‘“What a great number to wear,” Gorges said Wednesday. “I got to meet him, and of all the guys I met in Montreal, he was always the one that stood out in my mind as, ‘This is who you should strive to be, this guy right here.’ I thought it would be something that could remind me every day when I come in, you see that No. 4. ‘Oh yeah, that’s right, Mr. Jean Beliveau, and he did things this way.’ So it’s a good reminder for myself every day.”’
Jean Beliveau still greatly influences Sabres’ Josh Gorges
Source: Olean Times Herald