.

Personal life

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Perreault's has four children, sons Jacob, Jeremy and Gabe, and a daughter Liliane. All of his children also play ice hockey.[6][7]

Career 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
1987–88 Cantons de L'Est Cantonniers QMAAA 42 70 57 127 14 8 12 10 22 6
1988–89 Trois-Rivières Draveurs QMJHL 70 53 55 108 48 4 0 0 0 7
1989–90 Trois-Rivières Draveurs QMJHL 63 51 63 114 75 7 6 5 11 19
1990–91 Trois-Rivières Draveurs QMJHL 67 87 98 185 103 6 4 7 11 6
1991–92 St. John's Maple Leafs AHL 62 38 38 76 19 16 7 8 15 4
1992–93 St. John's Maple Leafs AHL 79 49 46 95 56 9 4 5 9 2
1993–94 St. John's Maple Leafs AHL 62 45 60 105 38 11 12 6 18 14
1993–94 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 13 3 3 6 0
1994–95 Phoenix Roadrunners IHL 68 51 48 99 52
1994–95 Los Angeles Kings NHL 26 2 5 7 20
1995–96 Los Angeles Kings NHL 78 25 24 49 16
1996–97 Los Angeles Kings NHL 41 11 14 25 20
1997–98 Los Angeles Kings NHL 79 28 20 48 32 4 1 2 3 6
1998–99 Los Angeles Kings NHL 64 10 17 27 30
1998–99 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 12 7 8 15 12 17 3 6 9 6
1999–00 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 58 18 27 45 22 1 0 1 1 0
2000–01 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 76 24 28 52 52 11 2 3 5 4
2001–02 Montreal Canadiens NHL 82 27 29 56 40 11 3 5 8 0
2002–03 Montreal Canadiens NHL 73 24 22 46 30
2003–04 Montreal Canadiens NHL 69 16 15 31 40 9 2 2 4 0
2005–06 Nashville Predators NHL 69 22 35 57 30 1 0 0 0 2
2006–07 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 49 19 14 33 30
2006–07 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 17 2 3 5 4
2007–08 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 53 9 5 14 24
NHL totals 859 247 269 516 402 54 11 19 30 18

International

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Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
1996 Canada WC 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 8 6 3 9 0
Senior totals 8 6 3 9 0

Awards and honours

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Award Year
QMJHL
Michel Bergeron Trophy (Offensive Rookie of the Year) 1989
Canadian Major Junior - Rookie of the Year 1989
First All-Star Team 1991
Frank J. Selke Memorial Trophy (Most Gentlemanly Player) 1991
Jean Beliveau Trophy (Leading scorer) 1991
Michel Briere Trophy (Most Valuable Player) 1991
World Championships
Best Forward 1996
NHL
NHL All-Star Game 2007

References

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  1. ^ "Highest Face-off Winning Percentage, Career (Minimum: 500 Face-offs)". NHL.com. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
  2. ^ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
  3. ^ Wharnsby, Tim (July 5, 2001). "Perreault signs with Canadiens". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
  4. ^ "Preds sign forward Yanic Perreault". Nashville Predators. October 3, 2005. Archived from the original on December 14, 2005. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
  5. ^ "Former Hawk Perreault Enlisted to Help Team with Draws".
  6. ^ Morreale, Mike G. (September 11, 2020). "2020 Draft: Perreault following dad's advice on path of reaching NHL". NHL.com. National Hockey League. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  7. ^ Wheeler, Scott (April 27, 2023). "How Gabe Perreault made history and shot to the top of the 2023 NHL Draft". The Athletic. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
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