2013 Schedule

[orangecrush8]

Well my season tickets for the first three home games arrived in the mail this afternoon and the guy at WNYorker.com is correct - the first three home games are indeed - Sunday, January 20 vs Philadelphia - 12:00 pm ET (rumor has it the game will televised by NBC.) - Friday, January 25 vs Carolina - 7:00 pm ET and Tuesday, January 29 vs Toronto - 7:00 pm ET. We will get the rest of our season tickets in the next week and a half or so. Hopefully by our fourth game which should be the one played on SuperBowl Sunday.

Is the home opener a silver game (as stated earlier)? I was expecting at least a gold, so a silver would be a pleasant surprise

 

[PlamsUnlimited]

Seems like a lot of games are silver. I need to go to some

 

[OhreallyOrielly]

Man, I hope they get this memo of understanding done tonight. I'd like to pick my tickets in the morning.

 

[mechaphil]

RDS leaks Habs' schedule.

2/2 at Montreal
2/7 in Buffalo
3/19 at Montreal
3/23 at Montreal
4/11 in Buffalo

What's up with the odd number of games between divisional foes?

 

[Taro Tsujimoto]

MOU has been signed. Schedule should be out within the next hour.

 

[Taro Tsujimoto]

And here it is!

Sunday January 20 PHILADELPHIA 12:30 p.m.
Monday January 21 @ Toronto 7:00 p.m.
Thursday January 24 @ Carolina 7:00 p.m.
Friday January 25 CAROLINA 7:00 p.m.
Sunday January 27 @ Washington 3:00 p.m.
Tuesday January 29 TORONTO 7:00 p.m.
Thursday January 31 @ Boston 7:00 p.m.

Saturday February 2 @ Montreal 2:00 p.m.
Sunday February 3 FLORIDA 3:00 p.m.
Tuesday February 5 @ Ottawa 7:30 p.m.
Thursday February 7 MONTREAL 7:00 p.m.
Saturday February 9 @ NY Islanders 7:00 p.m.
Sunday February 10 BOSTON 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday February 12 @ Ottawa 7:30 p.m.
Friday February 15 BOSTON 7:00 p.m.
Sunday February 17 PITTSBURGH 12:30 p.m.
Tuesday February 19 WINNIPEG 7:00 p.m.
Thursday February 21 @ Toronto 7:00 p.m.
Saturday February 23 NY ISLANDERS 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday February 26 @ Tampa Bay 7:30 p.m.
Thursday February 28 @ Florida 7:30 p.m.

Saturday March 2 NEW JERSEY 3:00 p.m.
Sunday March 3 @ NY Rangers 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday March 5 @ Carolina 7:00 p.m.
Thursday March 7 @ New Jersey 7:00 p.m.
Sunday March 10 @ Philadelphia 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday March 12 NY RANGERS 7:00 p.m.
Saturday March 16 OTTAWA 3:00 p.m.
Sunday March 17 @ Washington 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday March 19 @ Montreal 7:30 p.m.
Thursday March 21 TORONTO 7:00 p.m.
Saturday March 23 @ Montreal 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday March 26 @ Tampa Bay 7:30 p.m.
Thursday March 28 @ Florida 7:30 p.m.
Saturday March 30 WASHINGTON 7:00 p.m.
Sunday March 31 BOSTON 7:00 p.m.

Tuesday April 2 @ Pittsburgh 7:30 p.m.
Friday April 5 OTTAWA 7:00 p.m.
Sunday April 7 NEW JERSEY 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday April 9 @ Winnipeg 8:00 p.m.
Thursday April 11 MONTREAL 7:00 p.m.
Saturday April 13 PHILADELPHIA 3:00 p.m.
Sunday April 14 TAMPA BAY 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday April 17 @ Boston 7:30 p.m.
Friday April 19 NY RANGERS 7:00 p.m.
Saturday April 20 @ Pittsburgh 7:00 p.m.
Monday April 22 WINNIPEG 7:00 p.m.
Friday April 26 NY ISLANDERS 7:00 p.m.

http://blogs.buffalonews.com/sabres...ed-includes-10-of-final-14-games-at-home.html

 

[sabresfan65]

It's up on Sabres.com

 

[EC09]

Love all the afternoon games. Allows me time to do other things after they end.

 

[1TuchAnd1NoTuch]

Let the sprint begin!

 

[NotABadPeriod]

Only 9 sets of back-to-backs. Dunno what league average is, but that seems decent.

Longest road trip is 4 games.

Lots of 3 in 4 days, but that's to be expected.

 

[OhreallyOrielly]

It's up on Sabres.com

Not to be pushy. But, if the Ical file was working it would make my life easier.

 

[Afino]

Only 9 sets of back-to-backs. Dunno what league average is, but that seems decent.

Longest road trip is 4 games.

Lots of 3 in 4 days, but that's to be expected.

I'm seeing a lot of teams with 8 or 9 sets.

 

[Woodhouse]

I'm not a big fan of matinee games... and of course they couldn't play any of the NY/NJ teams twice on the road.
So it'll be three road games and probably a March Florida trip for us.

 

[Zman5778]

Looking at the schedule, I'd be shocked if that first Sabres/Leafs game wasn't an NBCSports game.

 

[Afino]

if you go to NHL.com, they already have the TV schedule.

http://www.nhl.com/ice/schedulebyseason.htm?season=20122013&gameType=2&team=BUF&network=&venue=

 

[Zman5778]

Only one Monday game....the 2nd game of the year. Odd.

 

[NotABadPeriod]

Only one Monday game....the 2nd game of the year. Odd.

2nd last game too.

 

[Zman5778]

8 of our last 11 at home.

And the schedule makers were kind ---- we're home for two, travel to Winnipeg and then home for 3.

One Winnipeg trip. Two Florida trips (both FLA teams each time)

 

[Zman5778]

2nd last game too.

Missed that. Still seems odd to me.

 

[Ralonzo]

10 of the last 14 games at home for the playoff push.

 

[Zman5778]

Not surprised we get Boston 5 times.

However, I am surprised that we get Montreal 5 times and not Toronto.

 

[Afino]

One positive about this year's schedule? No games later than 8:05 (the 'Peg trip)

 

[EC09]

One positive about this year's schedule? No games later than 8:05 (the 'Peg trip)

Yeah, I like this too. The earlier the games, the better.

 

[sba]

iCal: http://sabres.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=39503

 

[LaxSabre]

Is the home opener a silver game (as stated earlier)? I was expecting at least a gold, so a silver would be a pleasant surprise

Well the tickets that we received in the mail were those ones you get when you get buy tickets from ticketmaster.com or in this cased tickets.com - not the fancy ones with players or fans or team logos pictured on it that we get in our season ticket package every season. The fancy tickets usually have whatever price level listed on them - Gold, Silver, Bronze and Value - by listing the price. Our "tickets.com" tickets just list "SEASONS" under the price level. No price at all.

Now that the complete schedule is out, the variable pricing structure is out and there are just four price levels - Gold, Silver, Bronze and Value. It breaks down like this - 5 Gold Games - 15 Silver Games - 1 Bronze (only one? at least make it three for say a hat-trick - you can add two Silver games.) and 3 Value games. My tickets in the one of the two cheapest areas (300 Level IV where Miller/Enroth defend our net twice) are worth the following: $29 for Value - $39 for Bronze - $53 for Silver and $64 for Gold. As a season ticket holder - we just pay I think $24 or $25 per game.

So to answer your question - the home opener is a ....damn, I don't know - its not listed anywhere on the Sabres website as to what games are what - not on the press release promoting the schedule/variable pricing structure for this season is out or the complete schedule that the press release links too. LOL! My guess, its a Silver game and not a Gold one. Give the fans a slight discount on the opener - have Toronto/Montreal and one Pittsburgh game be the Gold ones. Who knows maybe its the lone Bronze game? Have that as a "cheaper" level game would be a nice answer as to why theres only one Bronze game.

Edit: I see that in the schedule (which is linked to in the press release) has a RESULTS column and since there are no RESULTS yet, they list Tickets for every home and you click on that and thats where you can order tickets and that will tell what price is what by the prices listed for the game. Unfortunately that now links to the variable pricing structure for the 2010-2011 season! LOL!