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Stadium:
HSBC Arena
HSBC Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in downtown Buffalo, New York, USA. It is home to the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League and the Buffalo Bandits of the National Lacrosse League . The arena was the home of the Buffalo Destroyers of the Arena Football League, the Buffalo Blizzard of the National Professional Soccer League II, and the Buffalo Wings of Roller Hockey International during each team's brief existence. The arena also hosts concerts and is used regularly for college basketball games. It has been home to the NCAA (2000, 2004, 2007) and MAAC (1997, 1999, 2001, 2005) men's basketball tournaments. In 2003 the Arena hosted the Frozen Four NCAA Ice Hockey tournament. In addition, HSBC Arena has been used for wrestling, hosting WWF Fully Loaded 1999, WCW Fall Brawl 2000, and the 2005 WWE Great American Bash And in August 2007 Monday Night Raw will appear.

Seating Chart:
HSBC Arena Seating Chart

Team History:
The Buffalo Sabres, along with the Vancouver Canucks, joined the NHL in the 1970-71 season. The Sabres' first owners were Seymour and Northrup Knox, scions of a family long prominent in Western New York. The team's name was chosen using a fan contest. The Knoxes had tried twice before to get an NHL team, first when the NHL expanded in 1967, and then unsuccessfully attempting to buy the Oakland Seals with the intent of moving them to Buffalo. At the time of their creation, the Buffalo Sabres exercised their option to create their own AHL farm team, the Cincinnati Swords. Buffalo had long been a hotbed for hockey, with the Buffalo Bisons being one of the pillars of the American Hockey League, winning the Calder Cup in their final year before yielding to the Sabres.

Season Preview:
Buffalo GM Darcy Regier spent this summer paying for his solid strategy a year ago, when he signed most players to short-term deals out of the lockout. The plethora of contracts Regier had to negotiate, coupled with the Sabres' surprising run to the seventh game of the Eastern Conference finals, meant Regier's budget was shot from the beginning. Daniel Briere hit the jackpot with a one-year, $5-million arbitration award. J.P. Dumont's $2.9-million award was too rich for the Sabres, who walked away whereupon Dumont signed for less money in Nashville. Mike Grier and Jay McKee, both pivotal members of the Sabres' tight-knit squad, also departed for San Jose and St. Louis, respectively. Regier did bring in Jaroslav Spacek to fill McKee's place, but the bottom line is that the surprising Sabres will be hard-pressed to replicate their regular season or playoff success.

Official Site:
http://sabres.nhl.com/