The American Hockey League remembers Jeannot Gilbertwho passed away earlier this week at the age of 85.
A native and lifelong resident of La Baye, Que., Gilbert scored 650 points in 616 games in nine AHL seasons with the Providence Reds (1964-65) and Hershey Bears (1965-73). In 1968-69, he scored 100 points in 71 games to win the league title and lead the Bears to the Calder Cup championship.
Gilbert, who has scored 20 or more goals in eight of his nine seasons in the AHL, ranks fourth in Bears franchise history with 595 points in a Hershey uniform.
Gilbert also played nine games in the NHL with the Boston Bruins and finished his playing career with two seasons in the WHA with the Quebec Nordiques.