Buffalo 8 - Montreal 3

[Niagara]

I normally don't post in the sports.


I've been bummed out by the Sabres game performances for several years now. I still wear my Sabres winter beanie hat and sometimes my jersey.


I'm super excited about last nights game (May 16, 2026). I certainly hope they keep up the momentum.


Let's Go, Buffalo! 🏒🥅

[True Dough]

1. Game 7 on Monday night!

Do any of these names ring a bell, Niagara?

Gilbert Perreault

Dave Andreychuk

Phil Housley

Alexander Mogilny

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2. Here's hoping they do this great tomorrow

None of those names ring a bell for me, True.

One of my favorite hockey players is Miroslav Satan. I think the Sabres messed up not keeping him after that nasty lockout in the mid 90's.

I know who Jagr, Hasek, Biron, Lucic are....does that count?


And here's Tyler Myers teaching a nasty Flyers fan a lesson at home some years ago. lol!

[True Dough]

3. Yes, I remember the "Great Satan"

^ That sounds funnier if people don't know his surname is pronounced "Shay-tan."

Was just curious how far back your Sabres fandom goes. I remember being a young fella opening up packs of hockey cards and seeing Gilbert Perreault's name in the mix. I had little awareness of who he was. I was a Mike Bossy and NY Islanders fan back then.

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4. I always think it's fun to tell people that and see their reaction

But on a serious note, I thought that Satan was a promising player while in the NHL and I really wished the Sabres would have kept him.

I had to lookup the timeline of the NHL lockout and when Satan was a part of the Sabres working towards the Stanley Cup was in 1999. Then came the salary disputes and then next lockout was in 2004-2005. I couldn't remember that far back.





I didn't always live in N.Y. My home state is Indiana. I've been a fan of the Sabres since Rob Ray, Brad May, Pat LaFontaine and the like so about the 90's somewhere around there. Insert a joke about the Rob Ray Rule here.


And since I lived in Indiana I didn't always have access to NHL televised games. I did attend frequent professional real live hockey games at that time too so I still got my hockey fix.

[True Dough]

5. Like who?

The Peoira Rivermen?

[Niagara]

6. The Ft. Wayne Komets

🥅🏒

[True Dough]

7. That makes more sense!

Since I pulled a team out of my butt from Illinois, not Indiana!

[Niagara]

8. It's okay, True

My neighbors and I were recently talking about Mackinac Island. The other neighbor asked, "Where's that?" The one neighbor said Michigan and I added, "In the U.P." I had to explain it meant Upper Peninsula because then they started cracking pee jokes after I said U.P.



In Buffalo, people mention the Ohio Valley and New England, especially meteorologists. I had to ask someone about it once because these areas are generally not mentioned in Indiana.


Sometimes these phrases are regional I believe.

[True Dough]

9. Well, I can assure you

that I would never make a U.P. urine joke!

[Niagara]

10. I'm surrrrreee you wouldn't make jokes