Table of Contents
Foreword Lindy Ruff ix
Introduction xiii
1 Gilbert Perreault-The Original Sabre 1
2 The Dominator 5
3 Welcome to the Stanley Cup Finals 10
4 No Goal 13
5 May Day 17
6 Lindy 19
7 Flying Frenchmen 22
8 The 1999 Finals 25
9 Punch 29
10 Soviet Slaughter 32
11 Rico 35
12 Breakfast, Anyone? 39
13 The Winter Classic 42
14 Thank you, Sabres 45
15 The Defection of Mogilny 48
16 Drury and Briere Bolt 51
17 Continental Flight 3407 53
18 The Only Place it Didn't Work 55
19 The Derek Plante Goal 58
20 The Hockey Hall of Fame 61
21 Procuring a Franchise 63
22 A Spin of the Wheel 66
23 Breaking Down the Barriers 68
24 Working Overtime 71
25 The Ironman 73
26 All Tuckered out 76
27 Win and In 78
28 LaLaLaLaLaLaLaFontaine 81
29 They Travel Well 83
30 The Ken Dryden Pads Caper 85
31 Perreault Hits 500 87
32 Rene Robert 89
33 Miller Time 93
34 Going Batty 95
35 Near Tragedy 97
36 The President's Cup 100
37 "Punching" Out the Leafs 103
38 Darcy Regier 105
39 The Saddest Night 107
40 The Dynamic Duo 111
41 "Now do you Believe?" 113
42 Remember the Aud 116
43 The Trade 120
44 No Garden Party 122
45 The Year of Uncertainity 125
46 Picking Pierre 127
47 Thomas Vanek 130
48 Razor 133
49 First-Round Flopping 135
50 The Muckler-Nolan Feud 137
51 The End of the Spectrum Jinx 140
52 Mike Ramsey 142
53 Sauve's Double Shutout 145
54 "Wowie" 147
55 Hometown Heroes 149
56 Schony 152
57 Gerry Meechan 154
58 Captain Clutch 157
59 The Bowman Showcase 159
60 The Underappreciated Hall of Famer 161
61 Steady Bill 163
62 The Bottle Cap Bisons 165
63 Luuuuuuuce 167
64 The Saga of Perreault's Retirement 169
65 Mike Foligno 171
66 Sabres University 174
67 The Owners 176
68 Roger the Dodger 180
69 Wounded Knee 183
70 Larry Playfair 186
71 Attend a Party in the Plaza 188
72 A Hero's Welcome 190
73 King Kong Korab 193
74 Impact Trades 195
75 The Hardest-Working Spectacle in Hockey 198
76 The Sabres Store and the Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame 200
77 The One that Got Away 202
78 The Joker is Wild 205
79 Takin' it to the Streets 207
80 The Ripper 208
81 The First Game 211
82 Tom Barrasso 213
83 The Other Guy 216
84 Michael Peca's Holdout 218
85 Gretzky's Big Night 219
86 The Voices of the Sabres 222
87 Shackie 224
88 Les Nordiques 226
89 Support the Sabres Foundation 228
90 Scoring Frenzy 230
91 The First One Against the Great One 232
92 Floyd Smith 233
93 Wear the Colors Proudly 235
94 An Imperfect 10, Plus One 237
95 Danny's Debut 239
96 It Starts with the Kids 242
97 Meehan Floors the Flyers 244
98 The Voice of the Aud 245
99 Blizzard Broadcast 247
100 See Ya, Seymour 249
Sources 253
About the Author 255
