Who is the Panthers player who's father played hockey in the UK??

[rjcool11]

I heard a story watching the leafs panthers game a couple weeks back about a player on Florida who's father played pro hockey in the UK?? Does anyone know who i am talking about or am i going crazy ?

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[Legion34]

WAshtbthat perlini from Arizona? Could be way off but I thought so

 

[Kelly]

Yea Fred Perlini played in the BHL.

 

[rjcool11]

WAshtbthat perlini from Arizona? Could be way off but I thought so

You are so right!!! i dont know why i thought it was Floirda, You have fixed my Sunday... Thank you sooo much

 

[1865]

Perlini was born in the UK too, Guilford I believe. One of his relatives plays for the Nottingham Panthers now, which may be where your mix-up came.

 

[LeafChief]

Yup it was Perlini. His dad also had a brief stint with the Leafs before going legend mode in the English league.

 

[GodEmperor]

Yup it was Perlini. His dad also had a brief stint with the Leafs before going legend mode in the English league.

Holy f***, just looked him up, legend status underscores it, so does calling him the Gretzky of English Hockey....this dude was on another level

Fred Perlini (b.1962) hockey statistics and profile at hockeydb.com

1986-87	Nottingham Panthers	BHL	35	89	82	171	135
1987-88	Fife Flyers	BHL	35	103	73	176	34
1988-89	Deeside Dragons	BHL	24	103	69	172	42
1989-90	Trafford Metros	BHL	25	81	59	140	14
1990-91	Blackburn Blackhawks	BHL	21	83	49	132	48
1990-91	Telford Tigers	BHL	5	9	8	17	2
1991-92	Streatham Redskins	EngL	23	93	53	146	42
1993-94	Basingstoke Beavers	BHL	1	0	0	0	0
1993-94	Lee Valley Lions	BHL	20	71	47	118	26
1994-95	Guildford Flames	BHL	44	78	57	135	40
1995-96	Guildford Flames	BHL	50	90	56	146	51
1996-97	Guildford Flames	BNL	27	32	18	50	14

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

 

[Skobel24]

Holy ****, just looked him up, legend status underscores it, so does calling him the Gretzky of English Hockey....this dude was on another level

Fred Perlini (b.1962) hockey statistics and profile at hockeydb.com

1986-87	Nottingham Panthers	BHL	35	89	82	171	135
1987-88	Fife Flyers	BHL	35	103	73	176	34
1988-89	Deeside Dragons	BHL	24	103	69	172	42
1989-90	Trafford Metros	BHL	25	81	59	140	14
1990-91	Blackburn Blackhawks	BHL	21	83	49	132	48
1990-91	Telford Tigers	BHL	5	9	8	17	2
1991-92	Streatham Redskins	EngL	23	93	53	146	42
1993-94	Basingstoke Beavers	BHL	1	0	0	0	0
1993-94	Lee Valley Lions	BHL	20	71	47	118	26
1994-95	Guildford Flames	BHL	44	78	57	135	40
1995-96	Guildford Flames	BHL	50	90	56	146	51
1996-97	Guildford Flames	BNL	27	32	18	50	14

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

I like to imagine he just got really bored, so he went to that league, and bounced around from team to team to keep himself busy.

 

[SquiddFX]

The Gretzky of English hockey is Tony Hand.

 

[GodEmperor]

I like to imagine he just got really bored, so he went to that league, and bounced around from team to team to keep himself busy.

You get a 150 point player

And you get a 150 point player

And you get a 150 point player!

 

[Skobel24]

You get a 150 point player

And you get a 150 point player

And you get a 150 point player!

He's just trying to be fair. I'd imagine with numbers like that, he won a cup every single season.

"Don't worry, I'll sign with you guys and get you a cup next year"

 

[Skobel24]

The Gretzky of English hockey is Tony Hand.

Okay wtf, did this league not have goalies or something?

 

[TheBradyBunch]

Holy ****, just looked him up, legend status underscores it, so does calling him the Gretzky of English Hockey....this dude was on another level

Fred Perlini (b.1962) hockey statistics and profile at hockeydb.com

1986-87	Nottingham Panthers	BHL	35	89	82	171	135
1987-88	Fife Flyers	BHL	35	103	73	176	34
1988-89	Deeside Dragons	BHL	24	103	69	172	42
1989-90	Trafford Metros	BHL	25	81	59	140	14
1990-91	Blackburn Blackhawks	BHL	21	83	49	132	48
1990-91	Telford Tigers	BHL	5	9	8	17	2
1991-92	Streatham Redskins	EngL	23	93	53	146	42
1993-94	Basingstoke Beavers	BHL	1	0	0	0	0
1993-94	Lee Valley Lions	BHL	20	71	47	118	26
1994-95	Guildford Flames	BHL	44	78	57	135	40
1995-96	Guildford Flames	BHL	50	90	56	146	51
1996-97	Guildford Flames	BNL	27	32	18	50	14

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

British Gretzky is Tony Hand. He played 3 games in North America, scoring 4g and 4a for Victoria Cougars of the WHL before returning to Britain due to homesickness. He scored 105 goals and 216 points (who else scored 216 points...?) in 35 games. He was 19.

 

[SquiddFX]

Okay wtf, did this league not have goalies or something?

Hand was just that good. TSN had a cool little documentary about him.

 

[Dueling Banjos]

Yeah those are some crazy numbers. I looked up his 2nd season in BHL, he had 176 pts in 35 games and was only 5th in scoring, leader Scott Morrison had 224 pts.

 

[ForumNamePending]

Okay wtf, did this league not have goalies or something?

They did, but until the 98-99 season goalies were only allowed to wear skates, jeans and a t-shirt.

 

[RDTBay4]

English hockey is a thing?

 

[LeafChief]

Yeah those are some crazy numbers. I looked up his 2nd season in BHL, he had 176 pts in 35 games and was only 5th in scoring, leader Scott Morrison had 224 pts.

Come on..

 

[joe dirte]

Yeah those are some crazy numbers. I looked up his 2nd season in BHL, he had 176 pts in 35 games and was only 5th in scoring, leader Scott Morrison had 224 pts.

Kevin Conway. 148 goals in 29 games.

 

[Statto]

I’m from the Uk. In the 80’s in particular any imports that couldn’t score 5 points per game got canned. No joke. I’m in BRACKNELL where the team record is 13+9 in a single game, held by Darin Fridgen. So yeah lots of scoring. Fred Perlini was one of the better import players but he was far from the best.

I hate Tony Hand, I really do, but boy could he play. Lots of ex NHL players that came over were no where near as good. He was the Uk Gretzky for sure, just not as endearing. I should add that I’ve never met him so he may well be a top guy. One year iirc he had 252 points.

In the Super League era when it was mostly AHL players and fringe NHL guys he was well into his 30s and still a top player.

He had NHL skills but it was NHL or bust. He was 18 and didn’t want to play in the minors. Glen Sather rated him highly and said he had the highest IQ of anyone at Oilers camp bar Gretzky.

He played into his 50s I think. By then I no longer followed uk hockey so I’m not certain.

 

[Goonzilla]

I'm thinking I'd like a 200 point season, where to head..Kenya, Jamaica, Burma..?

 

[stampedingviking]

I’m from the Uk. In the 80’s in particular any imports that couldn’t score 5 points per game got canned. No joke. I’m in BRACKNELL where the team record is 13+9 in a single game, held by Darin Fridgen. So yeah lots of scoring. Fred Perlini was one of the better import players but he was far from the best.

I hate Tony Hand, I really do, but boy could he play. Lots of ex NHL players that came over were no where near as good. He was the Uk Gretzky for sure, just not as endearing. I should add that I’ve never met him so he may well be a top guy. One year iirc he had 252 points.

In the Super League era when it was mostly AHL players and fringe NHL guys he was well into his 30s and still a top player.

He had NHL skills but it was NHL or bust. He was 18 and didn’t want to play in the minors. Glen Sather rated him highly and said he had the highest IQ of anyone at Oilers camp bar Gretzky.

He played into his 50s I think. By then I no longer followed uk hockey so I’m not certain.

Yep, I started watching hockey (the Southampton Vikings) in the late '70s and scores of 30 - 5 were common. Also, we were disappointed if there weren't at least three or four fights a game.

Much higher standard over here now.