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===Amateur career=== After the Quebec Junior A League shut down, Perreault joined the [[Montreal Junior Canadiens]] of the [[Ontario Hockey Association]] (OHA) for the 1967–68 season, the first of three years with the Junior Canadiens. His 49 points in 47 games helped the Junior Canadiens to a second-place finish. During his second year on the team, one that included future NHL talents [[Réjean Houle]] and [[André Dupont]] as well as future professional teammates [[Jocelyn Guevremont]] and [[Rick Martin|Richard Martin]], Perreault blossomed. His 97 points were second on the team to Houle's 108 points, and they earned him OHA first All-Star team honours. As Perreault blossomed, the team excelled. In his second season, the team finished first in the OHA and won the 1969 [[Memorial Cup]] Canadian Junior championship. It was the first Memorial Cup win for Montreal since 1950.<ref name=LoHOoOGP/> After Houle moved on to become the NHL's first overall pick, Perreault assumed the leadership role and compiled a 51-goal, 71 assist season, which led the team in both categories and place second in the league to [[Marcel Dionne]]'s 132 points.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/oha19551970.html|title=1969-70 Ontario Hockey Association [OHA]|publisher=hockeydb.com|access-date=2008-10-10}}</ref> The Canadiens defeated the [[Weyburn Red Wings]] to become the third junior team to successfully defend their championship and the Memorial Cup. Perreault was named the [[Ontario Hockey League|Ontario Hockey Association]] [[most valuable player]].<ref name=LoHGP/> The record of the 1969 and 1970 Montreal Junior Canadiens in the playoffs was so outstanding it caused a change in Memorial Cup eligibility rules. Previously, all Junior clubs in Canada were eligible for the cup, but the Junior Canadiens beat a club from [[Prince Edward Island]] so badly in the playoffs that 'Junior A' was re-organized into 'Major Junior' and 'Junior A'. Since then, only Major Junior clubs are eligible for the Cup.
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