Kelly Perrault (born December 18, 1973) is a Canadian retired ice hockey

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who was an

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for

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Career

Perrault's college career began in 1993 with Bowling Green. After a decent freshman campaign, the Falcons got a new head coach in Buddy Powers. The change in leadership coincided with Perrault's offensive numbers taking off and he nearly tripled his totals as a sophomore. The astounding jump led to Perrault being named an All-American. Despite helping the team finish with a 25–11–2 record, BG got snubbed by the NCAA selection committee and was left out of the NCAA Tournament. Perrault continued his pace as a junior and senior but couldn't stop his team from declining in his final year. After the college season was over, Perrault signed a professional contract with the

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and ended the season in the IHL playoffs. In his first full year, Perrault took a step back offensively. He found himself playing AA hockey the following year and seemed to rebound. Unfortunately, with each opportunity at the AAA-level, Perrault could never find his scoring game and remained consigned to the lower-tier. He headed to

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for a year but returned to

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for the remainder of his career afterwards. After helping the

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capture the Colonial Cup in 2003, Perrault retired following the next season. He returned after a four year break for a 30-game stint in 2009 but then hung up his skates for good.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Perrault, Kelly 1973 births Living people Ice hockey people from Alberta People from Fort Saskatchewan Canadian ice hockey defencemen Bowling Green Falcons men's ice hockey players AHCA Division I men's ice hockey All-Americans Chicago Wolves players Austin Ice Bats players Houston Aeros (1994–2013) players Birmingham Bulls (ECHL) players Long Beach Ice Dogs (IHL) players Hershey Bears players Rochester Americans players Quad City Mallards (UHL) players Straubing Tigers players Fort Wayne Komets players Dayton Bombers players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States