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...identical records but New York won the spot on total regular season goals, 246-244. 18. Pierre Larouche, Pittsburgh Penguins, 20 years, 5 months. 19. 50 penalties. Islanders vs. Rangers, Zebra Ron Wicks. 20. Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton Oilers, 17 years old. 21. Boom-Boom Geoffreon, Denis Potvin and Gilbert Perreault. 22. The Birmingham Bulls. 23. Harry Howell of the New York Rangers in 1967. 24. Darryl Sittler. 25. Pat Hickey of New York and Danny Gare of Buffalo. 26. Once, as coach of the Islanders in 1973-4. 27. 8, for the Philadelphia Blazers. 28. The Minnesota Fighting Saints...
Shero still faces the most important part of this season: the finals against high-scoring Buffalo, which will be the N.H.L.'s first championship series between two expansion teams. Fired along by the shooting punch of its "French Connection" line-Center Gilbert Perreault and Wingers Rene Robert and Richard Martin-Buffalo reached the finals by humiliating the Montreal Canadiens four games to two. The outcome of the Flyers-Sabres series, which opened last week with a 4-to-l Flyers victory, should boil down to how well Goalie Bernie Parent and Philadelphia's hard-checking defense contain...
...next year Imlach drafted Martin, who proceeded to break Perreault's record with 44 goals in his freshman season. Then, in a crafty trade late last season, Imlach rescued Robert from the Pittsburgh Penguins' bench. After experimenting with a half-dozen possibilities, Sabres' Coach Joe Crozier matched Robert with Perreault and Martin, and the French Connection clicked...
...three are superior stick men, all are fast, all are smart. Says Minnesota North Stars' Defenseman Barry Gibbs: "Perreault is certainly among the best centers in the game, if not the best.) He's really quick." Perreault and Martin played together for two years in Canadian junior hockey and thus know each other's moves almost instinctively. Robert has adapted quickly and is the line's best backchecker. Defense against them is a problem. "You can put out a checking line against some other team's best line," says Gibbs, "but it's foolish...
...Good as Perreault and his wingers are, the Sabres still have some way to go. The other Buffalo lines lack scoring punch, the defense is inconsistent and the team has done poorly on the road -all of which means that the Sabres are unlikely to win the Stanley Cup this year. But with the proven quality of the French Connection and Imlach's building skills, Buffalo may soon be challenging the old, established N.H.L. teams for pro hockey's biggest prize...