Left winger David Perron plays in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the St. Louis Blues. He made his NHL debut with the blues during the 2007-08 season when he was just 19 years old, appearing in 62 games. During his rookie campaign, he logged 27 points on 13 goals and 14 assists, and logged 38 penalty minutes.http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=95960

David Perron was a first round draft selection for the St. Louis Blues, and number 26 overall, in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft. He appeared in his first NHL game with the team on October 12, 2007, in a match-up against the Colorado Avalanche. He logged his first NHL assist in his debut game, posted a +1 plus/minus rating, took one shot on goal, and recorded 11:35 of time on ice in 14 shifts. His first NHL goal came in just his fifth game, a November 3, 2007, contest between the Blues and the Chicago Blackhawks.http://www.hockey-reference.com/players/p/perroda01/gamelog/2008/

David Perron was born on May 28, 1988, in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, and at the start of his 2007-08 NHL rookie season, was the youngest player on the St. Louis Blues' starting roster.http://blues.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8474102http://mckeenshockey.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=748168 Some of his most memorable hockey moments include making the NHL team out of camp when he was just 19 years old, his first NHL game, point, and goal, and playing against his hockey idol, Alex Kovalev, during the 2008-09 season.http://www.crashthecrease.com/2009/10/06/david-perron-qa-interview/

In his first 10 games of the 2010-11 NHL season, David Perron logged seven points on five goals and two assists. He also posted a +7 plus/minus rating, and 12 penalty minutes. In 225 NHL games prior to the 2010-11 season, Perron logged 124 points on 48 goals and 76 assists. He scored 12 of his goals on the power play, one short-handed, and six were game-winning goals. He also registered 148 penalty minutes. In four postseason contests, he logged two points on one goal and one assist, recorded a +3 plus/minus rating, and logged four penalty minutes.http://forecaster.thehockeynews.com/hockeynews/hockey/player.cgi?6066

Prior to playing professional hockey, Perron played one season of major junior hockey in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) for the Lewiston MAINEiacs. He recorded 83 points on 39 goals and 44 assists in 70 games for the MAINEiacs, and registered 75 penalty minutes. He also helped lead the team to the Memorial Cup Finals, and in 17 postseason games he logged 30 points on 12 goals and 16 assists. He also put up 22 penalty minutes.http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=95960