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Wanting a name other than "bison" (a generic stock name used by Buffalo sports teams for decades), the Knoxes commissioned a name-the-team contest. With names like "Mugwumps", "Buzzing Bees" and "Flying Zeppelins" being entered, [ 7 ] the winning choice, "Sabres", was chosen because Seymour Knox felt a sabre was a weapon carried by a leader ...
Taro Tsujimoto [a] is a fictitious Japanese ice hockey player who was selected in the 1974 National Hockey League Amateur Draft as the 183rd overall pick by the Buffalo Sabres. The decision to draft a non-existent player was made by Sabres general manager Punch Imlach , who was frustrated by the absurd length of the draft, and in the late ...
Terrence Michael Pegula (born March 27, 1951) is an American billionaire businessman and petroleum engineer. He is the owner of the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League (NHL) and, with a consortium of private equity firms and athletes, the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL).
The name referred both to the origins of the players and to the 1971 movie The French Connection, based upon the book of the same name. [1] Perreault and Martin were the first-round draft picks of the Sabres in the franchise's first two years, while Robert was acquired in a trade late in the Sabres' second season.
He played his entire 17-year career with the Buffalo Sabres and continues to be the all-time franchise leader in career regular season games played, goals, assists, points, game-winning goals, and shots on goal, serving as the team's captain from 1981 until his retirement in November 1986. He led the team to 11 consecutive playoff appearances ...
Miller was drafted 138th overall by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft. In 2010, he won the Vezina Trophy as the league's best goaltender. Miller was the winningest American-born goaltender in NHL history from February 2019 until March 2024, when he was passed by Jonathan Quick .
The team was founded as an expansion franchise in 1970, and As of 15 April 2019, 51 goaltenders and 448 skaters (forwards and defensemen) have appeared in at least one regular season or playoff game with the Sabres. Nine former Buffalo Sabres players are enshrined in the Hockey Hall of Fame: Dave Andreychuk, Dick Duff, Grant Fuhr, Clark Gillies ...
After spending the previous season as an alternate, Okposo was named the 20th captain in Sabres history ahead of the 2022–23 season. [ 12 ] Having completed his seven-year contract with the Sabres, Okposo continued his tenure as team captain in signing a one-year, $2.5 million contract extension with Buffalo on May 24, 2023. [ 13 ]