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MATHIEU PERREAULT
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Center • Height: 5’10” • Weight: 174 • Shoots: Left
Born: Jan. 5, 1988 (Drummondville, Quebec)
Drafted: Washington’s sixth-round choice, 177th overall, in the 2006 Entry Draft
2008-09
Skated in 77 games for Hershey (AHL) and led club rookies in points (50) and
assists (39) … Third among rookies with 11 goals … Had nine multiple-point games
… Began his professional career with at least a point in five straight games (2g-4a)
… Scored a goal in his first professional game at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (10/8) …
Had two assists in his second professional game at Norfolk (10/10) … Tallied at
least a point in seven straight games from 11/14—11/28 (1g-9a) … Registered at
least a point in five straight games from 2/21—3/1 (1g-6a), which included three
assists against Providence (3/1) … Played in 21 out of 22 Calder Cup playoff games
and had eight points (2g-6a) as Hershey won the Calder Cup … Both of his goals
and two of his assists came in the opening round against Philadelphia.
CAREER STATISTICS Regular Season Playoffs
Year Team League GP G A Pts PIM +/- PP SH GW S GP G A Pts PIM
2004-05 Magog QAAA 41 25 47 72 68 - - - - - 9 5 10 15 12
2005-06 Acadie-Bathurst QMJHL 62 18 34 52 42 - - - - - 17 10 11 21 8
2006-07 Acadie-Bathurst QMJHL 67 41 78 119 80 - - - - - 12 6 8 14 8
2007-08 Acadie-Bathurst QMJHL 65 34 *80 *114 61 - - - - - 12 3 19 22 6
Junior Career
2007-08: Played in 65 games for Acadie-Bathurst (QMJHL) and led the league in
points (114) and assists (80) … Third on the team with 34 goals … Tied for fifth in
the league and third among forwards at +33 … Won the Jean Beliveau Trophy as
the league’s leading scorer … A second-team QMJHL All-Star and second-team
CHL All-Star … Member of the QMJHL team in the ADT Canada-Russia Challenge
… Named QMJHL Offensive Player of the Week twice (11/4 and 2/10) … Established
a team record with a 27-game point streak (11/28—2/15), the longest streak of the
year in the QMJHL … Honored as the Offensive Player of the Month in March …
Hershey AHL - - - - - - - - - - 3 0 0 0 0
2008-09 Hershey AHL 77 11 39 50 36 - - - - - 21 2 6 8 8
QMJHL First All-Star Team (2007) • QMJHL Player of the Year (2007) • QMJHL Second All-Star Team (2008) • Cana-
dian Major Junior Second All-Star Team (2008)
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Played in 12 playoff games, scoring three goals and recording 19 assists … Made
his professional debut in the Calder Cup playoffs, playing three games for Hershey.
2006-07: Appeared in 67 games with Acadie-Bathurst and won the Michel-Briere
Trophy as the most valuable player in the QMJHL … Ranked third in the league in
points (119) and second in assists (78) … Scored nine SHGs, tying for the league
lead … Second on his team in goals (41) and plus/minus (+28) … A QMJHL First
All-Star Team selection … Represented the QMJHL in the ADT Canada-Russia
Challenge … Named QMJHL Offensive Player of the Week for the week ending
9/24 … Awarded Offensive Player of the Month in November … Played in 12 playoff
games, recording 14 points. 2005-06: Skated in 62 games for Acadie-Bathurst
… Notched 52 points (18g-34a) … Tied for fourth among QMJHL rookies in points
… Ranked fourth among rookies in assists … Played in 17 playoff games and
recorded 21 points … Led all rookies and tied for ninth overall in playoff scoring.
NHL Transactions
Selected by Washington in the sixth round, 177th overall, in the 2006 Entry Draft.
Personal
Enjoys golfing … Favorite athlete is Tiger Woods … If he weren’t playing hockey,
he would pursue a teaching career.