Martin played all but 4 games of his injury-shortened 11-season career with the Sabres. Perreault played his entire 17-season career with the Sabres.
He played twelve games for the Sabres during the 1971–72 NHL season. Robert was acquired in a trade on March 4, 1972, for Eddie Shack. Both players were drafted after three seasons with the Montreal Junior Canadiens. Martin followed the next year as the team's first pick in 1971. Perreault was acquired by the team with their first draft pick of their inaugural season in the 1970 Entry Draft.
Each member of the French Connection was named to the official NHL All-Star team at least once and to the National Hockey League All-Star Game at least twice while playing together. They continue to hold many of the franchise's scoring records. While leading the Sabres to the franchise's first appearance in the Stanley Cup Finals in 1975. The trio accounted for most of Buffalo's scoring during their seven years together, amassing a total of 1,681 points over 1,536 man-games from 1972–79, Perreault and Martin were the first-round draft picks of the Sabres in the franchise's first two years, while Robert was acquired in a trade late in the Sabres' second season. The name was registered as a trademark by Robert with the approval of his linemates.
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The name referred both to the origins of the players and to the 1971 movie The French Connection, based upon the book of the same name. All three players were French-Canadians from Quebec: Perreault from Victoriaville Robert from Trois-Rivières and Martin from Verdun. The line consisted of Hall of Famer Gilbert Perreault at centre and All-Stars Rick Martin and René Robert at left wing and right wing, respectively. The French Connection is the nickname of a forward line that played for the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League from 1972 until 1979.
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