Kelly Perrault (born December 18, 1973) is a Canadian retired ice hockey defenseman who was an All-American for Bowling Green
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 Chicago Wolves 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 Europe for a year but returned to North America for the remainder of his career afterwards. After helping the Fort Wayne Komets 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.
Statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular Season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1991–92 Fort Saskatchewan Traders AJHL —————————— 1992–93 Fort Saskatchewan Traders AJHL —————————— 1993–94 Bowling Green CCHA 385121736————— 1994–95 Bowling Green CCHA 3716324861————— 1995–96 Bowling Green CCHA 40143246101————— 1996–97 Bowling Green CCHA 3210273790————— 1996–97 Chicago Wolves IHL 8033640116 1997–98 Austin Ice Bats WPHL 30110————— 1997–98 Houston Aeros IHL 533475810000 1998–99 Birmingham Bulls ECHL 507323959————— 1998–99 Manitoba Moose IHL 1700023————— 1999–00 Birmingham Bulls ECHL 5112364871————— 1999–00 Long Beach Ice Dogs IHL 801114————— 1999–00 Rochester Americans AHL 50002————— 1999–00 Hershey Bears AHL 5033450114 2000–01 Hershey Bears AHL 712312————— 2000–01 Quad City Mallards UHL 6114466010612281014 2001–02 Straubing Tigers Germany 2 382232587————— 2002–03 Fort Wayne Komets UHL 7312526413812371022 2003–04 Fort Wayne Komets UHL 7525648911191458 2008–09 Dayton Bombers ECHL 301131442————— NCAA totals 147 45 103 148 288 — — — — — UHL totals 209 51 162 213 355 33 6 19 25 44 ECHL totals 131 20 81 101 172 — — — — — IHL totals 86 3 8 11 101 5 0 1 1 6 AHL totals 17 1 5 6 18 5 0 1 1 4
Awards and honors Award Year All-CCHA First Team 1994–95 AHCA West First-Team All-American 1994–95 All-CCHA Second Team 1995–96
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