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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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.

Fan favorites like Gilbert Perreault, Daniel Briere and Jack Eichel have donned the 'C' throughout the last 44 years with the recently retired Kyle Okposo serving as the latest Sabres captain.