Category: Buffalo Sabres

by Matt Wells

When the post-lockout NHL season began, I was unhappy with the direction my team, the Buffalo Sabres, had taken.  Miroslav Satan and Alexei Zhitnik were now New York Islanders.  I watched as other teams in the East became stronger – the Flyers now had Peter Forsberg and the Senators would be having Dominik Hasek in goal.

Who did the Sabres pick up?  Teppo Numminen and Tony Lydman.  I became slightly unhappy as I was sure that Buffalo would be passed by in the standings this season.  Hasek in Ottawa, Joe Thornton in Boston, and the likes of Mats Sundin and Eddie Belfour in Toronto were sure to make the life of the Sabres team and their faithful a living hell.

The 6-2 Sabres took to the ice at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester,NY. The Sabres faced off againsed the Washington Capitals looking for their 5th straight home win, while playing on their AHL affiliates rink.

Two of the more recognizable figures in Buffalo hockey history, both in the top 4 on the all-time Sabres scoring list, just recently won hockey’s biggest prize representing a team that didn’t even exist when they were both in Buffalo and in their primes.