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  Joe Pereira
Joe Pereira

Player Profile
Class:
Junior

Hometown:
West Haven, Conn.

Height / Weight:
5-10 / 185

Position:
F

Birthdate:
03/28/1987

Last Team:
South Kent School

Pereira Photo Gallery


PEREIRA RADIO INTERVIEWS:
BU All-Access Radio Show Interview - October 29, 2009
BU All-Access Radio Show Interview - January 23, 2009


2009-10 HIGHLIGHTS
Scored game-winning goal in 3-2 win over fourth-ranked Michigan on Oct. 24 ... Tallied an assist in 5-4 win at UMass Lowell on Oct. 30 ... Picked up two assists in 6-4 win over Merrimack on Nov. 14 ... Posted first career multiple-goal game with four points (2g, 2a) in 6-5 win at Harvard on Nov. 24 ... Assisted on David Warsofsky's shorthanded goal against Cornell on Nov. 28 in New York ... Scored a goal in 3-2 win over Boston College at Fenway Park on Jan. 8 ... Registered a goal and an assist in 6-4 win over Merrimack on Jan. 16 ... Posted four points (2g, 2a) in three-game point streak from Jan. 8-16 ... Named to Hockey East Honor Roll four times (10/12, 10/26, 11/30, 1/11).

2008-09 HIGHLIGHTS
Appeared in 34 games before suffering a season-ending spleen injury in the Hockey East title game ... Scored 10 points on three goals and seven assists ... Named to the Hockey East All-Academic Team ... Received Regina Eilberg Scholarship, honoring the Terriers' top scholar-athlete ... Recorded the second multi-point game of his career with a goal and an assist in a 3-2 home win over UMass Lowell on Dec. 12 ... Had the third-highest penalty-minute total on the team (74) ... Named to Hockey East Honor Roll on Dec. 15.

2007-08 HIGHLIGHTS
Appeared in 30-of-40 games, including 27 of the last 28 ... Tallied four goals and five assists ... Registered first points of his career with a goal and an assist in the Terriers' 6-3 win over Cornell at Madison Square Garden on Nov. 24 to earn Hockey East Rookie of the Week honors ... Scored game-winning goal in 2-0 win over Providence in regular-season finale on March 7 ... Also added goals vs. UNH (1/26) and at Providence (3/6).

BEFORE BOSTON UNIVERSITY
The top scorer at South Kent School during the 2006-07 season, Pereira led the Cardinals to their first appearance in the Division I New England prep playoffs, reaching the semifinals ... Tallied 100 points in two years at South Kent, scoring 28 goals as a senior and 25 as a junior ... Received South Kent's William P. Gillette Award, given to top all-around athlete, and inducted into school's Hockey Hall of Fame ... Earned all-state honors at West Haven High School before heading to South Kent ... Also played baseball at South Kent, leading team in home runs a senior.

PERSONAL
Son of Mario and Sherry Pereira of West Haven, Conn. ... Enrolled in the University's College of Arts and Sciences ... Born March 28, 1987.

Overall
YEAR GP G A Pts PP Sh GW PIM
2007-08 30 4 5 9 0 0 1 9/18
2008-09 34 3 7 10 0 0 1 26/74
2009-10 21 5 8 13 2 0 1 1/2
Tot. 85 12 20 32 2 0 3 36/94

Hockey East
YEAR GP G A Pts PP Sh GW PIM
2007-08 20 3 4 7 0 0 1 7/14
2008-09 20 2 5 7 0 0 0 16/43
2009-10 17 2 5 7 0 0 0 1/2
Tot. 57 7 14 21 0 0 1 24/59