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Buffalo Sabres

American hockey team
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Buffalo Sabres, American professional ice hockey team based in Buffalo, New York, that plays in the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Sabres have won two conference championships (1975, 1999). The Sabres began play as an expansion team in 1970. The team made its first postseason appearance in 1972–73 behind the play of “the French Connection,” a line featuring three Quebec-born stars: centre Gilbert Perreault, left wing Rick Martin, and right wing...

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