Player Review: Corey Perry

By AJ Manderichio AnaheimDucks.comAs part of the AnaheimDucks.com annual Player Reviews, we will be featuring a different Ducks player throughout the coming weeks, in numerical uniform number order. Each review will include key stats, a highlight and an outlook for 2016-17.

Slow start, incredible middle and a disappointing finish.

The 2015-16 season for Corey Perry, the team’s resident goal-scorer and agitator, was an up-and-down one marked equally with frustration and dominant play. The 11-year veteran kicked off the regular season with no goals – and just three points – in his first 11 games. The struggles coincided with a lackluster start to the season for the Ducks, who failed to consistently find the back of the net.

When he scored his first of the season – a crucial, last-minute goal against the Florida Panthers on November 4 – the floodgates opened. He went on to post 14 points (8g/6a) the rest of the month, serving again as the team’s go-to offensive force.

The surge earned Perry his fourth career All-Star nomination. He brought his scoring touch to Nashville and the 2016 Honda NHL All-Star Game, scoring the lone goal in the championship game to deliver the Pacific Division a championship in the league’s first 3-on-3 format.

Perry played a large role in the team’s second-half surge, collecting 29 points (14g/15a) over the final three months of the regular season. He finished tops among skaters in goals (34), power-play goals (12) and power-play points (24) and co-led …

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