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January 24, 1978
Buffalo and Memorial Auditorium are hosts to the NHL All-Star Game, and hometown heros Rick Martin and Gil Perreault make the locals proud. Martin scores late in regulation to tie the game, and Perreault wins it in overtime.
January 24, 1981
The Sabres win at Washington, 7-4, but lose Gilbert Perreault to injury. Bert breaks three ribs in a collision with the goal post and will go on to miss 22 games.
January 24, 1987
Also in Washington, defenseman Bill Hajt plays his last game as a Buffalo Sabre after 14 seasons and 854 games. The prototypical stay-at-home defenseman and perhaps the biggest unsung hero in Sabres' history will be a healthy scratch the rest of the way and retire after the season.
January 24, 2003
The franchise is bankrupt, attendance is down, the playoffs are a long shot and the future of the team in Buffalo is very much in doubt. But on this night in downtown Buffalo, all is right with the hockey world. The second sellout crowd of the season at HSBC Arena watches as Martin Biron makes 27 saves to blank the Maple Leafs, 4-0. Biron becomes the first Sabre goaltender to record three straight shutouts, in the process extending his shutout streak to 201:12 to smash Dominik Hasek's mark. The Sabres shut out their opponent for the fourth time in five games, also a franchise first, and extend their unbeaten streak to seven games. It's the long-awaited return of Maxim Afinogenov from a concussion, but Miro Satan steals the spotlight with two goals and two assists. Ed Belfour is pulled. The Sabres bitch-slap the Leafs all over the ice. Rob Ray and Tie Domi go at it center ring. It's hockey nirvana in a season from hell.
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January 23, 1984
The Sabres win their 10th straight game on the road ? and overall ? 5-3 over the Bruins at Boston Garden. Buffalo had set a new NHL record for most consecutive wins away from home by beating the Blues in St. Louis two nights earlier for their ninth in a row. The Sabres held the record all by themselves for over 16 years until the Blues won 10 in a row on the road late in the 1999-2000 season. The New Jersey Devils later turned the trick as well. The 10-game overall winning streak still stands as the longest in Sabres' history.
January 23, 1992
Rookie Donald Audette scores with 45 seconds left in overtime as the Sabres defeat the Pittsburgh Penguins at the Igloo in Pittsburgh, 5-4. The French Gorilla's goal, his second in overtime during the 1991-92 season, caps a stirring comeback by the Sabres, who trailed at one point 4-1. Audette scored 31 goals his rookie season.
January 23, 1995
The initial steel is put into the ground for the Crossroads Arena project.
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I went to nhl.com looking for a definitive explanation of the video replay system. Imagine this -- I found very little, just a sketchy section in the rule book. So many questions, but maybe the biggest one is, what standard is used to review goals? Like the NFL, does there have to be incontrovertible visual evidence to overturn the call on the ice, or does the video official make the call as if he is watching the play live and he is the ref? It seems to be the latter. Remember the goal in Pittsburgh, the spectacular glove save by Biron, where the ref said no goal, and despite no clear visual evidence to the contrary, the replay official awarded a goal.
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WAIT! This isn't THAT Doug Young -- the "my guy" dweeb from WGR a few years ago -- is it?! :)
I guess I would feel a little better if it's true that the "goal" was reviewed and the goal judge thought he saw the stick hit the puck before it crossed the line. Still gross incompetence, but at least everything about the system worked -- except getting the call right. It's not like it wasn't reviewed, or the monitors broke down, or the phone didn't work, etc.
Why not set up the monitors in a little booth off the ice and let the refs decide, a la the NFL? Reviews would be initiated by the ref or the coach, who would get so many challenges. In the spirit of hockey's rich heritage, coaches would not throw red flags, but red water bottles. :)
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January 22, 1982
The Sabres win the front end of a home-and-home series with the Quebec Nordiques, 5-3, at the Aud. The win extends the Sabres' unbeaten streak to nine (8-0-1). They make it 10 the next day in Quebec with a 3-2 win before, of course, reeling off six straight losses!
January 22, 1997
In the second game of a seven-game homestand at Marine Midland Arena, the Sabres harass the Habs, 6-1, to win their fourth straight game. Jason Dawe scores two goals and Randy Burridge adds two assists as the Sabres win for the seventh time in eight games in their new home.
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it looked like he was trying to kick the puck up to this stick - not towards the net - evidenced by regehrs swinging his stick just as it crossed the line so since he did not intential direct it towards the net. i think that is why it was not reversed.
Intent doesn't enter into it. He kicked the puck into the net!
I still can't get over the apparent fact, reported by Dave, that the video goal judge is a minor official provided by the home team. Can anyone say "garage league"?
Can an NHL ref call for a review? I know the refs in the NFL can't.
Oh well, as others have said, it wasn't why the Sabres lost anyway. It wasn't "No Goal," it was "no goals"!
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Corp... Theo Fleury.
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Anyone see where the Regehr brothers were born?
Robyn was born in Recife, Brazil and Richie was born in Bandung, Indonesia.
Anyone know the story behind this?
From the Flames web site:
While both make their home in Rosthern, Sask., about a 6.5 hour drive from Calgary, they were born outside Canada while their parents were on missionary duty. Robyn was born in Recife, Brazil while Richie was born in Bundung, Indonesia. The entire family was back in Canada by the time Richie turned three but not before they had a jungle monkey as a pet.
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Paul Hamilton on WGR said the video replay officials are "minor officials" provided by the home team. This can't be true, can it?
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January 21, 1981
Goaltender Bob Sauve turns in a spectacular performance and Buddy Cloutier scores a fluky goal as the Sabres defeat the Blues in St. Louis, 2-1, for their ninth straight road win, an NHL record at the time.
January 21, 1989
Pierre Turgeon scores four minutes into overtime to give the Sabres a 6-5 win over the Bruins at Boston Garden and cap an incredible comeback -- at one point, the Sabres trailed by four goals. In his second season as a Sabre, Turgeon would lead the team in scoring with 88 points. The win stretched the Sabres' unbeaten streak to six games, on their way to nine, in a season in which the team was barely over .500 and lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Bruins for the second straight spring.
January 21, 1991
For the second time in a year, John Tucker is traded for future considerations, this time to the New York Islanders.
January 21, 2003
At HSBC Arena, Martin Biron makes 23 saves to blank the Penguins for his second consecutive shutout as the Sabres extend their unbeaten streak to six games. Unfortunately, Pittsburgh goaltender Sebastien Caron makes 34 saves to blank the Sabres. Mario Lemieux, of course, does not play. This time, it's a groin injury that disappoints many in the crowd who came to see him. Oddly, for the fourth straight game, the Sabres enter the third period in a scoreless tie. Anyone miss those days?
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January 20, 1995
In the first game of the lockout-shortened regular season, the Sabres defeat the Rangers at Madison Square Garden, 2-1. Buffalo overcomes a 45-minute pregame ceremony honoring the defending Stanley Cup champion Rangers, a 1-0 deficit and no Pat LaFontaine, who is still out of the lineup with a bum right knee, the same knee he injured in the 1993 playoffs and had anterior cruciate ligament surgery on in December 1993, which cost him the rest of the 1993-94 season. In a curious move, Grant Fuhr, not Dominik Hasek, is in goal -- and it's the last win Fuhr ever records as a Sabre.
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No, Barnes was traded to Dallas. Sorry. Couldn't resist.
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Silly question, when did the NHL allow ads along the boards?
Good question. Late 80s?
Related question: what is on the boards at the blue line, where the blue is painted on the boards? I can never make it out.
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I'm getting a good laugh out of this thread. Delayed reaction to PTS -- you sit in bed? Come on, lie back. Relax. Unless you are afraid that at your advanced age, you're going to konk out with the rest of us old farts.
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Nope, why?
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:lol: :lol:
Who loves ya baby!
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January 19, 1975
Gary Bromley is forced to make just 20 saves to record his fourth ? and last ? shutout as a Sabre in a 5-0 win over the Kansas City Scouts at the Aud. http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nhl/kansa...y/kcscouts.html It's the Sabres' third win in a row with Gilbert Perreault out of the lineup with an injured knee he suffered on a hip check by Canuck defenseman ??and former Sabre defenseman ? Mike Robitaille. Yeah, THAT Mike Robitaille. Roby could hip check with the best of them. Now the only thing he hip checks is the refrigerator door. Ouch. Sorry Roby. You're the best.
January 19, 2001
A week after his 49th, Dominik Hasek earns his 50th shutout as a Sabre in the regular season with 21 saves versus Florida at home. Good thing, because the Sabres are in the midst of one of their patented goal-scoring droughts under Lindy Ruff. On this night, Denis Hamel scores the game's only goal with 7.9 seconds left in the third period, blocking a shot in his own zone, racing through center on a two on one break with Doug Gilmour and, seeing that Gilmour is laboring behind the play, fires the puck over the left glove of Luongo high into the top right corner of the net. Luongo had been brilliant, making 35 saves to that point. It's the first of two times in his Sabre career that Hamel scores the winner in a 1-0 game. Hamel's career seemed to be on the rise -- what happened?
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January 18, 1987
In a month of .500 hockey on the way to a second straight year out of the playoffs, the Sabres give their fans a bit to cheer about when Scott Arniel tallies 1:49 into overtime to send the Sabres to a 6-5 victory over Edmonton at the Aud.
January 18, 1999
Dominik Hasek records his eighth shutout of the season and 40th of his Sabre career in a 4-0 win at Florida. The Dominator makes 33 saves. A modest three-game unbeaten streak ends the next day in Tampa, and the Sabres go on to win just one of their next eight games after that. The Sabres' strong start to the season through late December is just a distant memory.
January 18, 2003
The Sabres finish a four-game road trip unbeaten after a 1-0 shutout of the Coyotes in Phoenix. Marty Biron makes 30 saves, and Curtis Brown scores the winning goal.
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P.S. Bowman was also GM in St. Louis.
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Didn't he want to be just GM in Buffalo? He said he would coach one year, I think. Then he was just hell on the coaches he hired. Kind of like the Marv Levy situation, Bowman always ended up thinking he was the best candidate for the job. Looking back, it was a real mess.
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Seems like Scotty's timing was always impeccable. He put himself into some nice situations in his career, like taking over a Cup winner in Pittsburgh with Lemieux in his prime. Even his arrival in Buffalo was a bit of cherry-picking. The Sabres were a stable, successful, winning franchise that seemed on the verge of winning it all through the end of the 70s. What went wrong in Buffalo is a matter we could debate for days. (But the Sabres did have decent playoff years under Bowman in 1980 and 1983.) Actually, it's a bit unfair to suggest Bowman just got lucky in his career. He took over the expansion Blues in the late 1960s and led them to three straight finals appearances. I think the guy can coach! My dream has always been for Bowman to be coaxed out of retirement, and with the backing of a billionaire, wipe out the one stain on his resume. Scotty and Marv getting off the schneid, that would be sweet. :)
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January 17, 1986
In GM Scotty Bowman's first game back behind the bench after firing Jim Schoenfeld a day earlier, Gates Orlando scores at 1:11 of overtime as the Sabres defeat the Montreal Canadiens at the Aud, 5-4. Bowman cited Schoenfeld's failure to properly utilize assistant coach Craig Ramsay's technical skills, while Schoenfeld and several of his players later said the firing was a matter of Bowman overestimating the talent level of the team. "I think Schony was getting as much out of the team as anybody could have at the time," said Ramsay. The numbers prove that statement. Schoenfeld was 19-19-5 in his 43 games as coach. Bowman was 18-18-1 the rest of the way as the Sabres finished in last place in the Adams Division and missed the playoffs for the first time since 1973-74.
January 17, 2000
Martin Biron has to make only 17 saves and Vaclav Varada scores a pair of goals in a 5-0 shutout of the Mighty Ducks in Anaheim as the Sabres start a four-game road trip. It's Biron's fourth shutout of the season and the only win on the trip for Buffalo.
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Just saw Connolly's goal... looked like an old film of Gilbert Perreault! Wow.
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It's tough to say the Sabres didn't build a pretty good team around him. Not to dredge up an old debate, but it wasn't just a matter of Dom carrying the Sabres to the finals by himself. But you're right -- a piece here, a piece there, some more offense, and you have one Cup, if not two. That's why I lean toward adding offense to this team in the offseason. If Miller is as good as I think he's going to be, let's not repeat the same mistake of going into a defensive shell. Light up the scoreboard and let Ryan stand on his head if need be!
Sabres @ Rangers (01/24)
in 2005/2006 Season
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Let's hope the Sabres don't read their press clippings. It seems like every road game for a month, the local papers do the "Sabres franchise comeback" story. Today, the New York Times has a piece on the Sabres' "renewal." The problem is, these stories of late are talking about a team the fans haven't seen in a month. Time to turn things around. Everything points to a better performance for the Sabres, but a win is going to be tough to get.