Old home of Buffalo Sabres falls to wrecking ball - NHL- nbcsports.msnbc.com
This is a sad day and moment for me personally, for obvious reasons.
As someone who lived a good portion of their life in Buffalo, this hits me close to the heart. :river:river:river
As a lifelong Sabres fan, I have so many close and personal moments of this grand old house of hockey.
I went to the Aud for 10 Sabres games, and believe it or not, they won all 10 games!
Here are my personal memories of those 10 games I saw:
Novermber 9, 1990- my first Sabres game ever, a 7-1 win over the Canucks.
December 23, 1990- Buffalo beat Quebec 10-3. Pierre Turgeon scored twice and so did the great Christian Ruutu.
December 27, 1991- Buffalo beat the Bruins 8-1. Dave Andreychuk had 2 goals and 3 assists, while Pat LaFontaine had two goals and 2 assists.
January 10, 1992- Sabres beat the Oilers 8-2. LaFontaine had a hat trick and 3 assists.
November 13, 1992- Buffalo beats Hartford 8-2. Dave Andreychuk has a four-goals night.
October 31, 1992- I was faced with a difficult decision on this night. Go to the Aud to possibly see Buffalo possibly put up a huge amount of goals against the horrible expansion Ottawa Senators (Trust me, they were bad. Even recently bad teams were not as bad as they were.) or see a new episode of 'Step By Step' where Karen got a modeling job (I had a BIG crush on Karen). Choosing between either admiring the very pretty Angela Watson or admiring the Sabres' offense, I decided to go to the game, and I saw Buffalo rack up 12 goals! All in all, I think I made the right decision.
December 11, 1992- Buffalo beat Hartford 9-3 in probably the wildest game I ever attended. There was a huge fight at the end of this game. Here's the YouTube link:
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfYRwmBQOBk]YouTube - Hartford vs Buffalo Brawl 1992[/ame]
December 31, 1992- Buffalo beat the Rangers 11-6 on New Year's Eve. Alexander Mogilny had a hat trick, and so did the great Yuri Khmylev! That night, as we drove home, my dad decided to let me my New Year's gift- NHLPA Hockey 93 for the Sega Genesis! Talk about ringing in the new year on a high note!
February 24, 1993- Buffalo beat Detroit in a 10-7 shootout. Mogilny scored 4 goals to break Danny Gare's team record of 56, which gave him 60 goals that year en route to 76. Also, Steve Yzerman registered his 1000th point that night.
December 10, 1993- a 6-2 win over Calgary. Nothing noteable about this game other than the fact that it would be the last time I ever went there.
Farewell, old girl. This Sabres fan will never forget you.
RIP Aud
This is a sad day and moment for me personally, for obvious reasons.
As someone who lived a good portion of their life in Buffalo, this hits me close to the heart. :river:river:river
As a lifelong Sabres fan, I have so many close and personal moments of this grand old house of hockey.
I went to the Aud for 10 Sabres games, and believe it or not, they won all 10 games!
Here are my personal memories of those 10 games I saw:
Novermber 9, 1990- my first Sabres game ever, a 7-1 win over the Canucks.
December 23, 1990- Buffalo beat Quebec 10-3. Pierre Turgeon scored twice and so did the great Christian Ruutu.
December 27, 1991- Buffalo beat the Bruins 8-1. Dave Andreychuk had 2 goals and 3 assists, while Pat LaFontaine had two goals and 2 assists.
January 10, 1992- Sabres beat the Oilers 8-2. LaFontaine had a hat trick and 3 assists.
November 13, 1992- Buffalo beats Hartford 8-2. Dave Andreychuk has a four-goals night.
October 31, 1992- I was faced with a difficult decision on this night. Go to the Aud to possibly see Buffalo possibly put up a huge amount of goals against the horrible expansion Ottawa Senators (Trust me, they were bad. Even recently bad teams were not as bad as they were.) or see a new episode of 'Step By Step' where Karen got a modeling job (I had a BIG crush on Karen). Choosing between either admiring the very pretty Angela Watson or admiring the Sabres' offense, I decided to go to the game, and I saw Buffalo rack up 12 goals! All in all, I think I made the right decision.
December 11, 1992- Buffalo beat Hartford 9-3 in probably the wildest game I ever attended. There was a huge fight at the end of this game. Here's the YouTube link:
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfYRwmBQOBk]YouTube - Hartford vs Buffalo Brawl 1992[/ame]
December 31, 1992- Buffalo beat the Rangers 11-6 on New Year's Eve. Alexander Mogilny had a hat trick, and so did the great Yuri Khmylev!
That night, as we drove home, my dad decided to let me my New Year's gift- NHLPA Hockey 93 for the Sega Genesis! Talk about ringing in the new year on a high note!February 24, 1993- Buffalo beat Detroit in a 10-7 shootout. Mogilny scored 4 goals to break Danny Gare's team record of 56, which gave him 60 goals that year en route to 76. Also, Steve Yzerman registered his 1000th point that night.
December 10, 1993- a 6-2 win over Calgary. Nothing noteable about this game other than the fact that it would be the last time I ever went there.
Farewell, old girl. This Sabres fan will never forget you.
RIP Aud
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