Benn Ferriero

Benn Ferriero
Ferriero with the San Jose Sharks in 2009
Born	(1987-04-29) April 29, 1987 (age 29) Boston, MA, USA
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight	195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb)
Position	Center
Shoots	Right
team Former teams	Free Agent San Jose Sharks New York Rangers Vancouver Canucks EC Red Bull Salzburg
National team	United States
NHL Draft	196th overall, 2006 Phoenix Coyotes
Playing career	2009–present

Benn Trevor Ferriero (born April 29, 1987) is an American professional ice hockey center currently an unrestricted free agent. He was most recently under contract to the Providence Bruins of the American Hockey League (AHL). Ferriero was born in Boston, Massachusetts, but grew up in Essex.

Ferriero attended high school at Governor Dummer Academy in Byfield, Massachusetts, graduating in 2005. He played collegiate hockey at Boston College for four seasons from 2005 to 2009. After scoring 25 points in 42 games in his freshman season, Ferriero was drafted in the seventh round of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft, 196th overall by the Phoenix Coyotes. However, the Coyotes did not sign Ferriero upon completing his college career.

Ferriero was signed as a free agent by the San Jose Sharks on September 1, 2009. After a pre-season during which he scored five points, Ferriero made his NHL debut exactly one month later against the Colorado Avalanche. He scored his first NHL goal during the second game of the season on October 3 against Jonas Hiller of the Anaheim Ducks.

In the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, the Sharks drafted Benn's younger brother Cody in the fifth round, 127th overall.

On his 24th birthday, and in his first Stanley Cup playoff appearance, Ferriero scored the game-winning goal (and his first career playoff goal) in overtime against the Detroit Red Wings in Game 1 of the Western Conference Semifinals of the 2011 playoffs.