Corey Perry

Corey Perry (born May 16, 1985) is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger for the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL).

He played the first 14 years of his career with the Anaheim Ducks, and has also played for the Dallas Stars, Montreal Canadiens, Tampa Bay Lightning, and Chicago Blackhawks.

Perry is known for his goal-scoring ability and an abrasive playing style with an ability to get under his opponent's skin; the former earned him the affectionate nickname "Scorey Perry", the latter the less affectionate "the Worm".

He won the Memorial Cup with the Ontario Hockey League (OHL)'s London Knights and a gold medal with Canada at the World Junior Championships during his major junior career.

Perry was born on May 16, 1985, in New Liskeard, Ontario, the first of two boys born to Geoff and Nancy Perry.

He and his brother Adam learned to skate when Corey was two.

At age 10, he and his family moved from Haileybury, Ontario to Peterborough, Ontario.

Growing up, his favourite NHL team was the Montreal Canadiens.

Perry grew up playing hockey with the Peterborough Minor Petes AAA organization of the OMHA's Eastern AAA league.

In 2001, Perry led his Petes to a victory in the inaugural OHL Cup Bantam AAA championship held in Peterborough.

Perry had a stellar year offensively, scoring 73 goals in 67 games.

After a standout minor hockey career, Perry was drafted fifth overall into the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) by the London Knights in the 2001 Priority Draft.

He immediately produced at a point-per-game pace for the Knights, recording 59 points in 60 games in his rookie season.

Perry was drafted in the first round, 28th overall, by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft and won the Stanley Cup with the club in 2007.

The following year, his NHL draft year, Perry improved to 78 points and was selected 28th overall in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.

In the 2003–04 season, Perry scored 40 goals and 73 assists for 113 points in just 66 games, becoming the first Knight to reach 100 points in a season since Jason Allison did so in 1994.

During the season, the Ducks were considering trading Perry to the Edmonton Oilers for Mike Comrie.

The Oilers agreed to acquire Perry for Comrie, though there was one snag in the deal; Edmonton general manager Kevin Lowe felt that Comrie should return $2.5 million of his salary.

Comrie ultimately refused to do so and the trade subsequently fell through.

In the OHL playoffs, Perry scored seven more goals, with his offensive prowess earning him a call-up to the Ducks' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks, for the remainder of the 2003–04 season.

Perry was later named an OHL first-team All-Star after the season.

Entering his fourth and final year with the Knights in 2004–05, Perry scored a junior career-high 130 points in 60 games.

He went on to post an additional 38 points in the post-season to capture the J. Ross Robertson Cup as OHL champions, en route to a Memorial Cup championship.

In 18 post-season games, Perry scored 11 goals and handed out 27 assists.

The Knights shut-out Sidney Crosby's Rimouski Océanic in the final.

Perry made his debut with the Ducks the following season, in 2005–06.

However, he was sent down to the AHL early in the year, along with fellow rookie and future linemate Ryan Getzlaf.

Perry scored his first career goal against the Edmonton Oilers on October 10, 2005 managing to score a point in each of his first four career games.

He recorded his first career multi-goal game against the Los Angeles Kings on January 28, 2006.

Perry and Getzlaf combined for 67 points in 36 games with the Portland Pirates—the Ducks' new AHL affiliate—and were subsequently recalled by the Ducks ahead of the team's run in the 2006 Stanley Cup playoffs.

In 2008, he recorded 29 goals and 25 assists.

He improved in 2009 to 72 points and was named to his first NHL All-Star Game.

Perry continued his ascent in 2010 as he scored 27 goals and had 49 assists.

Internationally, Perry has won gold medals with Canada at the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics.

In 2011, he won the Hart Memorial Trophy as the league's most valuable player for the 2010–11 season.

He led the NHL with 50 goals and finished third in points behind Daniel Sedin and Martin St. Louis, with 98.

During his two one-year campaigns with the Dallas Stars and Montreal Canadiens respectively, Perry lost consecutive Stanley Cup Finals to the Tampa Bay Lightning; Perry proceed to join the Lightning the very next season after his time with the Canadiens, where he proceeded to lose a third straight Stanley Cup Finals, and in doing so became the first player in NHL history to lose three consecutive Stanley Cup Finals with three different teams.

Corey Perry is the last active player to have been a member of the Ducks while it was still called the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.

He became a member of the Triple Gold Club after captaining Canada to gold at the 2016 IIHF World Championships, in addition to previously winning the Stanley Cup and the Olympic gold medal.

Perry is only the second player (joining Scott Niedermayer) to combine Triple Gold membership with gold at the World Junior Championships, a Memorial Cup win, and a World Cup of Hockey win.