Who is Who on the Sabres Board (Introduce Yourself Here!)

[Play4Miracles*]

Cool man, makes me feel right at home with with every new seat filled on the bandwagon. I think you're just in time, because this team does seem poised to make take another big step forward.

 

[jBuds]

What a thread!

 

[jBuds]

Where in Buffalo are you moving? Downtown? Suburbs?

 

[JOHNBOY]

 

[MayDay]

Hey guys. I'm a life-long Isles fan from Long Island, but have always had a soft spot for Buffalo in my heart since we are technically in the same state. I will be moving to Buffalo in a few short months, and decided that rather than follow just the Isles from the road, I will also begin cheering for the Sabres. It won't be hard to do, since like I said before, we're in the same state and all

You're not the only one.

I'm married to a native Long Islander, and I've converted her to Team Blue & Gold.

 

[ktrio730]

Where in Buffalo are you moving? Downtown? Suburbs?

Not a 100% yet, looking at Orchard Park, East Aurora, and a few others. I need a good school district, and close access to the casinos (poker) as well as a nice area, but not too expensive.

Also, how are season tix? Are they available? I looked up the pricing and it doesnt look too bad.

 

[BuiltTagonTough]

Not a 100% yet, looking at Orchard Park, East Aurora, and a few others. I need a good school district, and close access to the casinos (poker) as well as a nice area, but not too expensive.

Also, how are season tix? Are they available? I looked up the pricing and it doesnt look too bad.

Last I checked there was a big long waiting list.

 

[Insomniac99]

Not a 100% yet, looking at Orchard Park, East Aurora, and a few others. I need a good school district, and close access to the casinos (poker) as well as a nice area, but not too expensive.

Also, how are season tix? Are they available? I looked up the pricing and it doesnt look too bad.

Definitely go Orchard Park. Great public school system, really safe area, not far from Buffalo. The town is simply a great place to live.

 

[jBuds]

Last I checked there was a big long waiting list.

Waiting list, yeah...

but you (ktrio) are probably better off suited getting individual game tickets or some sort of package. Considering you like the Isles, might want to get those two, plus a few against the Rags for nostalgic hatred purposes.

If you go to a Leafs/Sabres game, BE LOUD pro-Buffalo. The Toronto fans get their hands on a fair share of tickets at HSBC.

 

[SabresFanNorthPortFL]

Name: Joe

Age: 43

Location: North Port, FL

Occupation: Owner Pawn Shop......yes, I wasn't lying!!!!!

As a footnote.....I have had Buffalo Sports Memorabilia come into the shop....Jim Kelly Jersey framed comes to mind. Also a framed picture of the last game at the Aud.

Fan Since: The inception. Dad used to take me and sit me on his lap!

Season Ticket Holder: Yes, before I moved but obviously not now.

Favorite Sabre: Rick Martin

Current Sabre: Miller

Favorite Sabre Moment(s)/Memories:

The Good:

1. Having beers with Rick Martin at a tiki bar down here in Florida.....He told me he'd be back the next day, it was my local hangout and I brought in a DVD player with old Sabres Highlights, many of them of him, and we had drinks for over an hour.....awesome time. I was wearing a Sabres Tee, and some guy asks me, with Martin next to me, if I thought I was part of the French Connection, I said: "I'm not but he is..." Awesome, awesome moment, especially if you ever met Martin. He had a genuine smile and interest the entire time.....RIP.

The Bad:

2. About 10 years ago, playoff series against Philly, Hasek let in a goal that he was miffed at how it got past him. After further review, the puck went through the side of the net.....AND COUNTED! The way Hasek looked down at his pads, and around, you could tell he knew something was up. Goal counted then. During intermission, the camera was on Darcy in the review booth with an official, standing on a chair, pointing to a tv, screaming.....you could tell he was screaming f-bombs, goal still counted, and the Buffalo curse lived on. Loved Darcy since.

The Ugly:

No Goal...I was there.

Jerseys: 4.

Miller in the new scripted "Buffalo"
Old white original
White Goat
White Slug

Hate: NYR and Philly

Bands: way too many to list...Van Halen, with David Lee Roth is all time fav. Stones, Offspring, Elvis, Hip, Headstones, Doors, lots of rock bands of today...

Personal:

Canisius High School
Sports
Bikinis

PS.....Thank you Mr Pegula for the renewed faith that we will win the Stanley Cup!!!!

 

[Kevbeau]

Name: Kevin (been registered for 5 years...read often/rarely post)

Age: 37

Location: Atlanta

Current Occupation: Business Strategy & Shenanigans

Sabres Fan Since: 1978

Season Ticket Holder? (Y/N): N

All Time Favorite Sabres: Mike Ramsey, Mike Foligno, Mike Hartman, Z, Hasek

Current Favorite Sabres: Sekera, Weber, Vanek

Favorite Sabres Moment: Going to the Aud with my Uncle...playing floor hockey on the ramps and hoping for that free Whopper if the Sabres scored X goals.

Sabres Jerseys You Own: Ramsey (Older Blue), Foligno, Hartman, (Older Whites), Briere (Blue Slug), Myers, Blank (both current Blues)

Team You Hate Most: Winnepeg Jets (current edition), Leafs, Flyers, Canes, Bruins (softened a little on the last one...mostly stems from the late 80's slugfests when MacGuire and Shoebottom were regulars against each other on the fight card.)

Personal

Still involved in a number of hockey leagues.
Spend most of my disposable income on travel, building @#$%, & our animals.
My garage is slowly becoming a Sabres Shrine.

 

[Sabretip]

Name: T.J.

Age: 45

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Current Occupation: Architect

Sabres Fan Since: 1980

Season Ticket Holder? (Y/N): N

All Time Favorite Sabres: LaFontaine, Hawerchuk, Sauve, Ramsey, Perreault, Peca

Current Favorite Sabres: Vanek, Miller, Hecht, Kaleta, Regehr. Gerbe

Favorite Sabres Moment: 1993 Adams SF vs. Boston, ending with "MayDay"

Sabres Jerseys You Own: Home whites (original & goathead), Home dark (slug)

Team You Hate Most: Ottawa & Rangers

Personal (Pick 3)
1. Have scrapbooks of newspaper clippings for every game from 1991-99 & 2005-07 seasons
2. Goalie on HS hockey team for 4 years
3. Spent $6K in 1999 to fly from Phoenix to Buffalo & attend all 3 SCF home games, with seat in 2nd row from glass in Game 6 at end where GWG was scored

Favorite Musical Artists: Springsteen, Rippingtons

Favorite Movies: Gladiator, The Natural, Caddyshack, My Cousin Vinny

 

[Clock]

Name: T.J.

Age: 45

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Current Occupation: Architect

Sabres Fan Since: 1980

Season Ticket Holder? (Y/N): N

All Time Favorite Sabres: LaFontaine, Hawerchuk, Sauve, Perreault, Peca

Current Favorite Sabres: Vanek, Miller, Hecht, Kaleta, Regehr

Favorite Sabres Moment: 1993 Adams SF vs. Boston, ending with "MayDay"

Sabres Jerseys You Own: Home whites (original & goathead), Home dark (slug)

Team You Hate Most: Ottawa & Rangers

Personal (Pick 3)
1. Have scrapbooks of newspaper clippings for every game from 1991-99 & 2005-07 seasons
2. Goalie on HS hockey team for 4 years
3. Spent $6K in 1999 to fly from Phoenix to Buffalo & attend all 3 SCF home games, with seat in 2nd row from glass in Game 6 at end where GWG was scored

Favorite Musical Artists: Springsteen, Rippingtons

Favorite Movies: Gladiator, The Natural, Caddyshack, My Cousin Vinny

You watch the Kings play at all? I could easily find myself picking them up as my second favorite team if I was out there.

 

[Chainshot]

Greetings all!

 

[Ruckus007]

Name: John

Age: 29

Location: New York, NY (Manhattan, Greenwich Village)

Current Occupation: postdoc, NYU

Sabres Fan Since: 1992

Season Ticket Holder? (Y/N): nope

All Time Favorite Sabres: Pat LaFontaine, Wayne Presley, Daniel Briere, Chris Drury, Ryan Miller

Current Favorite Sabres: Miller, Jason Pominville, Paul Gaustad, Jochen Hecht

Favorite Sabres Moment: May Day

Sabres Jerseys You Own: original white no name, replica. goat black Dumont, authentic. slug blue Miller, authentic. (also an Amerks white replica and my new favorite, Amerks blue 50th anniversary authentic)

Team You Hate Most: Leafs

Personal (Pick 3)
-our cat is named Pominville
-Ruckus Jr was born the Monday between Game 6 and Game 7 of the Philly series. Mrs Ruckus, Jr and I listened to Game 7 on my phone (WGR app!!) in the hospital
-I'm one of the least interesting people you'll ever meet. Can't even come up with a third thing.

Favorite Musical Artists: U2, Rolling Stones, Dido

Favorite Movies: Dr Strangelove, There Will Be Blood, Amistad

Thought I'd update my thing since it's been three years....

 

[Jame]

Name: Jamie

Age: 27 in two weeks

Location: Palm Harbor, FL

Current Occupation: Project Coordinator, Nielsen Media Research

Sabres Fan Since: 1989

Season Ticket Holder? (Y/N): I wish

All Time Favorite Sabres: Pat Lafontaine, Chris Drury (CT represent), Rob Ray, Brad May, Rhett Warrener

Current Favorite Sabres: Pat Kaleta, Thomas Vanek, Jason Pominville, Derek Roy, Paul Gaustad

Favorite Sabres Moment: Cubro OT, Drury heroics, Game 4 cup finals

Posted May 2008....

Opinions can change

 

[Jame]

Updated

 

[Sabretip]

You watch the Kings play at all? I could easily find myself picking them up as my second favorite team if I was out there.

I moved here from Phoenix in November - didn't get a chance to catch a Kings' game although I did start following them a little on TV. Other than Doughty and Kopitar, they don't really have any eye-catching appeal and the style they play under Murray isn't all that entertaining. They should be a lot more offensive-minded than they are IMO.

I actually had started rooting for the Coyotes as my 2nd favorite team because they resembled a little of the '96-'97 Sabres with their underrated, hard work-mode - but watching games in that half-empty arena was tough the last few years.

 

[Jame]

Name: Jamie

Age: 30

Location: Palm Harbor, FL

Current Occupation: Process Coordinator, Nielsen

Sabres Fan Since: 1989

Season Ticket Holder? (Y/N): N

All Time Favorite Sabres: Pat Lafontaine and Chris Drury

Current Favorite Sabres: McCormick, Myers, Kaleta, Gerbe

Favorite Sabres Moment: The day Terry Pegula bought the Sabres

Sabres Jerseys You Own: Too many

Team You Hate Most: Flyers

Favorite Musical Artists: the Beatles, Ghostface Killah, Janelle Monae

Favorite Movies: Star Wars, the Abyss, Once Upon a Time in the West

 

[thahamer]

Brand new on the boards so I figured i would go ahead and introduce myself

Name: Ernie

Age: 23

Location: Milwaukee Wi, for now

Current Occupation: Grad Student

Sabres Fan Since: January 27th 2001

Season Ticket Holder? (Y/N): N

All Time Favorite Sabres: Stu Barnes and Hasek really got me hooked

Current Favorite Sabres: Myers

Favorite Sabres Moment: My first game in 2001. I won tickets to Sabres @ Islanders at the Nassau Coliseum, and went not being a hockey fan. For some reason I cheered for the Sabres that day and have been in love ever since.

Sabres Jerseys You Own: Blue Slug, with a Myers home on the way

Team You Hate Most: The Leafs of course

Personal (Pick 3)

Favorite Musical Artists: It changed too often for a favorite, I love a little bit of everything.

Favorite Movies: I have what some call an unhealthy obsession with zombie movies.

 

[Duddy]

Name: Thomas

Age: 21

Location: Austria

Current Occupation: currently unemployed Stripper

Sabres Fan Since: Not as long as most of you guys, but still longer than half of the others

Season Ticket Holder? (Y/N): Yes....No

All Time Favorite Sabres: Pratt, Zubrus, Briere, MATT ELLIS

Current Favorite Sabres: Gerbe, Enroth, Adam, Vanek

Favorite Sabres Moment: Terry buying the Sabres

Sabres Jerseys You Own: I wrote "SabreS = FTW" on a white shirt does that count?, still my only one

Team You Hate Most: I'm a lover not a hater (but **** you carolina)

Personal (Pick 3)

Favorite Musical Artists: Foo Fighters, Johnny Cash and some good old fashioned Porn music .

Favorite Movies: Blues Brothers, will add more later

Updated

 

[Penalty Killa]

Name: Shannon

Age: 31

Location: Ken-Ton

Current Occupation: Certified Public Accountant/ Accounting Manager

Sabres Fan Since: I was born in 1980

Season Ticket Holder? (Y/N): Yeah, but I don't expect to go to as many games this season.

All Time Favorite Sabres: Roy, LaFontaine, Barnaby

Current Favorite Sabres: Roy, Myers

Favorite Sabres Moment: Pominville's short-handed goal against Ottawa in OT during 05-06 playoffs; Terry Pegula buying the Sabres

Sabres Jerseys You Own: I have plenty. The most important one is the Derek Roy autographed pink jersey...

Team You Hate Most: Leafs, Flyers

Personal (Pick 3)

Favorite Musical Artists: No Doubt, Counting Crows, Rusted Root

Favorite Movies: American Beauty, Love Actually, Se7en & Juno

Other: I met my husband on hfboards.
I want a pomeranian and I want to name him Jason Pomeranian.
I've been a Roy Fan since '04.

updated.

 

[Bradyhckyfan21]

Name: Mike

Age: 25

Location: Boise, ID

Current Occupation: Front Office of Idaho Steelheads (ECHL Hockey Team)

Sabres Fan Since: 2000

Season Ticket Holder? (Y/N): N

All Time Favorite Sabres: Stu Barnes, Chris Drury, Danny Briere, Toni Lydman, Rob Ray

Current Favorite Sabres: Miller, Kaleta, Vanek, Gerbe, Ennis, and Hopefully Regehr

Favorite Sabres Moment: Barnes OT winner vs Pittsburg, Drury scoring the tying goal against Rangers in ECSF, Brian Campbell hit on Umberger, Pommers OT GWShorty vs Ottawa, Game 1 vs Ottawa in 05-06 playoffs

Sabres Jerseys You Own: Vanek and hopefully a Kaleta jersey soon

Team You Hate Most: Ottawa, Carolina, Philly, Toronto, Boston, Montreal

Favorite Musical Artists: Brand New, Frank Sinatra, Bob Marley, ELO, etc...

Favorite Movies: LOTR, Star Wars Trilogy, Saving Private Ryan, Gladiator, Braveheart, Miracle, Rudy, etc...

Funny tidbit on how I became a hockey/Sabres fan. Always been a sports guy, but hockey wasn't a huge think in Idaho. I was able to play a demo of NHL 2000 and it had Dallas vs Buffalo on it (I had no recollection of what had transpired at that moment). I immediately fell in love with Buffalo (from the players to the jerseys). I started following hockey and Buffalo at that point. Pretty funny how I got into it, but now I am a hardcore fan.

 

[gaf]

Name: Mike

Age: 25

Location: Boise, ID

Current Occupation: Front Office of Idaho Steelheads (ECHL Hockey Team)

Sabres Fan Since: 2000

Season Ticket Holder? (Y/N): N

All Time Favorite Sabres: Stu Barnes, Chris Drury, Danny Briere, Toni Lydman, Rob Ray

Current Favorite Sabres: Miller, Kaleta, Vanek, Gerbe, Ennis, and Hopefully Regehr

Favorite Sabres Moment: Barnes OT winner vs Pittsburg, Drury scoring the tying goal against Rangers in ECSF, Brian Campbell hit on Umberger, Pommers OT GWShorty vs Ottawa, Game 1 vs Ottawa in 05-06 playoffs

Sabres Jerseys You Own: Vanek and hopefully a Kaleta jersey soon

Team You Hate Most: Ottawa, Carolina, Philly, Toronto, Boston, Montreal

Favorite Musical Artists: Brand New, Frank Sinatra, Bob Marley, ELO, etc...

Favorite Movies: LOTR, Star Wars Trilogy, Saving Private Ryan, Gladiator, Braveheart, Miracle, Rudy, etc...

Funny tidbit on how I became a hockey/Sabres fan. Always been a sports guy, but hockey wasn't a huge think in Idaho. I was able to play a demo of NHL 2000 and it had Dallas vs Buffalo on it (I had no recollection of what had transpired at that moment). I immediately fell in love with Buffalo (from the players to the jerseys). I started following hockey and Buffalo at that point. Pretty funny how I got into it, but now I am a hardcore fan.

DId you used to post over at ESPN? There was a guy w/ almost the exact same handle. Regardless- welcome aboard

 

[zenthusiast]

Current Occupation: Process Coordinator, Nielsen

That sounds pretty awesome. What is it you do, exactly?