3 Kyle Pereira

• Position: D
• Height: 6.01
• Weight: 198
• Born: Feb. 2, 1991
• Birthplace: Toronto, ON
• Home: Brampton, ON
• OHL Draft: Brampton's 6th Round Choice (105th overall) in 2007

Bio:
Kyle attends grade 12 at St. Michael's College ... his father Paul is a regional salesman for Athletic Knit and his territory includes the U.S. midwest. Paul was a goaltender at St. Michael's College and his team captured the Toronto District championship in 1984 ... Kyle's mother Janice was a competitive baton twirler and participated in events that included the Grey Cup and Rose Bowl Parade ... Kyle has three younger siblings who all attend St. Rita Elementary School in Brampton ... Kayla attends grade 8 and is a competitive equestrian rider ... Melody attends grade 3 and is a competitive gymnast ... Michael is a grade 1 pupil and plays select hockey in the BYHA ... Kyle was St. Rita's athlete of the year in 2005 and twice named most valuable player of the school hockey team ... was named most outstanding junior athlete at St. Michael's College in 2007 ... was an all-star lacrosse player in box and field lacrosse in Mississauga, Halton, Caledon and Brampton ... won box lacrosse bronze medal with Brampton at 2006 Ontario Summer Games ... played two years of varsity lacrosse at St. Michael's ... hobbies include art and stringing lacrosse sticks ... favourite NHL team is the Toronto Maple Leafs and favourite player is Toronto defenceman Tomas Kaberle.

Career Highlights:
Second-year defenceman Kyle Pereira returned to the lineup Feb. 28 and scored one goal in a 5-2 win vs. Owen Sound ... missed five games with a shoulder injury suffered Feb. 15 in a 3-2 win at Oshawa ... returned to the lineup Feb. 4 in a 4-2 win vs. Erie after missing four games with a concussion … played his 100th OHL game on Jan. 22 in a 4-1 win at Sault Ste. Marie ... recorded one goal and one assist Oct. 17 in 8-1 win at Peterborough ... scored his first goal of the season on Thanksgiving Monday in a 2-1 loss vs. Mississauga ... scored two goals and added 17 assists for 19 points in 57 games in 2008-09, his rookie campaign with the Troops ... scored his first OHL goal on Nov. 21 in a 5-4 win at Ottawa .. the Battalion's first of two sixth-round choices in the 2007 OHL Priority Selection ... played the 2007-08 season with the St. Michael's Buzzers of the Provincial Junior A League ... started playing organized hockey in 1995 as a centre in Meadowvale House League ... moved to the Brampton Youth Hockey Association in 1998 and was assistant captain of the Brampton 7A Selects ... started playing defence in 2002-03 as an underage with the BYHA AAA Peewees ... the following season his team was champion of the prestigious Quebec International Peewee Tournament ... named to the Big Nickel all-star team in 2005 ... played his minor midget season with the BYHA AAA and St. Michael's College high school teams.