Gilbert Perreault still recalls facing off against Rene Robert for the first time while playing for opposing teams in the Quebec Junior League in 1966. Little did the two realize they would eventually ...
On this day 40 years ago, Gilbert Perreault made Sabres history by becoming the franchise’s first – and to this day, its only – player to score 500 career goals. The scene was Buffalo Memorial ...
Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino is hosting a free watch party for the Buffalo Sabres’ March 5 game against the Pittsburgh Penguins with two former Sabres' legends. Former team captains Gilbert ...
Bill Hajt is speaking to a group of reporters inside the KeyBank Center media room. It's "1970s Night," and Hajt is one of several Sabres alumni in attendance to look back on the franchise's inaugural ...
When Gilbert Perreault saw a 16-year-old center with the USA Hockey National Team Development Program named Jack Eichel, he immediately predicted greatness for the kid. Seven years later, the Hockey ...
Rene Robert, best known as the right wing of the Buffalo Sabres' "French Connection" line of the 1970s, died Tuesday after he had a heart attack in Florida last week. He was 72. Skating with center ...
Tuesday night's game was half over and Gilbert Perreault was the best performer in the arena. That would be fine for the Buffalo Sabres if he hadn't retired nearly two decades ago. Perreault proved he ...
Back in the late ’70s, when the Buffalo Sabres were starting to make serious noise in the NHL, all eyes were on the French Connection. Gilbert Perreault, Rick Martin, and René Robert stole the ...