Corey Perry
Hart Trophy winner and first to lose four Finals with four teams.
Corey Perry is a Canadian professional ice hockey winger for the Los Angeles Kings in the NHL. He is best known for winning the Hart Trophy as the league’s MVP in 2011 and for a series of historic Stanley Cup Final appearances. Perry is the first player in NHL history to lose three straight Finals with three different teams, and the first to reach the Final with five different franchises, and the first player in NHL history to lose four Final series with four different teams. Born May 16, 1985, in New Liskeard, Ontario, Perry grew up in Haileybury and later Peterborough, where he learned to skate at age two. His favorite NHL team as a child was the Montreal Canadiens. He played minor hockey with the Peterborough Minor Petes, scoring 73 goals in 67 games and leading them to the inaugural OHL Cup Bantam AAA championship in 2001. In the OHL, Perry was drafted fifth overall by the London Knights in 2001. He recorded 59 points in 60 games as a rookie, then 78 points in his draft year, when the Anaheim Ducks selected him 28th overall in 2003. In 2003–04, he became the first Knight since 1994 to reach 100 points, finishing with 113 in 66 games. A trade to Edmonton for Mike Comrie fell through when Comrie refused to return part of his salary. Perry was named an OHL first-team All-Star. In 2004–05, he scored a junior career-high 130 points in 60 games, then added 38 points in the playoffs to win the J. Ross Robertson Cup and the Memorial Cup, shutting out Sidney Crosby’s Rimouski Océanic in the final. Perry debuted with the Ducks in 2005–06, scoring his first NHL goal on October 10, 2005, and his first multi-goal game on January 28, 2006. He and Ryan Getzlaf combined for 67 points in 36 AHL games with the Portland Pirates before being recalled. Perry finished his rookie season with 25 points in 56 games and three assists in the playoffs as the Ducks lost in the Western Conference Final. In 2006–07, he played all 82 games, scoring 44 points, and won the Stanley Cup with Anaheim. Over his 14 seasons with the Ducks, Perry became known for his goal-scoring—earning the nickname “Scorey Perry”—and his abrasive style, which earned him the less affectionate “the Worm.” He scored 29 goals in 2008, 72 points in 2009 (his first All-Star Game), and 27 goals with 49 assists in 2010.
Quick Facts
- Birth Date
- 1985-05-16
- Birth Place
- New Liskeard, Ontario, Canada
- Height Ft
- 6
- Height In
- 3
- Weight Lb
- 208
- Position
- Winger
- Shoots
- Right
- League
- NHL
- Team
- Los Angeles Kings
- Former Teams
- Anaheim Ducks / Dallas Stars / Montreal Canadiens / Tampa Bay Lightning / Chicago Blackhawks / Edmonton Oilers
- Ntl Team
- CAN
- Draft
- 28th overall
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Lore & Background
Perry is known for his goal-scoring ability and an abrasive playing style that gets under opponents' skin, earning him the affectionate nickname 'Scorey Perry' and the less affectionate 'the Worm'. He won the Memorial Cup with the Ontario Hockey League's London Knights and a gold medal with Canada at the World Junior Championships during his major junior career. He played the first 14 years of his career with the Anaheim Ducks, winning the Stanley Cup in 2007, and later played for the Dallas Stars, Montreal Canadiens, Chicago Blackhawks, Edmonton Oilers, and Tampa Bay Lightning. 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 in 2020 and 2021; he then joined the Lightning the next season and lost a third straight Final series in 2022, becoming the first player in NHL history to lose three consecutive Final series with three different teams. He returned to the Final for a fifth and sixth time with the Oilers in 2024 and 2025, losing both times, becoming the first player to reach the Final with five different franchises and the first to lose four Final series with four different teams.
Reader's Guide
Perry's significance lies in his unique combination of individual achievement and unprecedented playoff history. He won the Hart Memorial Trophy as the NHL's most valuable player in 2010–11, leading the league with 50 goals and finishing third in points with 98. He is a member of the Triple Gold Club, having won the Stanley Cup, Olympic gold medals (2010 and 2014), and the World Championship gold (2016). He 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. However, his legacy is also defined by his record of losing three consecutive Stanley Cup Finals with three different teams (2020, 2021, 2022) and later becoming the first player to reach the Final with five different franchises and to lose four Final series with four different teams. This duality of high honors and historic losses makes his career a distinctive case in NHL history.
Did You Know?
- Perry was drafted 28th overall by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the 2003 NHL entry draft.
- He won the Hart Memorial Trophy as the league's most valuable player for the 2010–11 season.
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