{{Short description|American ice hockey player (born 1967)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | image = | team= | played_for = Johnstown Chiefs<br>Knoxville Cherokees<br>Hershey Bears | position = Defense | shoots = Right | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 0 | weight_lb = 195 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|7|15}} | birth_place = Long Island, New York, U.S. | draft = 72nd overall | draft_year = 1985 | draft_team = Los Angeles Kings | career_start = 1989 | career_end = 1995 }} '''Perry Florio''' (born {{Birth date|1967|7|15}}), is an American former professional ice hockey player who spent the majority of his career with the Johnstown Chiefs of the ECHL.

==Personal life== Florio is married, has two children, and three siblings. Both of his parents are deceased.

==Career== Florio played the 1986 and 1987 seasons for the Providence College Friars,<ref>{{cite news |last=Mahoney |first=Larry |date=November 6, 1986 |title=Rebuilding Friars at UM This Weekend |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2457&dat=19861106&id=m6xJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lQ4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=4372,3750161 |newspaper=Bangor Daily News }}</ref> leading the team in penalty minutes both years.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.friars.com/sports/m-hockey/archive/prov-m-hockey-yrbyyrlead.html |title=Providence College Hockey Year-By-Year Individual Leaders |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=friars.com |publisher=Providence College }}</ref> Following the 1986 season, Florio was named to the United States men's national junior ice hockey team for the World Junior Championships.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.friars.com/sports/m-hockey/spec-rel/010513aaa.html |title=Jon Gillies and Team USA Win Gold At World Junior Championship |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=January 5, 2013 |website=friars.com |publisher=Providence College }}</ref>

Florio transferred to Northern Michigan University, where he played ten games in his senior year in 1989.

He started his pro career in the 1989-90 season for the Knoxville Cherokees of the East Coast Hockey League before going to the Johnstown Chiefs the next season. Save for a three-game stint with the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League in 1992, he played the rest of his professional career in Johnstown, retiring after the 1995 season; he served as the team's captain, and was named to the franchise's 20th Anniversary Team.<ref>{{cite news |last=Mastovich |first=Mike |date=February 21, 2008 |title=20th Anniversary Team Coming Together |url=http://www.tribune-democrat.com/prosports/x519157492/MIKE-MASTOVICH-Anniversary-team-coming-together |newspaper=Tribune-Democrat |location=Elmira, NY }}</ref> At the time of his retirement, he was the all-time ECHL leader in games played.<ref>{{cite news |last=Anderson |first=Shelley |date=March 15, 1994 |title=East Coast League Upgrading Its Image |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=19940315&id=O7JRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Qm8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2899,7098005 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette }}</ref> He was further honored by being named to the ECHL's all-time 10th Anniversary Team in 1997.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Admirals Report |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-68517679.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924162521/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-68517679.html |url-status=dead|archive-date=September 24, 2015 |newspaper=The Virginian-Pilot |location=Norfolk, VA |date=October 29, 1997 }}</ref>

Florio also played in Roller Hockey International for the Philadelphia Bulldogs in 1994 and 1995; he played in the RHI All-Star Game in 1994 where he was named the game's MVP.

==Coaching== After retiring as a player, Florio became an assistant coach for the Roanoke Express of the ECHL in 1998, and was named head coach and general manager in 2000.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-12644831.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140806031056/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-12644831.html |url-status=dead|archive-date=August 6, 2014 |title=Coach's Tenure Chaotic But Successful: Florio on Verge of 100 Wins With Express |last1=Waugh |first1=Katrina |date=January 23, 2003 |newspaper=Roanoke Times |location=Roanoke, VA }}</ref> After making some controversial and unsuccessful trades,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-12622376.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140806031101/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-12622376.html |url-status=dead|archive-date=August 6, 2014 |title=Florio Says He's Getting the Point: Express Coach Learns From Season |last1=Waugh |first1=Katrina |date=April 19, 2002 |newspaper=Roanoke Times |location=Roanoke, VA }}</ref> he was fired in January 2003 with the team just out of first place, a move unpopular with the players.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=RO&p_theme=ro&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F8EDA67B0DEEB3E&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=Roanoke Begins Life after Florio with Win |newspaper=Roanoke Times |location=Roanoke, VA |date=January 31, 2003 |access-date=2011-06-07}}</ref> He was promptly hired as interim head coach for the Anchorage Aces,<ref>{{cite news |date=February 22, 2003 |title=Royals On The Road |newspaper=Reading Eagle }}</ref> with whom he finished the season, before going on to be the head coach for the Pee Dee Pride in the 2004 and 2005 seasons. He also was the head coach of the Elmira Jackals of the United Hockey League in 2006.

==Career statistics== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 1985–86 | Providence College | NCAA | 39 || 4 || 5 || 9 || 90 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1986–87 | Providence College | NCAA | 23 || 1 || 6 || 7 || 58 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1987–88 | Northern Michigan University | NCAA | — || — || — || — || — | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1988–89 | Northern Michigan University | NCAA | 10 || 0 || 4 || 4 || 8 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1989–90 | Knoxville Cherokees | ECHL | 53 || 8 || 16 || 24 || 114 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1990–91 | Johnstown Chiefs | ECHL | 57 || 8 || 36 || 44 || 179 | 9 || 1 || 4 || 5 || 30 |- | 1991–92 | Johnstown Chiefs | ECHL | 63 || 10 || 35 || 45 || 247 | 6 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 21 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1992–93 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1992–93 | Johnstown Chiefs | ECHL | 61 || 11 || 32 || 43 || 162 | 5 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 25 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1993–94 | Johnstown Chiefs | ECHL | 62 || 12 || 40 || 52 || 117 | 3 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 42 |- | 1994–95 | Johnstown Chiefs | ECHL | 62 || 3 || 28 || 31 || 94 | 4 || 0 || 6 || 6 || 12 |- |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | ECHL totals ! ALIGN="center" | 358 ! ALIGN="center" | 52 ! ALIGN="center" | 187 ! ALIGN="center" | 239 ! ALIGN="center" | 913 ! ALIGN="center" | 27 ! ALIGN="center" | 1 ! ALIGN="center" | 12 ! ALIGN="center" | 13 ! ALIGN="center" | 130 |}

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