On the bright side...Happy 75th Birthday Gil!

[\GoBillsInDallas/]

[Goldseatsaud]

I had seasons in the Aud last row of the golds behind the goalie. He would take the puck all the way down and deke everyone. That’s was thrilling and my memories 

[clink]

Stud!

[Crusader1969]

4 hours ago, \GoBillsInDallas/ said:

Awesome! Thanks for posting 

Definitely my childhood hero and a big reason I'm a Sabres fan 

[K-9]

3 hours ago, Goldseatsaud said:

I had seasons in the Aud last row of the golds behind the goalie. He would take the puck all the way down and deke everyone. That’s was thrilling and my memories 

I can still hear Ted Darling saying, “Perreault winding up in his own end.” And wind up he did with countless end to end rushes. Fun times. 

[HILLsabre]

Gotta few of those cards.... thanks for the memories!

[Night Train]

Loved him.  The best. 

[Pimlach]

Remember when they were loved.  

 

I especially loved the no-helmet Gilbert.  He made a lot of crazy moves back then.  

Edited November 14 by Pimlach

[PASabreFan]

Rick's silly laugh.

[Goldseatsaud]

He was a cool guy there. My favorite Sabre 

[PASabreFan]

On 11/14/2025 at 9:12 AM, Pimlach said:

Remember when they were loved.  

 

I especially loved the no-helmet Gilbert.  He made a lot of crazy moves back then.  

 

[Cranky old man]

Oh my. That is so far away. That’s for making my day Pim. 

[Pimlach]

 

[JP51]

Wonder how he is on faceoffs? LOL 

[PASabreFan]

1 hour ago, JP51 said:

Wonder how he is on faceoffs? LOL 

Not as good as Brent Peterson.

[JP51]

5 minutes ago, PASabreFan said:

Not as good as Brent Peterson.

Well you have been around for as long as me...  I was a kid at a sports night at the knights of columbus... Rick Martin and JVB were there when the sabres called Martin to say they traded away Gare, Schoenfeld, Sauve and Smith for Peterson, McCourt and Foligno...  He got up and told us that there was pressing team stuff and he had to leave.... never said what it was... we didnt find out till later... McCourt was the big nut in the trade but flamed out, Clearly Foligno was the ultimate prize but Peterson hung around for awhile winning face offs...  thanks for bringing back memories of a happier hockey time... 

[Pimlach]

17 minutes ago, PASabreFan said:

Not as good as Brent Peterson.

Peterson was ok, but I'll take Don Luce on the dot for a key face-off under pressure.  

 

I will go on to add that the Selke voting in the early days of that trophy was a joke.    A big injustice was Bob Gainey winning the first 4 Selke's.   Look at the voting in those years and look at the stats of the top vote getters.  Luce and Ramsey had multiple years in that stretch that were statistically better than Gainey.   One year Gainey even won it as a minus player, while both Luce and Ramsey had 20+ goals and over +20 in +/-.   I think the voters today are more accurate today than back then.   Gainey was a very fine player but the Montreal/Canada hype machine helped him with the voting.  

[Goldseatsaud]

I talked to Don Luce at firehouse subs on transit road.