After toiling for 13 seasons in the NHL, one of the league's quiet performers, Yannic Perreault, was finally rewarded with his first trip to the NHL All-Star game.
Perreault was a phenominal scorer in junior hockey, scoring 127 points in his first season in 1987-88, when he was just 16 years old.
Perreault would go on to score at least 100 points in his next three seasons, topping it off with 185 points in 1990-91.
He was drafted in the 3rd round of the 1991 NHL entry draft by the Toronto Maple Leafs, and he debuted in the NHL in the 1993-94 season with Toronto.
Perreault has never been able to transfer the scoring prowess he posessed in junior hockey in the NHL, but he has been a quiet, solid player for years.
He's the kind of player that has spent his career just going out and doing his job every night.
This season, his first with the Phoenix Coyotes, he is enjoying one of his finest ever in the scoring column, and he's on a pace to put up the best offensive numbers of his career.
When he was interviewed about going to his first All-Star game, he was humble and gracious.
It was fitting to see Perreault score not just one goal, but two that he can treasure for the rest of his life, should he never be voted to go to the All-Star game again.
He earned those two goals with all of the hard work that he has put in over the last 13 seasons, and I couldn't have beeen happier to see him score in a game that has eluded him for so long.
So, here's a hats off to one of the league's classy guys, who has given so much, both on and off the ice, and was finally recognized for a lifetime of achievements.
Perreault was a phenominal scorer in junior hockey, scoring 127 points in his first season in 1987-88, when he was just 16 years old.
Perreault would go on to score at least 100 points in his next three seasons, topping it off with 185 points in 1990-91.
He was drafted in the 3rd round of the 1991 NHL entry draft by the Toronto Maple Leafs, and he debuted in the NHL in the 1993-94 season with Toronto.
Perreault has never been able to transfer the scoring prowess he posessed in junior hockey in the NHL, but he has been a quiet, solid player for years.
He's the kind of player that has spent his career just going out and doing his job every night.
This season, his first with the Phoenix Coyotes, he is enjoying one of his finest ever in the scoring column, and he's on a pace to put up the best offensive numbers of his career.
When he was interviewed about going to his first All-Star game, he was humble and gracious.
It was fitting to see Perreault score not just one goal, but two that he can treasure for the rest of his life, should he never be voted to go to the All-Star game again.
He earned those two goals with all of the hard work that he has put in over the last 13 seasons, and I couldn't have beeen happier to see him score in a game that has eluded him for so long.
So, here's a hats off to one of the league's classy guys, who has given so much, both on and off the ice, and was finally recognized for a lifetime of achievements.
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