Porous Five Hole Posted January 1 Report Posted January 1 (edited) Starting out with a bang here 😩 Jan 1: FACT Brian Campbell scored the loan Sabres goal as they fell 2-1, in a shootout to the Penguins on this day, January 1, 2008, in the first ever NHL Winter Classic. Edited March 2 by Porous Five Hole The facts and trivia may not be correct. 1 Quote
Doohickie Posted January 1 Report Posted January 1 I hated that game. To me it signified the fall from greatness of the mid-2000s Sabres. They went from 113 points/President's Trophy the season before to missing the playoffs with 90 points. There was still some hope that the Sabres might somehow weather the loss of Drury and Briere the previous July, but that loss was when I realized the team was washed up. 2 Quote
tom webster Posted January 1 Report Posted January 1 19 minutes ago, Doohickie said: I hated that game. To me it signified the fall from greatness of the mid-2000s Sabres. They went from 113 points/President's Trophy the season before to missing the playoffs with 90 points. There was still some hope that the Sabres might somehow weather the loss of Drury and Briere the previous July, but that loss was when I realized the team was washed up. It’s weird that you came to that conclusion after that game. They just started a losing streak that would ultimately cost them a playoff spot but before that they had won six in a row and I remember everyone still pretty optimistic about the team. You couldn’t get a ticket below cost for that game and my tickets were still pretty much in demand. 1 Quote
Doohickie Posted January 1 Report Posted January 1 My memory was just that I couldn't believe they lost on the Crosby goal. It just broke my heart, and as you point out, they went on a skid after that. Maybe I'm recalling the overall effect of the losing streak, but I definitely remember the sting from that OT loss on a national stage. 1 2 Quote
Porous Five Hole Posted January 1 Author Report Posted January 1 6 minutes ago, tom webster said: It’s weird that you came to that conclusion after that game. They just started a losing streak that would ultimately cost them a playoff spot but before that they had won six in a row and I remember everyone still pretty optimistic about the team. You couldn’t get a ticket below cost for that game and my tickets were still pretty much in demand. I remember thinking that it was a stupid idea to put a hockey game in a football stadium because you would be a million miles away from the puck.  Man did I get that wrong. It looked awesome on tv and I regret not going. Quote
tom webster Posted January 1 Report Posted January 1 13 minutes ago, Porous Five Hole said: I remember thinking that it was a stupid idea to put a hockey game in a football stadium because you would be a million miles away from the puck.  Man did I get that wrong. It looked awesome on tv and I regret not going. I had tickets three times and three times my wife said she didn’t want to go so I sold them. When the game came on she walked into the room and said we should’ve gone. She soon became ex-wife number two. 1 5 2 Quote
spndnchz Posted January 1 Report Posted January 1 4 hours ago, Porous Five Hole said: I remember thinking that it was a stupid idea to put a hockey game in a football stadium because you would be a million miles away from the puck.  Man did I get that wrong. It looked awesome on tv and I regret not going. Awesome game. Disappointing the loss 2 2 1 Quote
... Posted January 2 Report Posted January 2 5 hours ago, tom webster said: I had tickets three times and three times my wife said she didn’t want to go so I sold them. When the game came on she walked into the room and said we should’ve gone. She soon became ex-wife number two. Are you really Big Lou? 2 Quote
tom webster Posted January 2 Report Posted January 2 56 minutes ago, ... said: Are you really Big Lou? Who is Big Lou? Quote
... Posted January 2 Report Posted January 2 14 minutes ago, tom webster said: Who is Big Lou?  1 Quote
Porous Five Hole Posted January 2 Author Report Posted January 2 Jan 2: TRIVIA What member of the Sabres broke the 50-goal plateau in the 1992-93 season? Â Quote
#freejame Posted January 2 Report Posted January 2 36 minutes ago, Porous Five Hole said: Jan 2: TRIVIA What member of the Sabres broke the 50-goal plateau in the 1992-93 season?  An easy one today 1 Quote
Sabres Fan in NS Posted January 2 Report Posted January 2 1 hour ago, Porous Five Hole said: Jan 2: TRIVIA What member of the Sabres broke the 50-goal plateau in the 1992-93 season? Â Were there not 2 ?? 2 1 Quote
shrader Posted January 2 Report Posted January 2 14 hours ago, ... said:  Big Lou’s like you, he’s on meds too. Quote
Stads Posted January 2 Report Posted January 2 I went to the Winter Classic. Great environment with the snow falling. Campbell had a great hit in the corner where he levitated off the ground 1 Quote
Porous Five Hole Posted January 3 Author Report Posted January 3 Jan 3-4: FACT In the 1974-75 season, the Sabres set a team record by scoring 354 goals.  Some of the stats from that season are pretty incredible. The team had six guys with 30+ goals and nine guys with 20+ goals.  Don Luce’s plus-minus was a +61. How was that even possible?! 1 Quote
tom webster Posted January 3 Report Posted January 3 7 minutes ago, Porous Five Hole said: Jan 3-4: FACT In the 1974-75 season, the Sabres set a team record by scoring 354 goals.  Some of the stats from that season are pretty incredible. The team had six guys with 30+ goals and nine guys with 20+ goals.  Don Luce’s plus-minus was a +61. How was that even possible?! Ask Nate Mac, he’s something like +51 already this season. Also, without looking it up, who can name the six thirty goal scorers and nine twenty goal scorers? I’ve won many of bets with this question, mostly because I’m old and that was my second year of hardcore fandom. Quote
shrader Posted January 3 Report Posted January 3 5 minutes ago, tom webster said: Ask Nate Mac, he’s something like +51 already this season. It’s amazing what those stats will look like when the other team never scores more goals than you. Quote
Porous Five Hole Posted January 5 Author Report Posted January 5 Jan 5: TRIVIA The Sabres retired jersey number 2 in honor of what player on January 6, 1996? Quote
GASabresIUFAN Posted January 5 Report Posted January 5 Â 1 hour ago, Porous Five Hole said: Jan 5: TRIVIA The Sabres retired jersey number 2 in honor of what player on January 6, 1996? Donut Man 1 Quote
GASabresIUFAN Posted January 5 Report Posted January 5 On 1/3/2026 at 10:09 AM, tom webster said: Ask Nate Mac, he’s something like +51 already this season. Also, without looking it up, who can name the six thirty goal scorers and nine twenty goal scorers? I’ve won many of bets with this question, mostly because I’m old and that was my second year of hardcore fandom. 30+ Gare, Martin, Robert, Dudley, Gilbert, Robert - People forget how good a player Dudley was. 20+ Lorentz, Ramsay and McNabb I was 8 and remember everything about that team. For example, which player lead our D in scoring that season? Quote
tom webster Posted January 5 Report Posted January 5 14 minutes ago, GASabresIUFAN said: 30+ Gare, Martin, Robert, Dudley, Gilbert, Robert - People forget how good a player Dudley was. 20+ Lorentz, Ramsay and McNabb I was 8 and remember everything about that team. For example, which player lead our D in scoring that season? Dudley was my favorite Sabre and Punch would later admit that letting him go to the WHA was a major. Korab was the D you are talking about. The amazing thing to me is that Montreal scored 20 more goals than Buffalo that year. Quote
GASabresIUFAN Posted January 5 Report Posted January 5 2 minutes ago, tom webster said: Dudley was my favorite Sabre and Punch would later admit that letting him go to the WHA was a major. Korab was the D you are talking about. The amazing thing to me is that Montreal scored 20 more goals than Buffalo that year. Was Morris Titanic the worst Sabres draft pick ever? 19 NHL games 0 goals and 0 points. 1973 might be the worst Sabres draft ever. 8 players selected and only the aptly named Titanic played a game in the NHL. Ouch!   Quote
tom webster Posted January 6 Report Posted January 6 2 hours ago, GASabresIUFAN said: Was Morris Titanic the worst Sabres draft pick ever? 19 NHL games 0 goals and 0 points. 1973 might be the worst Sabres draft ever. 8 players selected and only the aptly named Titanic played a game in the NHL. Ouch!   Titanic and that whole class were bad but there were some terrible picks in the first round; Cooper, Savage, Heisten, Kryukov off the top of my head. Quote
GASabresIUFAN Posted January 6 Report Posted January 6 1 hour ago, tom webster said: Titanic and that whole class were bad but there were some terrible picks in the first round; Cooper, Savage, Heisten, Kryukov off the top of my head. Don’t forget the immortals Zagrapan, Persson and Dudacek  1 Quote
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