Hockey Programs

1976-77 Sabres Yearbook       This isn't a program, it's a yearbook from the 1976-77 Buffalo Sabres. The Sabres were in their seventh season of operation in NHL, playing at the 16,325-seat Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. Floyd Smith was head coach while ex-Leafs coach Punch Imlach was General Manager.      The 1976-77 Sabres finished with a 48-24-8 record, good enough for second place in the Adams Division, just two points back of Boston and 23 ahead of third place Toronto. Future Hall-of-Famer Gilbert Perreault led the team on offense with 39 goals and 95 points. René Robert (33) and Rick Martin (36), Perreault's French Connection line mates, were the other 30-goal scorers on the Sabres. As a team, the Sabres scored 301 goals, fourth most in the NHL. Attendance for Sabres games was 16,433 per game (101% capacity).      The Sabres were also fourth-best on defense, surrendering just 220 goals. Of all the players the Sabres used that season, just ...

1969-70 Regular Season--Bisons vs. Baltimore Clippers      Before the Sabres, Buffalo was home to the American Hockey League's Buffalo Bisons. The Bisons existed from 1940-70, and played their home games at Memorial Auditorium. The franchise was sponsored by Pepsi-Cola, and their logo was a Pepsi bottle cap with a stylized "Buffalo" script written across the center.      Fred Shero, future "Broad Street Bullies" Flyers coach, was back behind the bench for the final season of Bisons hockey. Buffalo repeated as Western Division champions that year, going 40-17-15. The Bisons ran away with the division that season, as they were the lone Western team to finish above .500. Second place Hershey trailed Buffalo by 23 points, and Buffalo was just five behind league-best Montreal. Buffalo fans responded to the the Bisons' great season, as a league-best 6,745-per game average walked through "The Aud's" turnstiles.      Buffalo scor...