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...decade trying to "expand" an assortment of castoffs and apprentices into a respectable team. Not in Buffalo, however. In only their third year in the National Hockey League, the Buffalo Sabres have a chance to win a Stanley Cup play-off berth. There are three main reasons: Gilbert Perreault, Richard Martin and Rene Robert. Together they make up what Buffalo hockey fans call the "French Connection," the most formidable young line in the N.H.L...
Swooping and slashing down the ice, the shaggy-haired trio is a French Canadian version of a banzai attack. Perreault, 22, from Victoriaville, Que., centers the line with an extraordinary swift and shifty verve. On his left is Martin, 21, from Montreal, a deceptive dervish with an overpowering slapshot. And on the right is Robert, 24, from Trois Rivieres, Que., a stylish sharpshooter who is the line's leading scorer. So far this season, the three have collectively scored 212 points (92 goals, 120 assists) and are the principal reason why the Sabres are battling the Detroit Red Wings...
...Maple Leafs. "I've always considered myself lucky," says Imlach, whose Toronto teams won four Stanley Cups, "but I've never been so fortunate as with the Sabres." To determine which expansion team would get first choice in the 1970 player draft, Imlach gained the rights to Perreault by winning a spin on a numbered gaming wheel. Perreault, who, Imlach predicts, "is going to be the greatest hockey player in the world," scored a first-year record of 38 goals and skated off with Rookie of the Year honors...
...Buffalo Sabres, behind the scoring punch of Gilles Perreault, downed the Boston Bruins 7-3 last night...
Civil Servant. In Mountjoy, Ont., Wilf Perreault, fed up, resigned from his job as the town's police chief, fire warden, dogcatcher, tax collector, poundkeeper, building inspector, liquor inspector, fence viewer, cemetery inspector, weight inspector and school attendance officer...