Fred Perlini

Fred Perlini (born April 12, 1962) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre. He was selected by the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL) in the eighth round (158th overall) of the 1980 NHL entry draft, for whom he eventually played eight games between 1981 and 1984. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1981 to 1996, was spent in the United Kingdom's lower levels.

Playing career Perlini played minor ice hockey for his hometown Sault Ste. Marie Legion of the OMHA. He played in the 1975 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with Sault Ste. Marie. In 1978, he scored 107 points in just 27 games for his minor team.

He later played junior ice hockey in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) to play for the Toronto Marlboros where he played for three years, accumulating more than 200 points in just 170 games. In 1981 Perlini scored a hat-trick for the Toronto Marlboros one afternoon, and also played and scored for the Toronto Maple Leafs on the same day.

Perlini only made eight appearances in the NHL, all with the Maple Leafs, scoring two goals and adding three assists. He took part in six 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 American Hockey League (AHL) for the St. Catharines Saints and Baltimore Skipjacks, where he notched up an impressive 140 points.

In 1986 Perlini moved to the United Kingdom to play for the Nottingham Panthers of the British Hockey League (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 two 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 seven more seasons in the British leagues for Trafford Metros, Blackburn Hawks, Streatham Redskins, Basingstoke Beavers, Lee Valley Lions and finally playing three seasons for the Guildford Flames. Perlini scored more than 1400 points in British league games.

During the 2000–01 season, his jersey number 11 shirt retired by the Guildford Flames for outstanding contributions to Guildford ice hockey while playing as well as contributions off the ice to the community and junior programs.

Post-playing career After finishing his career in Guildford in 1996, Perlini was appointed as Head of Junior Hockey, where he remained until September 2007 when he and his family returned home to Canada.

In that time he coached the Guildford U10s, U12s, U14s, U16s, and U19s to Southern Division Titles on various occasions.

Family His oldest son, Brett, has played professional hockey with Fred's old club, the Nottingham Panthers of the EIHL. Younger son Brendan is also a professional hockey player, and was drafted in the first round (12th overall) of the 2014 NHL draft by the Arizona Coyotes.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1978–79 Sault Ste. Marie Legion NOHA 27 57 50 107 — — — — — — 1979–80 Toronto Marlboros OMJHL 67 13 18 31 12 4 0 1 1 5 1980–81 Toronto Marlboros OHL 55 37 29 66 48 5 0 0 0 4 1981–82 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 7 2 3 5 0 — — — — — 1981–82 Toronto Marlboros OHL 68 47 64 111 75 10 4 9 13 8 1982–83 St. Catharines Saints AHL 76 8 22 30 24 — — — — — 1983–84 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1983–84 St. Catharines Saints AHL 79 21 31 52 67 7 1 1 2 17 1984–85 St. Catharines Saints AHL 77 21 28 49 26 — — — — — 1985–86 Baltimore Skipjacks AHL 25 6 4 10 6 — — — — — 1986–87 Nottingham Panthers BHL 35 89 82 171 135 4 6 8 14 8 1987–88 Fife Flyers BHL 35 103 73 176 34 6 20 14 34 0 1988–89 Deeside Dragons BD1 24 103 69 172 42 — — — — — 1989–90 Trafford Metros BD1 25 81 59 140 14 — — — — — 1990–91 Telford Tigers BD1 5 9 8 17 2 — — — — — 1990–91 Blackburn Blackhawks BD2 21 83 49 132 48 — — — — — 1991–92 Streatham Redskins BD2 23 93 53 146 42 — — — — — 1992–93 Streatham Redskins BD2 31 135 91 226 20 — — — — — 1993–94 Basingstoke Beavers BHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1993–94 Lee Valley Lions BD1 20 71 47 118 26 — — — — — 1994–95 Guildford Flames BD1 44 78 57 135 40 — — — — — 1995–96 Guildford Flames BD1 50 90 56 146 51 — — — — — 1996–97 Guildford Flames EPIHL 27 32 18 50 14 10 6 6 12 0 BD1 totals 168 432 296 728 175 6 3 8 11 0 NHL totals 8 2 3 5 0 — — — — —