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Place of Birth: Victoriaville, Quebec, Canada
About Gilbert Perreault
- Gilbert Perreault (born November 13, 1950) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey centre who played for 17 seasons with the National Hockey League's Buffalo Sabres.
- He was inducted to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1990.
- Known for his ability to stickhandle in close quarters, he is regarded as one of the most skillful playmaking centres of all time.
- He was the first draft pick of the Sabres in their inaugural season in the NHL.
- He is well known as the centre man for the prolific trio of Sabres forwards known as The French Connection.
- In 2017 Perreault was named one of the '100 Greatest NHL Players' in history.Perreault was a standout junior hockey player who went on to become a nine-time NHL All-Star, two-time official NHL All-Star Team (second team centre) selection, a Calder Memorial Trophy winner, a Lady Byng Trophy winner and a Hockey Hall of Famer.
- He played his entire 17-year career with the Buffalo Sabres and continues to be the all-time franchise leader in career regular season games played, goals, assists, points, game-winning goals, and shots on goal, serving as the team's captain from 1981 until his retirement in November 1986.
- He led the team to 11 consecutive playoff appearances ending with the 1984–85 season.Over the course of his 17-season career he accumulated 512 goals and 814 assists in 1191 games.
- Among his career highlights was the game-winning goal in overtime of the 1978 National Hockey League All-Star Game played at the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium.
- Perreault once totaled seven points in a single game, which remains a Sabres record.
- He also recorded the first power play goal and the first hat trick in the team's history.
- He is the only Buffalo Sabre to wear number 11, with the number being retired in his honor.
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