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The Buffalo Sabres have retired seven of their jersey numbers. Also out of circulation is the number 99 which was retired league-wide for Wayne Gretzky on February 6, 2000. [109] Gretzky did not play for the Sabres during his 20-year NHL career and no Sabres player had ever worn the number 99 prior to its retirement. [110] [111]
This is a list of franchise records for the Buffalo Sabres, the professional ice hockey team based in Buffalo, New York. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Sabres first joined the league as an expansion team in 1970.
Pages in category "Buffalo Sabres lists" ... This list may not reflect recent changes. A. List of Buffalo Sabres award winners; B. List of Buffalo Sabres broadcasters; C.
The Sabres' impressive season was recognized on June 22, 2006, at the NHL Awards Ceremony when Lindy Ruff edged Hurricanes coach Peter Laviolette to win the Jack Adams Award as coach of the year in the closest vote in the award's history. Ruff was the second Sabres coach to win the award.
Two years later, the Vezina Trophy was created for the NHL's top goaltender. The Conn Smythe Trophy was first awarded to the NHL's playoff most valuable player in 1965. Presently, the NHL has 18 annual individual trophies and awards, the most recently created being the Jim Gregory General Manager of the Year Award which was inaugurated in 2010.
Over the next 10 seasons, the Sabres made a postseason appearance every year, advancing as far as the semifinals in the 1979–80 season, where they lost the series to the New York Islanders in five games. During the ten-year postseason appearance streak, the Sabres won the Prince of Wales Conference twice and the Adams Division three times
Here is the prestigious list of previous Heisman Trophy winners: Heisman Trophy odds: Who's favorite to win college football award entering Saturday's ceremony Every Heisman Trophy winner since 1935
The Calder Cup. The Calder Cup is the trophy awarded annually to the playoff champion of the American Hockey League (AHL). First awarded in the 1937–38 season, it is named after Frank Calder, inaugural president of the National Hockey League (NHL).