Editing Gilbert Perreault (section)

==Early life==
Perreault began playing organized hockey at about age six.<ref name=LoHOoOGP/> He preferred [[street hockey]] to playing on the ice and did not skate until he was eight.<ref name=HNT100>Dryden, p. 123.</ref> He began playing [[minor ice hockey]] at age nine. He played in the 1961, 1962 and 1963 [[Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament]]s with Victoriaville.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|title=Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA|year=2018|website=Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament|access-date=2019-01-01|archive-date=2019-03-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306085544/https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> He left home at the age of 16 to join his first junior hockey team.<ref name=LoHOoOGP>{{cite web|url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net/html/spot_oneononep199003.htm |access-date=2007-07-24 |year=2007 |publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame and Museum |work=legendsofhockey.net |title=One on One with Gilbert Perreault |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311065813/http://www.legendsofhockey.net/html/spot_oneononep199003.htm |archive-date=March 11, 2007 }}</ref> His first year (1966–67) of junior hockey was spent with [[Thetford Mines]] in the [[Quebec Junior AAA Hockey League|Quebec Junior A League]]. His teammates included [[Marc Tardif]]. The team won the league championships.