The Bruins’ backup netminder, Dave Reece, notched that win and had compiled a 7-4-2 record while Gilles Gilbert was out ... were different back then–collectibles weren’t a ‘thing’.

Dennis Gilbert sits at his stall in the Buffalo Sabres dressing room, the latest stop on a journey that started a few miles north in an Amherst backyard. With precise detail, he rattles off the ...