Editing Gilbert Perreault

{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 1950)}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image = Gilbert Perreault, Boston Garden 1974.jpg
| image_size = 
| caption = Perreault in 1975
| position = [[Centre (ice hockey)|Centre]]
| played_for = [[Buffalo Sabres]]
| shoots = Left
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 1
| weight_lb = 185
| ntl_team = Canada
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|11|13}}
| birth_place = [[Victoriaville]], Quebec, Canada<ref name=IHD>{{cite web|url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php3?pid=00004248|access-date=2007-07-24|publisher=The Internet Hockey Database|title=Gilbert Perreault}}</ref>
| draft = 1st overall
| draft_year = 1970
| draft_team = [[Buffalo Sabres]]
| career_start = 1970
| career_end = 1987
| halloffame = 1990
}}
'''Gilbert Perreault''' (born November 13, 1950) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] former professional [[ice hockey]] [[Centre (ice hockey)|center]] who played for 17 seasons with the [[National Hockey League]]'s [[Buffalo Sabres]]. He was the first draft pick of the Sabres in their inaugural season in the NHL. He is well known as the centre man for the prolific trio of Sabres forwards known as [[The French Connection (ice hockey)|The French Connection]]. The trio helped the Sabres reach the [[1975 Stanley Cup Finals]].

He was inducted into the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]] in 1990. Known for his ability to stickhandle in close quarters, he is regarded as one of the most skillful playmaking centers of all time.<ref name=LoHGP>{{cite web|url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/LegendsMember.jsp?mem=p199003&type=Player&page=bio&list=#photo|access-date=2007-07-24|year=2007|publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame and Museum |work=legendsofhockey.net|title=The Legends:Gilbert Perreault}}</ref>  In 2017 Perreault was named one of the '[[100 Greatest NHL Players]]' in history.<ref>{{cite web|title=100 Greatest NHL Players|url=https://www.nhl.com/fans/nhl-centennial/100-greatest-nhl-players| website = NHL.com|access-date=January 27, 2017|date=January 27, 2017}}</ref>

Perreault was a standout [[junior hockey]] player who went on to be selected to nine [[National Hockey League All-Star Game]]s and two post-season [[NHL All-Star team]]s (second team centre), while winning the [[Calder Memorial Trophy]] and a [[Lady Byng Trophy]], and being selected to the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]].  He played his entire 17-year career with the Buffalo Sabres and continues to be the all-time franchise leader in career regular season games played, [[Goal (ice hockey)|goals]], [[Assist (ice hockey)|assists]], [[Point (ice hockey)|points]], game-winning goals, and [[shot on goal (ice hockey)|shots on goal]], serving as the team's captain from 1981 until his retirement in November 1986.  He led the team to 11 consecutive playoff appearances ending with the 1984–85 season.<ref name=TP/>

Over the course of his 17-season career he accumulated 512 goals and 814 assists in 1191 games. Among his career highlights was the game-winning goal in overtime of the 1978 [[National Hockey League All-Star Game]] played at the [[Buffalo Memorial Auditorium]].  Perreault once totaled seven points in a single game, which remains a Sabres record. He also recorded the first power play goal and the first hat trick in the team's history. He is the only Buffalo Sabre to wear number 11, with the number being retired in his honor.

==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.

==Playing career==

===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.

===Professional career===
In [[1969–70 NHL season|1970]], two new franchises were awarded in the NHL &mdash; the Buffalo Sabres and the [[Vancouver Canucks]].  It was a foregone conclusion Perreault would be the first selection in the 1970 amateur draft. The two new teams took part in a [[roulette wheel]] spin to determine who would get the first pick. Ultimately, the Canucks were allocated numbers 2–6 on the wheel, while the Sabres had 8–12 (The number 7 spot was neutral, meaning the pointer landing on it would have required a re-spin). When league president [[Clarence Campbell]] spun the wheel, he initially thought the pointer landed on 1 (in reality, the wheel had no number 1 spot) and started to congratulate the Vancouver delegation. However, Sabres coach/general manager [[Punch Imlach]] asked Campbell to check again. As it turned out, the pointer was on 11.<ref>{{cite book |last=Duhatschek |first=Eric |title=Hockey Chronicles |year=2001 |publisher=Checkmark Books |location=New York City |isbn=0-8160-4697-2 |display-authors=etal |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/hockeychronicles00tren }}</ref> Imlach had chosen 8-12 for the roulette wheel spin because it included 11, which was his favourite number.<ref name=LoHOoOGP/> This was the first year the [[Montreal Canadiens]] did not have a priority right to draft [[French-speaking Quebecer|Québécois]] junior players. Consequently, Perreault was available and taken first overall by the Sabres.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nhl.com/futures/firstoverall.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090703185809/http://www.nhl.com/futures/firstoverall.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-07-03 |title=First Overall Selections |access-date=2008-06-20 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]]}}</ref>

Coincidentally, Perreault had worn #11 throughout his junior career, and kept it in Buffalo in honour of the roulette wheel choice. As expected, he became an immediate star.  He scored a goal in the franchise's very first game, which was a 2–1 victory on October 10, 1970, against the [[Pittsburgh Penguins]].<ref name=TP>{{cite web|url=http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nhl/buffalo/sabres.html|access-date=2007-07-24|title=Buffalo Sabres|publisher=Tank Productions|date=2007-05-10}}</ref> During his first season, he led the Sabres in scoring (with 38 goals and added 34 assists) &mdash; a feat he would never fail to accomplish in any season in which he did not miss significant time to injury before his penultimate year &mdash; and won the Calder Trophy as rookie of the year.<ref name="Calder Trophy">{{cite web |url=http://www.nhl.com/trophies/calder.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060423011518/http://www.nhl.com/trophies/calder.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2006-04-23 |title=Calder Memorial Trophy |access-date=2007-08-21 |publisher=NHL }}</ref>

Perreault developed a reputation as a superb stickhandler,<ref name=HNT100/> and scored a goal on his first shift in a professional scrimmage.<ref>Bailey, p. 12.</ref>  [[Bobby Orr]] once said of Perreault: "His head and shoulders go one way, his legs go the other way, and the puck is doing something else. When I first saw it I couldn't believe it."<ref>McKinley, p. 180.</ref> His popularity and respect surpassed [[O. J. Simpson]] in a poll of Buffalonians about the best Buffalo athlete.<ref name=HNT100/> [[Phil Esposito]] once said if anyone was to break his 76-goal, 152 point season records "It will be Gilbert Perreault."<ref name=HNT100/>

Before the [[1971–72 NHL season]] the Sabres drafted Perreault's Junior Canadiens teammate, [[Rick Martin]], with their first pick. The two jelled as a tandem with each scoring 74 points.  Late in the season the Sabres traded [[Eddie Shack]] for [[René Robert|Rene Robert]].<ref name=TP/> The trio formed one of the decade's most memorable and exciting [[line (ice hockey)|lines]], known as "[[The French Connection (hockey)|The French Connection]]" with Robert on right wing and Martin on left wing. They ended the following 1972–73 season sweeping the top three scoring positions for the team and leading the franchise to its first playoff appearance with Perreault winning the Lady Byng Trophy as the most gentlemanly player. In 1973–74, Perreault endured a broken leg that limited him to 55 games.<ref name=LoHGP/>

The [[1974–75 NHL season]] was memorable for the Sabres' [[Stanley Cup Finals]] appearance. The Sabres finished first in the newly reformatted league's [[Adams Division]], and the French Connection members each finished in the top ten in league scoring. The Sabres defeated original six teams [[Chicago Blackhawks|Chicago Black Hawks]] and [[Montreal Canadiens]] on their way to a Finals appearance against the [[Philadelphia Flyers]].<ref name=TP/> The Sabres lost the series four games to two. 1975 was the closest Perreault would come to winning the Stanley Cup.

===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>

==Retirement==
Perreault retired at the end of the 1985-86 season. Thereafter, pension changes came into effect significantly boosting the pensions of retired players who played at least 20 games in the [[1986–87 NHL season|1986-87]] season. He duly came out of retirement and still played effectively, scoring 9 goals in the first 14 games.<ref name=TP/> He retired for good on November 24, 1986, after his 20th game.<ref name=TP/>

He finished his career with scoring totals of 512 goals and 814 assists for 1326 points in 1191 games. At the time of his retirement, Perreault was the sixth leading scorer in NHL history. Along with the other two members of the French Connection, Perreault was inducted into the Buffalo Sabres Hall of Fame in 1989. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1990, and the Sabres retired his number 11 in the same year, having been the only player to ever wear number 11 for the Buffalo Sabres; his #11 was the first number retired by the Sabres.<ref name=LoHOoOGP/> When his [[The French Connection (ice hockey)|French Connection]] linemates' numbers were retired, Perreault's #11 was lowered and raised back between [[Rick Martin|Martin's]] #7 and [[René Robert|Robert's]] #14, as the Buffalo Sabres retired the French Connection line as a group, marking the first three players to have their numbers retired by the Sabres. A statue of "The French Connection," unveiled in 2012,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nhl/sabres/2012/10/12/buffalo-sabres-the-french-connection-statue/1630925/ |title=Sabres unveil statue honoring French Connection |publisher=Usatoday.com |date= |accessdate=2022-08-01}}</ref> is located outside of the Sabres' arena, known today as KeyBank Center.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://buffalonews.com/news/local/history/20-years-1-building-4-names-buffalos-downtown-arena/article_504c705b-07a7-5216-98c5-fe3e3706c0fa.html |title=20 years, 1 building, 4 names: Buffalo's downtown arena |first=Dave |last=DeLuca |orig-date=September 19, 2016 |date=July 23, 2020 |newspaper=[[The Buffalo News]]}}</ref>

Since his retirement from hockey, Perreault has remained active in the game, coaching Junior teams in the [[Quebec Major Junior Hockey League]]. In addition, he also plays on occasion with the [[Buffalo Sabres Alumni Hockey Team]] for charity events.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sabresalumni.com/history/roster.php?letter=P |title=Buffalo Sabres All-Time Roster |publisher=2008-10-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715223201/http://www.sabresalumni.com/history/roster.php?letter=P |archive-date=July 15, 2011 }}</ref>

==Personal life==
Perreault is married to Carmen, has two sons, Marc-André (born 1978) and Sean (born 1986), and still resides in his hometown of Victoriaville, Quebec. After retiring from playing, Perreault coached junior ice hockey, and invested in real estate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1012108/index.htm |title=Gilbert Perreault, Buffalo Sabres Center |publisher=Sports Illustrated |author=Kostya Kennedy |date=1998-03-02 |access-date=2008-10-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011055220/http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1012108/index.htm |archive-date=October 11, 2008 }}</ref> In his spare time, Perreault enjoys golfing, listening to music, and going to the movies.<ref name=LoHOoOGP/>

==Career achievements==
* Holds franchise record for most games (1191), goals (512), assists (814) and points (1326) with the Buffalo Sabres.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sabres.nhl.com/team/retired_numbers.htm |title=Retired numbers |publisher=Buffalo Sabres |access-date=2008-10-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080912184531/http://sabres.nhl.com/team/retired_numbers.htm |archive-date=2008-09-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Won the [[Calder Memorial Trophy]] in [[1970–71 NHL season|1971]].<ref name="Calder Trophy"/>
* Won the [[Lady Byng Memorial Trophy]] in [[1972–73 NHL season|1973]].<ref name="Byng history">{{cite web |url=http://www.nhl.com/trophies/ladybyng.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080305071127/http://sabres.nhl.com/team/app?page=HistoricalPlayerDetail&pkey=8450308&service=page |url-status=dead |archive-date=2008-03-05 |title=Lady Byng Memorial Trophy history |access-date=2007-08-20 |publisher=NHL }}</ref>
* Named an [[NHL All-Star team|NHL second team All-Star]] in [[1975–76 NHL season|1976]] and [[1976–77 NHL season|1977]].<ref name="bsab1">{{cite web|url=http://sabres.nhl.com/team/app?page=HistoricalPlayerDetail&pkey=8450308&service=page |title=Gilbert Perreault |publisher=Buffalo Sabres |access-date=2008-10-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080305071127/http://sabres.nhl.com/team/app?page=HistoricalPlayerDetail&pkey=8450308&service=page |archive-date=March 5, 2008 }}</ref>
* Chosen to play in eight [[NHL All-Star Game]]s in [[1971 NHL All-Star Game|1970–71]], [[1972 NHL All-Star Game|1971–72]], [[1974 NHL All-Star Game|1973–74]], [[1975 NHL All-Star Game|1974–75]], [[1977 NHL All-Star Game|1976–77]], [[1978 NHL All-Star Game|1977–78]], [[1980 NHL All-Star Game|1979–80]], and [[1984 NHL All-Star Game|1983–84]],<ref name="bsab1"/> as well as the [[1979 Challenge Cup (ice hockey)|1979 Challenge Cup]], which pitted NHL players against a team representing the [[Soviet Union]], in place of an all-star game in 1979.
* In 1998, he was ranked number 47 on ''[[The Hockey News]]''' list of the 100 Greatest Hockey Players.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Top 100 Nhl Hockey Players of All Time|author=Steve Dryden and Michael Ulmer|publisher=McClelland & Stewart Ltd|year=1998|isbn=978-0-7710-4175-4}}</ref>

==Career statistics==

===Regular season and playoffs===
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em"
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
! colspan="3" style="background:#fff;"| &nbsp;
! rowspan="99" style="background:#fff;"| &nbsp;
! colspan="5" | [[regular season|Regular&nbsp;season]]
! rowspan="99" style="background:#fff;"| &nbsp;
! colspan="5" | [[Playoffs]]
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
! [[Season (sports)|Season]]
! Team
! League
! GP
! [[Goal (ice hockey)|G]]
! [[Assist (ice hockey)|A]]
! [[Point (ice hockey)|Pts]]
! [[Penalty (ice hockey)|PIM]]
! GP
! G
! A
! Pts
! PIM
|-
| [[1967–68 OHA season|1967–68]]
| [[Montreal Jr. Canadiens]]
| [[Ontario Hockey League|OHA-Jr.]]
| 47 || 15 || 34 || 49 || 10
| 11 ||  8 ||  9 || 17 || 5
|- style="background: #f0f0f0;"
| [[1968–69 OHA season|1968–69]]
| Montreal Jr. Canadiens
| OHA-Jr.
| 54 || 37 || 60 || 97 || 29
| 14 ||  5 || 10 || 15 || 10
|-
| [[1969–70 OHA season|1969–70]]
| Montreal Jr. Canadiens
| OHA-Jr.
| 54 || 51 || 71 || 121 || 26
| 16 || 17 || 21 ||  38 || 4
|- style="background: #f0f0f0;"
| [[1970–71 NHL season|1970–71]]
| [[Buffalo Sabres]]
| [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| 78 || 38 || 34 || 72 || 19
|  — ||  — ||  — ||  — || —
|-
| [[1971–72 NHL season|1971–72]]
| Buffalo Sabres
| NHL
| 76 || 26 || 48 || 74 || 24
|  — ||  — ||  — ||  — || —
|- style="background: #f0f0f0;"
| [[1972–73 NHL season|1972–73]]
| Buffalo Sabres
| NHL
| 78 || 28 || 60 || 88 || 10
|  6 ||  3 ||  7 || 10 || 2
|-
| [[1973–74 NHL season|1973–74]]
| Buffalo Sabres
| NHL
| 55 || 18 || 33 || 51 || 10
|  — ||  — ||  — ||  — || —
|- style="background: #f0f0f0;"
| [[1974–75 NHL season|1974–75]]
| Buffalo Sabres
| NHL
| 68 || 39 || 57 || 96 || 36
| 17 ||  6 ||  9 || 15 || 10
|-
| [[1975–76 NHL season|1975–76]]
| Buffalo Sabres
| NHL
| 80 || 44 || 69 || 113 || 36
|  9 ||  4 ||  4 ||   8 || 4
|- style="background: #f0f0f0;"
| [[1976–77 NHL season|1976–77]]
| Buffalo Sabres
| NHL
| 80 || 39 || 56 || 95 || 30
|  6 ||  1 ||  8 ||  9 || 4
|-
| [[1977–78 NHL season|1977–78]]
| Buffalo Sabres
| NHL
| 79 || 41 || 48 || 89 || 20
|  8 ||  3 ||  2 ||  5 || 0
|- style="background: #f0f0f0;"
| [[1978–79 NHL season|1978–79]]
| Buffalo Sabres
| NHL
| 79 || 27 || 58 || 85 || 20
|  3 ||  1 ||  0 ||  1 || 2
|-
| [[1979–80 NHL season|1979–80]]
| Buffalo Sabres
| NHL
| 80 || 40 || 66 || 106 || 57
| 14 || 10 || 11 ||  21 || 8
|- style="background: #f0f0f0;"
| [[1980–81 NHL season|1980–81]]
| Buffalo Sabres
| NHL
| 56 || 20 || 39 || 59 || 56
|  8 ||  2 || 10 || 12 || 2
|-
| [[1981–82 NHL season|1981–82]]
| Buffalo Sabres
| NHL
| 62 || 31 || 42 || 73 || 40
|  4 ||  0 ||  7 ||  7 || 0
|- style="background: #f0f0f0;"
| [[1982–83 NHL season|1982–83]]
| Buffalo Sabres
| NHL
| 77 || 30 || 46 || 76 || 34
| 10 ||  0 ||  7 ||  7 || 8
|-
| [[1983–84 NHL season|1983–84]]
| Buffalo Sabres
| NHL
| 73 || 31 || 59 || 90 || 32
|  — ||  — ||  — ||  — || —
|- style="background: #f0f0f0;"
| [[1984–85 NHL season|1984–85]]
| Buffalo Sabres
| NHL
| 78 || 30 || 53 || 83 || 42
|  5 ||  3 ||  5 ||  8 || 4
|-
| [[1985–86 NHL season|1985–86]]
| Buffalo Sabres
| NHL
| 72 || 21 || 39 || 60 || 28
|  — ||  — ||  — ||  — || —
|- style="background: #f0f0f0;"
| [[1986–87 NHL season|1986–87]]
| Buffalo Sabres
| NHL
| 20 || 9 || 7 || 16 || 6
|  — || — || — ||  — || —
|- style="background: #e0e0e0;"
! colspan="3" | NHL totals
! 1,191 !! 512 !! 814 !! 1,326 !! 500
! 90 !!  33 !!  70 !!  103 !! 44
|}

===International===
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:50em"
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#e0e0e0;"
! Year
! Team
! Event
! rowspan="99" style="background:#fff;"| &nbsp;
! GP
! G
! A
! Pts
! PIM
|-
| [[1976 Canada Cup|1976]]
| [[Canada men's national ice hockey team|Canada]]
| [[Canada Cup|CC]]
| 7
| 4
| 4
| 8
| 2
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| [[1981 Canada Cup|1981]]
| Canada
| CC
| 4
| 3
| 6
| 9
| 2
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
! colspan=3 | Senior totals
! 11
! 7
! 10
! 17
! 4
|}

==See also==
* [[List of NHL players with 500 goals]]
* [[List of NHL players with 1000 points]]
* [[List of NHL statistical leaders]]

==Notes==
{{reflist|2}}

==References==
*Bailey, Budd, ''Celebrate the Tradition: 1970–1990,'' Boncraft Inc., 1989
*Dryden, Steve, ''The Top 100 NHL Players of All Time,'' Transcontinental Sports Publications, 1997, {{ISBN|0-7710-4175-6}}.
*McKinley, Michael, ''Hockey Hall of Fame Legends: The Official Book,'' Triumph Books, 1993, {{ISBN|1-57243-093-1}}.

==External links==
* {{icehockeystats|legendsm=P199003}}

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