Editing Gilbert Perreault (section)

===International career===
Perreault was named to the [[Canada men's national ice hockey team|Canadian national team]] ("Team Canada") that participated in the [[1972 Summit Series]] against the [[Soviet national ice hockey team|Soviet Union]]. He managed to contribute two points in two games but left the team after game five.<ref name=LoHOoOGP/>

In 1976, Canada hosted the first Canada Cup series. Perreault played with future Hockey Hall of Fame members such as Bobby Orr, [[Darryl Sittler]], [[Bobby Hull]], [[Guy Lafleur]] and [[Marcel Dionne]]. Perreault often played on a line with fellow Québécois Lafleur and Dionne. Canada won the series after beating Czechoslovakia in a best two out of three. He later played in the [[1981 Canada Cup]] on a line with [[Wayne Gretzky]] and Lafleur. He was playing some of the best hockey of his career, leading all scorers with nine points in four games, when he was forced out of the tournament with a broken ankle. Canada lost the final to the [[Soviet national ice hockey team|USSR]] 8&ndash;1. Perreault was named to the All Tournament Team, despite playing in only four of Canada's seven games.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.cfm/ci_id/4516/la_id/1.htm|title=1981 Canada Cup|publisher=[[Hockey Canada]]|access-date=2008-10-10}}</ref>