Fred Perlini
| Fred Perlini | |||
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| Born |
April 12, 1962 Sault Ste. Marie, ON, CAN |
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| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||
| Weight | 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
NHL Toronto Maple Leafs AHL St. Catharines Saints Baltimore Skipjacks Europe Nottingham Panthers Fife Flyers Deeside Dragons Trafford Metros Blackburn Blackhawks Telford Tigers Streatham Redskins Lee Valley Lions Basingstoke Beavers Guildford Flames |
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| NHL Draft | 158th overall, 1980 Toronto Maple Leafs |
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| Playing career | 1981–1996 | ||
Fred Perlini (born April 12, 1962) is a former Canadian NHL ice hockey centre. He was selected by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 8th round (158th overall) of the 1980 NHL Entry Draft.
He began playing junior for his home town team Sault Ste. Marie Legion of the OMHA in 1978 scoring 107 points in just 27 games. He then moved up to the OHL to play for the Toronto Marlboros where he played for 3 years accumulating more than 200 points in just 170 games. It was in 1981 that he made history scoring a hat-trick for the Toronto Marlboros one afternoon and going on to play for and score for the Toronto Maple Leafs in the NHL the same day.
Perlini only made eight appearances in the NHL, he scored two goals in this time and added three assists. All the games were for the Toronto Maple Leafs. He took part in 6 Maple Leafs training camps as well as one with the Pittsburgh Penguins and one with the New York Rangers.
Perlini played for four years in the AHL for the St. Catharines Saints and Baltimore Skipjacks where he notched up an impressive 140 points.
In 1986 Perlini moved to the UK to play for the Nottingham Panthers of the BHL where he spent just one season scoring an incredible 171 points in just 35 games. He continued in this rich goal-scoring form with 2 more consecutive 170 point seasons for the Fife Flyers and Deeside Dragons scoring 103 goals in each of those seasons. He went on to play 7 more seasons in the British leagues for Trafford Metros, Blackburn Hawks, Streatham Redskins, Basingstoke Beavers, Lee Valley Lions and finally playing 3 seasons for the Guildford Flames. Perlini scored more than 1400 points in British league games.
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