‘About an hour before the start of the game, Sabres play-by-play man Rick Jeanneret quickly stoked the crowd into a frenzy with the introduction of his new broadcast partner and long-standing CBC Hockey Night in Canada color man, Harry Neale. “Harry Neale, I want to introduce you to the best fans in the history of hockey,” Jeanneret proclaimed. Then Jeanneret quipped to the thousands screaming their approval: “Did you spend all summer in the plaza or what?”’