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The hits keep coming this offseason, much like in previous summers. Free agent C/LW Mathieu Perreault has retired from hockey after almost a decade and a half in the league.
News of Perreault's retirement broke in a release from Canada's TVA Sports. Perreault is joining TVA Sports on a show called "La Poche Bleue le midi" in an analyst role. The release said that Perreault was "newly retired from hockey."
Injuries came to bite Perreault in the final seasons of his career. Between a lower body injury that caused him to miss time early in the 2021-2022 season, and an eye injury that was discovered through double vision, Perreault's last season in the league was seemingly a lost one.
Last season for Perreault was spent with the Montreal Canadiens, his only year in Montreal. Perreault ended the season with just 4 goals and 5 assists, matching the point total from his rookie season in 2009-2010. He recorded a +2 plus/minus rating over an average of 11:15 of ice time per game in 25 games.
Perreault has spent 13 seasons in the league with 4 different teams. Over that time, he has 143 goals and 209 assists to his name, averaging 13:40 of ice time per game while posting a +17 plus/minus rating in 708 regular season games. Perreault has an additional 5 goals and 11 assists in 51 career playoff games.
During his career, Perreault played 7 seasons for the Winnipeg Jets, where he had some of his best statistical seasons. His 45 points in the 2016-2017 season are a career best, along with his 18 goals in the 2014-2015 season. In January of that season, he scored 4 goals against the Florida Panthers, becoming the first in team history to do that since Ilya Kovalchuk in 2005.
Over the course of his career, Perreault was a steady offensive contributor, scoring 15 goals in a season 5 times, and hitting 40 points in a season 4 times. He was also an energy injector in most team's lineup every night.
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