Where is gilbert perreault

On the French Connection line with Richard Martin and Rene Robert he had 88 points in 78 games, leading the Sabres to their first playoff appearance in his third season.

In six playoff games he had 10 points, but the Sabres were ousted by the eventual champion Montreal Canadiens. Perreault was the star of his team, while Lafleur was an under-performing checker with 55 points in 73 games, and eight in 17 in the playoffs. Dionne had 90 points in 77 games with Detroit but was suffering through the Red Wings Gordie Howe to Stevie Yzerman greatness drought and was apparently not enough on his own to get them in the playoffs.

The next year, Perreault broke his leg and had 55 points in 51 games while the Sabres missed the playoffs. Perrault finished with 96 points in 68 regular season games, while each member of the French Connection finished in the Top 10 of NHL regular season scoring.

At the same time, though, Dionne was third in the league with the playoffless Wings, just behind Orr and Esposito. He had 47 goals and 74 assists. Worse for Perrault was the fact that Lafleur had finally gotten his legs under him and finished fourth in scoring. Lafleur had 53 goals and 66 assists in 70 games.

Perreault, in one of his greatest moments, had still somehow slipped behind Lafleur and Dionne again. Eclipsed, you could say. The Sabres got a bye to the second round where they took out the Chicago Blackhawks in five games. They then faced Lafleur and Les Glourieux in the semifinals.

The Sabres won the first two at home and and then were swamped in Montreal, losing and They then proceeded to win two close games in Buffalo and in Montreal. Lafleur had 19 points in 11 games that playoff year, but Perreault was going to the Stanley Cup Finals versus the Philadelphia Flyers.

This was a first for the NHL as two non-original six teams were meeting in the finals for the first time. He ended that playoff season with six goals and nine assists in 17 games. He tied for fifth in playoff scoring. The finals had a young team, the Sabres, over-matched against the Stanley Cup champion Philadelphia Flyers. Buffalo scored a goal in three losses and were shut out once. They won the first game in Buffalo, the infamous fog game, in overtime. This represented their best effort in the series, in a nadir in ice-making and air conditioning in an NHL hockey rink in May.

They managed to win the second game in Buffalo , but the Flyers at home with Kate Smith, their rabid fans, and intimidating team clobbered them Bobby Clarke had basically shut down the French Connection in the finals and Bernie Parent finished them off. This Buffalo team was competitive for years after the loss, but Perreault never managed to make it back to the Stanley Cup finals again. His next year was his best ever, with points in 80 games. He finished third in NHL scoring.

In LA, Dionne made the playoffs but only had 90 points that year. Guy Lafleur had surpassed him though, finishing with points. He had a goal and two assists in a win and was all over the Wings as they were outshot The playoffs that year had the Habs sweep the Flyers for the cup.

That summer the first Canada Cup international hockey series was organized. It was scheduled for what would normally be training camp for NHLers. It was held in the first two weeks in September. This was the first international hockey tournament since , involving the best Canadian hockey players. The WHA had an eight-game tournament with the Russians imitating the original summit series in and lost.

The Russians won four, lost one, and tied three in that series. The Canada Cup tournament was designed to allow the best Canadian players to play against the best in the world and win.

They also allowed WHA players who had been excluded in , to play. Bobby Hull got his first and last chance to play with the best Canadians in the world against the best players in the world. Unfortunately, the Russians sent a sub-par team and finished third. You started with a one-legged Bobby Orr with his last gasp of greatness.

Unfortunately, he could hardly skate in the second playoff game. Dennis Potvin insisted he was better than Bobby Orr during that series. He had an unbelievable series. At that point in their two careers they were very comparable.

Offensively, he had nine points like Orr. He skated almost as well as Orr, better when Orr was hurting. He hit players and went through them like he was made of some better, denser material.

He was a complete defenceman and at his young best in this series. Potvin was a Scott Stevens-Bobby Orr amalgam in that series and during his career. He was mean as Messier and had talent to burn.

Yet for me at the time, and then watching the games 20 years later on DVD, the best player on the Canadian team was Perreault. He ended the series with eight points, four goals, and four assists, one behind Orr and Potvin.

Starting with the roll up of the Finns, though, he played like a dispossessed man in search of redemption. He created chances every time he was on the ice. He made three or four end-to-end rushes every game. The quick skating Russians and the tight-checking Czechs could not deal with his speed and ability. He was always a force whenever he was on the ice. I think in the need to give Bobby Orr one more award and with the push back from the young and fabulously talented Potvin, Perreault was lost in the shuffle.

Another four points and his performance probably would have been acknowledged for the great dominating effort it was. He played that series like a force of nature creating chances wherever he went. The Sabres made the playoffs for 11 straight years during his time there. Choice is:. Powered by.

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