Tag: Buffalo Sabres

Sabres players show support for Damar Hamlin with classy pre-game shirts

What a classy show of support for Damar Hamlin.

Damar Hamlin is on the minds of many after the Buffalo Bills safety suddenly collapsed due to cardiac arrest during a game against the Cincinnati Bengals. The incident occurred in the first quarter of Monday Night Football after Hamlin tackled Bengals receiver Tee Higgins.

Hamlin was then taken to University of Cincinnati Medical Center and is in critical condition as of Tuesday evening.

Many across the sports world have thrown their support behind Hamlin, and the Buffalo Sabres are the latest to do so. Ahead of their Tuesday matchup on the road against the Washington Capitals, the entire Sabres team showed up to the game in “Love for 3” shirts.

Though the game was on the road, fans still showed up to the game with signs of support for Hamlin.

What a classy show of support from the Sabres and hockey fans.

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Buffalo Bills, all WNY sports teams won on Saturday

The #Bills and all of their WNY sports team counterparts won… all on the same day this weekend:

The nickname for Buffalo, the “city of good neighbors,” was temporarily replaced over the weekend.

On Saturday, the Bills (11-3) defeated the Dolphins, 32-29, in a chilly and snowy affair.

They were very much not alone in western New York in terms of sports teams that won games. In fact, all over the Queen City there were winners: The Sabres and Bandits included.

In addition to the Bills’ victory, the professional hockey and lacrosse teams, respectively, also took home wins for Buffalo on the exact same evening. According to the Buffalo News, it’s the first time that’s ever happened.

The Sabres beat the Arizona Coyotes, 5-2. Meanwhile, the Bandits defeated another faction of Bills fans, those from southern Ontario–As they topped the Toronto Rock, 11-8.

Yes, you’re reading the right. All three wins for Buffalo teams were by a three-point margin as well.

The winning ways also bled over into the other end of western New York: Rochester. They just left the threes out of it.

The lacrosse team, the Knighthawks, took a 14-13 win over the Albany Firewolves. The Americans, the minor league pro hockey team which is the Sabres’ affiliate club, won 4-0 over the Charlotte Checkers.

Finally, in more unfortunate news for our friends from the North: The beloved Maple Leafs joined the Rock in losing as well. The Washington Capitals beat the Canadian hockey club, 5-2 on Saturday.

Congrats to all the WNY teams for the victories, at least.

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Sabres’ Tage Thompson scored a ridiculous 5 goals in just two periods and NHL fans were in awe

Tage Thompson did what now?!?!

Have yourself a night, Tage Thompson!

On Wednesday, the Buffalo Sabres headed to Ohio to face off against the Columbus Blue Jackets in an Eastern Conference matchup. Unfortunately for the Blue Jackets, it got late early after the Sabres posted six goals in the first period, with four coming in the opening 10 minutes of the period.

The leader of the charge was none other than Thompson, who posted four of the Sabres six first period goals and had five overall goals by the end of the second period. Yes, Thompson had a whole hat trick — and then some — in 40 minutes of hockey! It was just as ridiculous and as awesome as it sounds.

Something like what Thompson did just doesn’t happen in hockey often. If you were wondering, the NHL record for goals by one player in a single game is seven, set way back in 1920. No one’s even scored six since 1968!

NHL fans were completely in awe of Thompson’s incredible, historic game for the Sabres.

Bills’ Dion Dawkins rocks Sabres jersey on game day

Dion pulls off the #Sabres threads nicely:

Bills offensive lineman Dion Dawkins had the perfect game day look for hockey fans in western New York.

The Buffalo Sabres, the NHL team in the Queen City, gifted Dawkins a jersey last week. He attended a game.

Dawkins decided to wear it to his team’s Week 10 matchup with the Vikings.

Even better: It’s the hockey team’s retro throwback uniform, the red and black edition.

Check it out below:

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Jack Eichel buried the Sabres with a goal, then savagely trolled Buffalo fans to celebrate

ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?

Jack Eichel is making a habit out of trolling his former hockey team.

On Thursday, Eichel and the Vegas Golden Knights were visiting the Buffalo Sabres, the second meeting between the two after the former second overall pick was traded out west a year ago. After Eichel’s first visit back to Buffalo last spring, the forward took a shot at Sabres fans and their in-game enthusiasm during his six-year tenure with the club.

And now, Eichel’s turning up the heat with some extremely petty goal celebrations. In the third period of a Golden Knights rout, Eichel scored on a wide open net to give Vegas a 5-2 lead. He then celebrated with his arms outstretched to the crowd with the biggest smile, giving it all to the Buffalo crowd.

Eichel wasn’t done either, as he ended up scoring a hat trick in the dying moments of the game to complete a triumphant return to Buffalo.

I’m so here for petty Eichel. After the way the Sabres treated him in Buffalo by denying him neck surgery, Eichel deserves to go off like that every time he plays against his former team.

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LOOK: Bills send Sabres good luck messages ahead of season opener

LOOK: #Bills send #Sabres good luck messages ahead of season opener:

Bills players are sending their support to the crosstown team.

The NHL’s Sabres begin their upcoming season on Thursday. At practice this week, the football guys sent over messages of good luck.

Check them out in the post from the Bills below:

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Buffalo Sabres players attended Bills’ win over Steelers

#Sabres players attended the #Bills’ win over the #Steelers (and did a shout song):

Did you enjoy the Bills’ rout of the Steelers?

So did the Sabres.

Buffalo’s professional hockey team had some members of the team in attendance at the football club’s 38-3 win on Sunday at Highmark Stadium. They rooted hard for the home team, none more than Alex Tuch.

The Sabres shared photos of the hockey guys on social media and added a video of Tuch doing the “shout song” with Bills Mafia.

Check out the images below:

Former Notre Dame players on NHL rosters to begin 2022-23 season

Which familiar name is your favorite?

The weather has gotten cooler, which means it soon will be cold. That means it’s time for the 2022-23 NHL season to begin. As usual, Notre Dame has plenty of representation in the league. Amazingly, not only do the Irish have the same number of former players from the beginning of last season (10), but the same players themselves.

Maybe it’s boring to some people to not see any new Irish players begin the season in the NHL, but 17 will start in the AHL, so you have that to possibly look forward to. Until then, here are the familiar 10 names:

Buffalo Sabres front office makes visit to Bills training camp

#Sabres 🤝 #Bills:

The Bills and Sabres have been tied at the hip.

That’s what happens when the Buffalo area professional sports teams are both owned by Terry and Kim Pegula.

Regardless, it’s always a welcome sight to see some unity between the two clubs. That was on full display over the weekend as members of the Sabres front office were visiting the NFL team’s training camp at St. John Fisher University.

Among that faction was Sabres head coach Don Granato and general manager Kevyn Adams.

Check out images of their visit below:

Bills first-round pick Kaiir Elam takes in Sabres game with Josh Allen (video)

#Bills first-round pick Kaiir Elam takes in #Sabres game with Josh Allen (video):

A day after the Bills selected cornerback Kaiir Elam in the first round of the 2022 NFL draft, he was already in Buffalo.

After taking in the scenes in Orchard Park, he took in the hockey rink downtown.

The football team’s hockey counterpart, the Sabres, were taking part in their final game of the season. Elam ended up being in attendance with a couple of teammates, including quarterback Josh Allen.

Worth noting, the Sabres did win 3-2 over the Chicago Blackhawks, so Elam is already undefeated in Buffalo.

Check out Elam being introduced to fans for the first time at the game below:

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