PASabreFan Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 Seeing @phil_soisson's handle got me to thinking about other obscure names in Sabres history. Whatcha got? I guess we have to include press/media people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pimlach Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 (edited) I once heard Chris Berman cover Sabres highlights and loudly proclaim “The Zhitnik is starting to Smehlik”! Edited January 3, 2022 by Pimlach 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickie Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 1 minute ago, Pimlach said: I once heard Chris Bergman cover Sabres highlights and loudly proclaim “The Zhitnik is starting to Smehlik”! Ew. That's Grosek! 4 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_sauve28 Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 Gates Orlando! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom webster Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 First name that popped in my head was Paul Terbenche (sic?) but I like Gates Orlando. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattPie Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 Mark Astley, never gonna give you up. (Only reason I remember him is whatever NHL9x game I had at the time had him on the starting lineup for quick games) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudacek Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 Randy Ireland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bg17 Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 Michel Deziel 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broken Ankles Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 Scott Thomas (least remembered Buffalo born Sabre) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkman Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 42 minutes ago, Pimlach said: I once heard Chris Berman cover Sabres highlights and loudly proclaim “The Zhitnik is starting to Smehlik”! I believe that stemmed from a sign in the opposing team’s arena that said “Hasek, you Smehlik like Zhitnik” 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveoath Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 https://www.quanthockey.com/nhl/teams/buffalo-sabres-players-career-nhl-stats.html A lot to choose from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattPie Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 3 minutes ago, steveoath said: https://www.quanthockey.com/nhl/teams/buffalo-sabres-players-career-nhl-stats.html A lot to choose from. Surprisingly few players with only one game, most of all Joel Armia. Did he really only play one game with the Sabres? And I never got to use my "Armia: One" joke when he scored. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabres Fan in NS Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 Reed Larson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GASabresIUFAN Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 Brian Perry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjd1001 Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 Jim Jackson. Only played 5 games with the Sabres in the late 1980s (don't remember him at all though) 2 goals though in 5 games, he was on a pace for a mid-30 goal season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pastajoe Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 Francois Guay, 1 NHL game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msw2112 Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 (edited) Not necessarily obscure, but you can't overlook Miroslav Satan as one of the all-time great names in sports. Doug Bodger in and of itself isn't a crazy name, but I had a buddy in college from Pittsburgh who was a Bodger fan when Bodger was with the Pens. He said that the font on the Pens' jerseys made the "d" look like an "o" so it looked like "Booger." Some other good names were Bill Hajt (pronounced "Height") and he was very tall. Rick Seiling was a guy with a "high ceiling" but never reached it. Darren Puppa is another good one. Not a Sabre and not even a hockey player, but one of my all-time favorites is former major league pitcher JJ Putz. Again, these names are not obscure, but are fun. Edited January 3, 2022 by msw2112 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, The Ghost of Doohickie said: Reed Larson. Came here to post this one. Didn’t get here quick enough. Steve Ludzick sounds like another good obscurity. If I remember correctly, he was the “other” Sabre to wear a horse collar. Edited January 3, 2022 by Weave 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Aud Smell Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 2 hours ago, Pimlach said: I once heard Chris Berman cover Sabres highlights and loudly proclaim “The Zhitnik is starting to Smehlik”! I think the joke reached its completed form with "Mike Peca Smehlik Zhitink!" 1 hour ago, MattPie said: Mark Astley, never gonna give you up. I think the best joke I ever made was -- in real time, at a game with old friends, with no pre-planning -- bursting out into "Never gonna clear the puck, never gonna leave the zone" in the midst of some defensive futility on his part. I mean, my friends and everyone in ear shot burst into laughter. This was also before "Rick Roll" existed. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_sauve28 Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 Jiri Dudacek—drafted but never got out from behind the iron curtain 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GASabresIUFAN Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 (edited) Morris Titanic, a high draft pick that sank. Drafted 12th overall and played 19 NHL games for the Sabres with Zero points. Edited January 3, 2022 by GASabresIUFAN 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Aud Smell Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 I am partial to Keith Gretzky, even though he never played for the big club. Greg Brown is another good one. I was convinced that the Hobey Baker finalist was gonna light sh1t up for the Sabres. Not so much, turns out. And TIL: He's created a good coaching career for himself. Final honourable mention goes to Norm Lacombe. Great name. He was a bit of a bust, I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KC Scouts Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 Timo Jutila 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pi2000 Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 Paul Cyr 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeSchmoe Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 Lots of good ones but the one that almost seems unbelievable to me is Taro Tsujimoto. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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