Answer the following question: Facts: - weight lb: 165 - played for: buffalo sabres - career end: 1999 - position: centre - height in: 9 - draft year: 1982 - shoots: left - height ft: 5 - birth date: 20 april 1963 - career start: 1983 - draft: 163rd overall - draft team: buffalo sabres - birth place: lachine , qc , can Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of claude verret .
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claude verret -lrb- born april 20 , 1963 -rrb- is a former professional ice hockey centre .he was drafted in the eighth round , 163rd overall , by the buffalo sabres in the 1982 nhl entry draft .he was an extremely productive scorer in the quebec major junior hockey league , tallying 462 points in 200 games over three seasons with the trois-rivieres draveurs , winning the jean beliveau trophy in 1981 -- 82 as the league 's leading scorer .he scored another 183 points in 141 games during his first two seasons in the american hockey league with the sabres ' farm club , the rochester americans , and won the dudley '' red '' garrett memorial award in 1983 -- 84 as the league 's top rookie .verret was born in lachine , quebec , but grew up in quebec city , quebec .despite this success at the junior and minor league levels , verret did not make much impact in the national hockey league .he played in just fourteen games with the sabres , eleven in 1983 -- 84 and three in 1984 -- 85 .he scored two goals and added five assists .verret began playing in europe in 1987 , spending many seasons playing in france and switzerland before retiring in 1999 .