Gilbert Perreault is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played for 17 seasons with the National Hockey League's Buffalo Sabres. He was the first draft pick of the Sabres in their inaugural season in the NHL. He is well known as the centre man for the prolific trio of Sabres forwards known as The French Connection. The trio helped the Sabres reach the 1975 Stanley Cup Finals.
Douglas Paul Bodger is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman in the National Hockey League. Selected by the Pittsburgh Penguins ninth overall in the 1984 NHL Draft he would play in over 1,000 games in the NHL with the Penguins, Buffalo Sabres, San Jose Sharks, New Jersey Devils, Los Angeles Kings, and the Vancouver Canucks.
Réal Cloutier is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Cloutier spent five prolific seasons as a winger in the World Hockey Association (WHA) with the Quebec Nordiques. After the WHA folded, he played an additional five seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL), still at a point-a-game scoring pace, with the Quebec Nordiques and the Buffalo Sabres.
Frederic William Stanfield was a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League from 1964 until 1978. He won two Stanley Cups with the Boston Bruins, in 1970 and 1972. He was known as a clean player, as only once did he receive more than 14 penalty minutes in any season of his professional career.
Richard Šmehlík is a Czech former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted in the fifth round, 97th overall, by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft.
Stephen Herbert Heinze is an American former National Hockey League right winger. He played for the Boston Bruins, Columbus Blue Jackets, Buffalo Sabres, and Los Angeles Kings between 1992 and 2003. He was drafted in the third round, 60th overall, by the Boston Bruins in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft. Internationally Heinze played for the American national team at the 1992 Winter Olympics and the 2000 World Championships. Heinze was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, but grew up in North Andover, Massachusetts.
Michael Jay Hartman is an American former professional ice hockey player who played in 397 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) for 13 seasons the Buffalo Sabres, Winnipeg Jets, Tampa Bay Lightning, and New York Rangers. He was drafted in the seventh round, 131st overall, by the Sabres in the 1986 NHL Entry Draft.
Viktor Iosifovich Gordiyuk is a Russian former ice hockey right wing. He played 26 games in the National Hockey League with the Buffalo Sabres between 1992 and 1995. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1987 to 2010, was mainly spent in Russia. Internationally Gordiyuk played for the Soviet Union at several junior tournaments and at the 1991 Canada Cup.
Derek Robert Smith is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League with the Buffalo Sabres and Detroit Red Wings between 1975 and 1983. He was selected by the Sabres in the 1974 NHL Amateur Draft.
Scott Metcalfe is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player, who played 19 games in the National Hockey League (NHL).
François Lacombe is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman, who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) and World Hockey Association (WHA) between 1968 and 1980. He spent parts of three seasons in the NHL with the Oakland Seals and Buffalo Sabres before moving to the WHA and playing for the Quebec Nordiques and Calgary Cowboys, playing briefly for the Nordiques again when they joined the NHL.
Ernest Charles Deadmarsh is a Canadian former ice hockey left wing. Deadmarsh was drafted in the second round, 15th overall, of the 1970 NHL Amateur Draft by the Buffalo Sabres. He played in the National Hockey League for the Sabres, Atlanta Flames, and Kansas City Scouts. Deadmarsh scored the game-winning goal in Kansas City's first-ever NHL victory versus Washington in November, 1974. He also played in the World Hockey Association for the Vancouver Blazers, Calgary Cowboys, Minnesota Fighting Saints, Edmonton Oilers, and Cincinnati Stingers. He is a second cousin of former NHL player Adam Deadmarsh.
James Allen Korn is an American former professional ice hockey defenceman. He played in the National Hockey League with five teams between 1979 and 1990. Internationally he played for the American national team at two World Championships.
Terry George Martin is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Buffalo Sabres, Quebec Nordiques, Toronto Maple Leafs, Edmonton Oilers, and Minnesota North Stars between 1975 and 1985.
Joseph S. Noris is an American former professional ice hockey center. He played in the National Hockey League between 1971 and 1974, and the World Hockey Association between 1975 and 1978. Internationally he played for the American national team at the 1976 Canada Cup.
Paul Frederick Terbenche was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman. He played in the National Hockey League with the Chicago Black Hawks and Buffalo Sabres from 1967 to 1974, as well as in the World Hockey Association with the Vancouver Blazers, Calgary Cowboys, Birmingham Bulls, Houston Aeros, and Winnipeg Jets from 1974 to 1979.
Alec Mansfield Tidey is a former professional ice hockey right wing. He was drafted in the eighth round, 143rd overall, by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1975 NHL Amateur Draft. He was also drafted by the San Diego Mariners in the 1975 WHA Amateur Draft, and he began his professional career in the World Hockey Association with San Diego. He then moved to the National Hockey League, playing four games in two seasons with the Sabres and five in 1979–80 with the Edmonton Oilers.
Rodney Carl Zaine was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played two seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played for the Pittsburgh Penguins and Buffalo Sabres from 1970 to 1972. He later played for the Chicago Cougars of the World Hockey Association from 1972 to 1975.
The 1974–75 Buffalo Sabres season was the Sabres' fifth season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Sabres finished in a tie for the best record in the NHL in the 1974–75 regular season after a disappointing 1974 that saw the 1973–74 team fail to return to the NHL playoffs as they had the year before. Buffalo advanced to the Stanley Cup finals for the first time in team history to play against the rough Philadelphia Flyers, a series which included the legendary Fog Game. The Sabres lost the series 4–2.
Tyler Paul Myers is a Canadian-American professional ice hockey defenceman for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted by the Buffalo Sabres in the first round, 12th overall, in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft. At the end of the 2009–10 season, Myers won the Calder Memorial Trophy as the NHL's best rookie. Standing at 6 ft 8 in (203 cm) tall, he is the tallest active player in the NHL and was nicknamed "The Big Easy" or "Big Tex" when he started his NHL career, because he was born in Houston. After moving to Vancouver, Myers earned the nickname "Chaos Giraffe" from fans.
