Buffalo Sabres

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The Buffalo Sabres are a professional ice hockey team based in Buffalo, New York. The Sabres were founded in the 1970-71 season and play in the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the NHL at home in the HSBC Arena. The Sabres have never won the Stanley Cup, however they did win the President's Trophy for Best Record in the NHL in 2006-07. Many Canadians from Southwestern Ontario support the Buffalo Sabres because of the proximity to the people and the general love of Hockey in Canada. During home games regardless of the opponent, Oh Canada, the Canadian national anthem is played along side the Star-Spangled Banner. Their games are televised by the MSG Network.^[1] Radio coverage is provided by WGR 550AM and MXMO 101.5FM.

Contents 1 Management 2 Roster 2.1 Goalkeepers 2.2 Defenders 2.3 Forwards 3 Season Results 4 Retired Numbers 5 References 6 Team's Official Website

Management

The team's Front Office:^[2]

Owner: B. Thomas Golisano, since 2003.

General Manager: Darcy Regier, since 1997.

Assistant GM: Mark Jakubowski

Head Coach: Lindy Ruff, since 1997.

Assistant Coaches: Brian McCutcheon, James Patrick and Jim Corsi

Roster

Goalkeepers

• 35 Adam Dennis

• 40 Patrick Lalime

• 30 Ryan Miller

• 32 Mikael Tellqvist

Defenders

• 34 Chris Butler

• 33 Mike Card

• 5 Toni Lydman

• 27 Teppo Numminen

• 38 Nathan Paetsch

• 44 Andrej Sekera

• 6 Jaroslav Spacek

• 10 Henrik Tallinder

Forwards

• 61 Maxim Afinogenov

• 37 Matt Ellis

• 28 Paul Gaustad

• 55 Jochen Hecht

• 22 Adam Mair

• 41 Clarke MacArthur

• 25 Mark Mancari

• 17 Dominic Moore

• 20 Daniel Paille

• 76 Andrew Peters

• 29 Jason Pominville

• 9 Derek Roy

• 21 Drew Stafford

• 26 Thomas Vanek

Season Results

2007-2008

Season	W	L	OTL	PTS	FINISH	GF	GA	HOME	AWAY
Regular[3]	39	31	12	90	4th, Northeast	255	242	20-15-6	19-16-6

Leaders:^[4]

• Points: Roy - 81

• Goals: Vanek - 64

• Assists: Pominville - 53

• Penalty Minutes: Peters - 100

• Goals Against: Miller - 2.64

Retired Numbers

List of numbers retired by the team or NHL:^[5]

2 - Tim Horton

7 - Rick Martin

11 - Gilbert Pereault

14 - Rene Robert

16 - Pat LaFontaine

18 - Danny Gare

References

1. ↑ http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nhl/buffalo/sabres.html
2. ↑ http://sabres.nhl.com/team/staff_directoy.htm
3. ↑ http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/standings?season=2008&group=division&order=false&seasontype=2&standType=standings
4. ↑ http://sabres.nhl.com/team/app?gameType=2&page=Stats&season=20072008&service=page
5. ↑ http://sabres.nhl.com/team/retired_numbers.htm

Team's Official Website

• Buffalo Sabres - Official Web Site

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