That No. 11 was Gilbert Perreault, who had recently been picked No. 1 as the Sabres’ first-ever draft choice. He was 20 years old and fresh off a 121-point season with the Montreal Junior Canadiens.

The list of the top 10 Sabres players is full of Hall-of-Famers and award winners, like Gilbert Perrault, Pat Lafontaine, and ...

Arrivals: Coach Dan Bylsma, Jack Eichel (drafted No. 2 overall), C-W Ryan O’Reilly and Jamie McGinn (trade from Colorado Avalanche), G Robin Lehner and C David Legwand (trade from Ottawa ...

Ric Seiling (1977-1986) Seiling may not have been as talented as teammates Rick Martin, Rene Robert, and Gilbert Perreault, but his two-way contributions were key for the team in the late 1970s ...

Gilbert Perreault centered Rick Martin and Rene Robert. Other young stars such as Craig Ramsay and Jim Schoenfeld emerged. Experience from Tim Horton, Dick Duff, Eddie Shack, Floyd Smith and Roger ...

That meant that Gilbert Perreault, instead of belonging to the Montreal Canadiens who sponsored his junior team, could be selected by any team in the 1970 draft.

That meant that Gilbert Perreault, instead of belonging to the Montreal Canadiens who sponsored his junior team, could be selected by any team in the 1970 draft. The talented centre, who was billed as ...

Noticing the stick was not only signed by Gretzky, but also Gilbert Perreault, Reiser looked for photos of Grezky’s Oilers playing Perrault’s Sabres during the 1981-82 season.

It gave Peterka goals in four straight games against the Rangers - becoming the first Sabres player since Gilbert Perreault (Nov. 9, 1977 to Feb. 9, 1978) to do so.

GM Punch Imlach in the summer of 1976 was looking for more two-way ability up the middle with Gilbert Perreault and Don Luce as their top two offensive centers.