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Gilbert Perreault
center



• Shoots: Left • Height: 6-1 • Weight: 180 lbs. •
• Born: November 13, 1950 • Victoriaville, Quebec •
• Draft: Buffalo • 1st round (1st overall) • 1970 NHL Amateur • from: Montreal Jr. Canadiens (OHA-Jr) •
• Played: 1970/71 - 1986/87 •
• Hall of Fame: 1990 •



• Championships •
1967 Thetford Mines Canadiens (QJHL / CHL)
1969 Montreal Jr. Canadiens (CHL / Memorial Cup)
1970 Montreal Jr. Canadiens (CHL / Memorial Cup))

• International Medals •
1976 - Gold • Canada Cup
1981 - Silver • Canada Cup

• Awards •
1969-70 MVP (OHA-Jr)
1970-71 Calder Memorial Trophy (NHL)
1972-73 Lady Byng Memorial Trophy (NHL)

• Honors •
1968-69 OHA All-Star Team (1st)
1969-70 OHA All-Star Team (1st)
1975-76 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)
1976-77 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)
1981 Canada Cup - All Tournament Team

• All-Star Games •
NHL • 1971 / 1972 / 1977 / 1978
NHL • 1980 / 1984

• All-Star Voting •
- 70-71 (7th) / 71-72 (4th) / 72-73 (3rd) / 73-74 (7th) / 74-75 (3rd) / 75-76 (2nd) / 76-77 (2nd) / 77-78 (5th) / 79-80 (3rd)
- 83-84 (5th)

• Hart Trophy Voting •
- 70-71 (13th) / 71-72 (10th) / 72-73 (5th) / 75-76 (8th) / 76-77 (7th) / 77-78 (T14th) / 79-80 (T13th)

• Lady Byng Trophy Voting •
- 70-71 (T5th) / 71-72 (T11th) / 72-73 (1st) / 73-74 (T12th / 75-76 (7th) / 76-77 (6th) / 77-78 (7th) / 79-80 (T19th)
- 83-84 (10th) / 84-85 (12th) / 85-86 (9th)



• Achievements •

• VsX • 6 yr peak • PTS
- 76 / 95 / 91 / 82 / 73 / 89 = 499 (MEAN = 83)

• VsX • Next Best 6 yr accumulative • PTS
- 71 / 85 / 66 / 61 / 61 / 63 = 437 (MEAN = 73)

• VsX • 6 yr peak • GOALS
- 75 / 84 / 74 / 77 / 46 / 77 = 433 (MEAN = 72)

• VsX • Next Best 6 yr accumulative • GOALS
- 75 / 48 / 56 / 46 / 54 / 55 = 334 (MEAN = 56)

• VsX • 6 yr peak • ASSISTS
- 70 / 99 / 84 / 67 / 75 / 88 = 481 (MEAN = 80)

• VsX • Next Best 6 yr accumulative • ASSISTS
- 90 / 69 / 63 / 72 / 54 / 45 = 393 (MEAN = 66)

• Games Played
- 1970-71 NHL 78 (3)
- 1972-73 NHL 78 (3)
- 1975-76 NHL 80 (1)
- 1976-77 NHL 80 (1)
- 1979-80 NHL 80 (3)
- Career NHL • 1191 (99th all-time /24th for centers)

• Goals
- 1968-69 OHA-Jr 37 (T12th)
- 1969-70 OHA-Jr 51 (2)
- 1970-71 NHL 38 (6)
- 1975-76 NHL 44 (9)
- 1976-77 NHL 39 (7)
- 1977-78 NHL 41 (7)
- Career NHL • 512 (38th all-time / 12th for centers )
- Career NHL PLAYOFFS • 33 (130th all-time / 39th for centers)

• Assists
- 1968-69 OHA-Jr 60 (5)
- 1969-70 OHA-Jr 70 (2)
- 1972-73 NHL 60 (5)
- 1975-76 NHL 69 (3)
- 1976-77 NHL 56 (9)
- 1978-79 NHL 58 (8)
- 1979-80 NHL 66 (4)
- Career NHL • 814 (26th all-time / 15th for centers)
- Career NHL PLAYOFFS • 70 (57th all-time / 25th for centers)

• Points
- 1968-69 OHA-Jr 97 (5)
- 1969-70 OHA-Jr 121 (2)
- Career OHA-Jr •
- 1974-75 NHL 96 (9)
- 1975-76 NHL 113 (3)
- 1976-77 NHL 95 (5)
- 1977-78 NHL 89 (8)
- 1979-80 NHL 106 (4)
- Career NHL • 1326 (32nd all-time / 15th for centers)
- Career NHL PLAYOFFS • 103 (76th all-time / 29th for centers)

• Even Strength Goals
- 1976-77 NHL 30 (6)
- 1977-78 NHL 34 (4)
- Career NHL • 370 (20th all-time / 7th for centers)
- Career NHL PLAYOFFS • 23 (100th all-time / 33rd for centers)

• Power Play Goals
- 1970-71 NHL 14 (4)
- 1971-72 NHL 11 (9)
- 1975-76 NHL 14 (10)
- Career NHL • 134 (64th all-time / 22nd for centers)
- Career NHL PLAYOFFS • 10 (125th / 45th for centers)

• Goals Per Game
- 1970-71 NHL 0.49 (8)
- 1974-75 NHL 0.57 (7)
- 1977-78 NHL 0.52 (9)
- Career NHL • 0.43 (73rd all-time /20th for centers)
- Career NHL PLAYOFFS • 0.37 (96th all-time / 35th for centers)

• Assists Per Game
- 1972-73 NHL 0.77 (8)
- 1974-75 NHL 0.84 (6)
- 1975-76 NHL 0.86 (3)
- 1978-79 NHL 0.73 (10)
- 1979-80 NHL 0.82 (9)
- Career NHL • 0.68 (27th all-time /20th for centers)
- Career NHL PLAYOFFS • 0.78 (6th all-time / 5th for centers)

• Points Per Game
- 1974-75 NHL 1.41 (7)
- 1975-76 NHL 1.41 (4)
- 1976-77 NHL 1.19 (7)
- 1979-80 NHL 1.32 (10)
- Career NHL • 1.11 (24th all-time /14th for centers )
- Career NHL PLAYOFFS • 1.14 (10th all-time / 7th for centers)



• career stats •

	gms	G	A	TP	PIMs	+/-	G/gm	A/gm	PP	SH
NHL	1191	512	814	1326	500	+42	.43	.68	134	8
NHL PLAYOFFS	90	33	70	103	44	na	.36	.67	10	0
International	16	9	12	21	6		.56	.75
JRs	200	128	204	332	73		.64	1.03

• all-time team records •
Montreal Jr. Canadiens (OHA-Jr.) - goals (4th) / assists (2nd) / points (2nd)
Buffalo Sabres (NHL) - games (1) / playoff games (1) / goals (1) / playoff goals (1) / assists (1) / playoff assists (1) / points (1) / playoff points (1) / EV goals (1) / playoff EV goals (1) / PP Goals (2) /playoff PP goals (2) / SH Goals (8) / GPG (6) /playoff GPG (3) / APG (3) / playoff APG (1) / PPG (4) /playoff PPG (1) / shot% (9) / playoff shot% (2)



• Accolades •

Originally Posted by Peter Stastny

"The player who stunned me the most and who I previously had never heard about was Buffalo Sabres Gilbert Perreault. Never before in my life had I seen such a dynamic skater. When he took off I got the feeling that a locomotive was making its way down the ice. Perreault was so smooth that he had no trouble going coast to coast, around the defensemen like a knife through butter. He wasn't a typical Canadian player, although a big fellow, he was a fantastically technical player, far superior to any of his Team Canada teammates."

Originally Posted by Bobby Orr

"He's always tempting you to go for the puck. His head and shoulders will be going one way, his legs are going another way and the puck is doing something else".

Originally Posted by Emille Francis

"Like Beliveau, Gil had all the moves and great range. There's no way to stop him if he's coming at you one-on-one"

Originally Posted by Legends Of Hockey

One of the most naturally gifted forwards in NHL history, Gilbert Perreault dazzled fans and the opposition defenses with his famed end-to-end rushes. He was the first building block in place when Punch Imlach began assembling the Buffalo Sabres in 1970. Throughout his nearly 17-year career that was spent entirely with Buffalo, Perreault was consistently one of the game's most entertaining figures. His laid-back and shy personality kept him from gaining the fame of some of the other stars of his era.

Originally Posted by Joe Pelletier

For 17 glorious seasons, Gilbert Perreault was the Buffalo Sabres. As he went, so did the Sabres. An absolute magician with a hockey puck, Perreault ranks high on the NHL's all-time scoring list with 512 goals, 814 assists, for 1326 points in 1,191 games

Gilbert was one of the greatest one-on-one players ever. He had more tricks up his sleeve than the rest of his teammates combined. "In my day, offensive players did a lot more skating and stickhandling, changing speed, dekeing two guys and making plays in the offensive zone. I loved the thrill of beating everyone on the ice, dekeing through the opposition. When I got the puck, I'd dare them to try to get it away from me. Its rare to see that today, save for a few players like Mark Messier or Jaromir Jagr," said Perreault, who grew up admiring great stickhandlers Jean Beliveau and Dickie Moore.

Perreault was often compared to Marcel Dionne and Guy Lafleur, as those three were the top offensive players out of Quebec in their day. Perreault never reached the scoring plateaus that those two did, but many considered him to be the most individually talented. And later on in his career he became aware defensively. Lafleur of course was in Montreal and won many Cups with a great team, so he got the nod as the best Quebecer in the NHL. Dionne was way out in the obscurity of Los Angeles, and never got the recognition he deserved, so Perreault was often considered to be ranked in the middle of that French Trio.

Originally Posted by Pittsburgh Press

His Gallic flair still is apparent on occasion , "I don't know anyone who skates as easily as he does," Scotty Bowman said but Perreault now backchecks with the fervor he once devoted to scoring. "His defensive game is much stronger now", Jim Schoenfeld said, "He's very strong in his own end of the ice, whereas before he was much more offensive-minded.....and yet, he can still break it open when he gets the puck. He's one of the few guys left in the league who can bust it open all by himself".

Originally Posted by Gilbert Perreault

“I was never a guy who set goals. I always took it game-by-game. I want to see, point-wise, where I am when I retire from hockey.”