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| Gilbert Perrault was a profesional Ice hockey player with the Buffalo Sabres. He was a magnificent player largely overlooked because he played in a small market on a then struggling team. Blessed with an uncanny ability to stick handle in close quarters he was one of the slickest playmaking |
Gilbert Perrault was a profesional Ice hockey player with the Buffalo Sabres. He was a magnificent player largely overlooked because he played in a small market on a then struggling team. Blessed with an uncanny ability to stick handle in close quarters he was one of the slickest playmaking centres ever to play the game. | ||
| In 1969 and 1970 he was on the Memorial Cup winning Montreal Junior Canadiens. Previously, all Junior Clubs in Canada were eligible for the cup but the Junior Canadiens beat a club from Prince Edward Island so badly in the playoffs that Junior A was split into Major Junior and Junior A with only the Major Junior clubs eligible for the cup. | |||
| In 1970 two new franchises were awarded in the NHL - Buffalo and Vancouver. Buffalo by the luck of the draw won the right to the first draft pick. This was the first year that Montreal Canadiens did not have the right to protect any Quebec born junior players from the draft. Consequently, Perraault was available for the draft and was teaken first overall. Dale Tallon who was taken second never really overcome the burden of comparison with the great Gilbert Perrault and his carreer never blossomed. | |||
| Gilbert was born in Victoriaville Quebec on November 13, 1950. He played 17 seasons with the Buffalo Sabres, winning the Calder Mmeorial Trophy in 1970, the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy in 1972 and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1990. | |||
| He played on the famed French Connection line with Rene Robert and Richard Martin and captained the Sabres from 1981 to 1987. | |||
| While with the Sabres, he reached the Stanley Cup finals once but never won the cup. | |||
Revision as of 18:21, 22 December 2004
Gilbert Perrault was a profesional Ice hockey player with the Buffalo Sabres. He was a magnificent player largely overlooked because he played in a small market on a then struggling team. Blessed with an uncanny ability to stick handle in close quarters he was one of the slickest playmaking centres ever to play the game.
In 1969 and 1970 he was on the Memorial Cup winning Montreal Junior Canadiens. Previously, all Junior Clubs in Canada were eligible for the cup but the Junior Canadiens beat a club from Prince Edward Island so badly in the playoffs that Junior A was split into Major Junior and Junior A with only the Major Junior clubs eligible for the cup.
In 1970 two new franchises were awarded in the NHL - Buffalo and Vancouver. Buffalo by the luck of the draw won the right to the first draft pick. This was the first year that Montreal Canadiens did not have the right to protect any Quebec born junior players from the draft. Consequently, Perraault was available for the draft and was teaken first overall. Dale Tallon who was taken second never really overcome the burden of comparison with the great Gilbert Perrault and his carreer never blossomed.
Gilbert was born in Victoriaville Quebec on November 13, 1950. He played 17 seasons with the Buffalo Sabres, winning the Calder Mmeorial Trophy in 1970, the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy in 1972 and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1990.
He played on the famed French Connection line with Rene Robert and Richard Martin and captained the Sabres from 1981 to 1987.
While with the Sabres, he reached the Stanley Cup finals once but never won the cup.