Gilbert Perreault

February 26, 1973

Buffalo's Gilbert Perreault is used to being rocked and rolled, but his Stanley Cup encounters with Philadelphia turned up new obstacles and intensified his rivalry with Rick MacLeish, whose assignment was to cool him

Known as a bunch of characters who would rather fight than switch off, the mettlesome Flyers showed their finesse to win another Stanley Cup

Elbowing once-mighty Montreal out of contention, Buffalo set the stage for the first Stanley Cup final between expansion teams