Sabres Last Game at the Aud - Banner Lowering (Part 5 of 7)
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- April 14, 1996. The Sabres play their final game at The Aud, beating the Hartford Whalers 4-1. A post game tribute and farewell was given to honor Sabres past greats and the Aud itself. The Sabres from the past and the present help carry the retired numbers and banners off the ice.
Great arena. Will be SORELY missed! I've been to four Sabres games there in my life and won't forget any one of them! The acoustics in that building, you will NEVER hear again!
What a rink. I dont care what anybody says, the old buildings had so much character. Each was more unique than the last.
Notice Patty LaFontaine in tears as he watched the banners neing lowered. That man was loved here more than any Sabre that had ever worn the jersey.
He was originally a new york islander i hope we retire his number for him and andrew ladd soon
I'm not a sabers fan, but this chokes me up. Because I love the game of hockey, and it's always sad to see and old friend go. The Aud brought many great moments for families of Western NY and Southern Ontario for many years. When Nassau Coliseum goes away
Sabres
Oh my god, I wanna cry.
i miss the aud still brings tears to my eyes seeing her with out anybody in it this game mad me cry and still dose to tis day
I never had a chance to see a game at the Aud (only seen hockey games at the new arena, but a couple baseball games at the rockpile), but still great to see the banners in the new arena. I did grab one of the farewell newspapers, tis touching.
Brings a tear to your eye doesn't it, I wish they took better care of the Aud and make it into a museum like what Sabresrock said. I'll deeply miss the place where I 1st watched my Buffalo Sabres play hockey I'm 17 now but the Aud will be part of my Hockey life forever.
R.I.P Memorial Auditorium 1940-2008 goodbye my friend, goodbye.
My 3 cousins and aunt from albany are sabers fans and has been to games since she was a girl my 3 cousins went to games there as kids and now keybank center
This gives me chills everytime I see this. My dad always told me how he remembers watching the sabres with my grandpa on tv when he was little
My god that gave me the chills....
They are still up till' this day.
great video
We may not have the Stanley Cup, but damn it all to hell, the Sabres have hardcore fans that will always stay by their side through thick and thin...Lets go Buffalo!!!
and becomes some Corporate monster, I'll never forget the times spent there with my friends and loved ones. The Game of Hockey has been good to me, No greater game.
Lafontaine looks like he was about to cry!!!!!
what a great way to end an era in that building. it will always be in the memories of sabres fans and in buffalo
yes they did go on sale that day....
a tear comes to my eye when i see things like this.
Look at the way LaFontaine looks up at the banners, taking it all in. You could tell that he cared IMMENSELY-not just about the team's success, but its history and its city as well. He was fully bought-in. Shame about the injuries that took him out of the game. And shame that his short time as President of Hockey Ops for the Sabres was handled as poorly as it was, as he brought that same passion that he had there in '96.
My 3 cousins from albany are sabers fans and my one cousin born 1987 saw this and gor really emotional to this day still makes him cry. Pat lafontaine was an islander first btw
Got typo on last one
man did i cry like a bab i miss the aud
this is how you make a grown man cry
@Jiltedin2007 In the 79-80 season, the teams in the Adams Division were the Boston Bruins, Buffalo Sabres, Minnesota North Stars, Quebec Nordiques, and Toronto Maple Leafs.
And the reason the Sabres were listed as the 1980 Wales Conference Champions was because they had the best record in the conference. From 1971 to 1982, the two teams in the Stanley Cup Finals could be in the same conference (as was the case in 77, 78, and 80).
You can't beat the Apollo 13 music. So emotional.
Legends of The Aud.
it sucks they couldn't. they could have also made it into some sort of museum and let people go inside it. i barely remember that when i was 3, my parents took me to the 2nd last game. its sad to see the aud go. GO SABRES!!!!
this his the place where i watched my first nhl game at 10 years old and it was that night the last game at the aud to bad they are going to destroy it makes me sad
RIP indeed...its sad to see this, knowing he died shortly after. Never got to see HSBC open
martin's number was only retired a few years before this, as john tucker wore #7 in the late 80s...
@Jiltedin2007 For the record, I'm actually from Detroit, but I am very interested in hockey history.
And the Flyers and Islanders were in the Campbell Conference, Patrick Division, in 1979-80.
I play junior hockey Buffalo Montreal Toronto parts of lower New York and I loved the odd obviously we never sold out but there was something about it it’s hard to explain it just smelled and felt like hockey
RIP Seymour Knox.
wave that #7 proud rico, we'll miss ya
They are
I miss the spectrum in philadelphia nothing like them old barns
How were the Sabres the 1980 Wales Conference Champions when it was the Islanders who played the Flyers for the Stanley Cup on that memorable year?
The Sabres played in the Adams Division with Boston, and I don't know who else back in 1980. Were the Hartford Whalers, or the Quebec Nordiques also there in the Adams Division back in 1980?
It was in the 1979-80 Season, when four WHA Teams joined the NHL.
You guys would of had fun at that place...
If Southern expansion, who at that time was the inventors of luxury suites, did not exist... maybe the Aud would still be with us...and the Spectrum, Winnipeg Arena, Checkerdome, etc. Even my Greyhounds' Sault Memorial Gardens.
No Gilbert Perreault at the closing of the Aud, so sad....
i still get chcked up every time i see the last game
its funny in 20 yrs from now kids wont know what the aud was i have many memories there
What you should do: Get like 1 million Lego bricks and build the aud with it, and make the inside of it. Now all your lego guys can go inside of it and everything. PS They would be livin' the life your livin'
I like HSBC better then the Aud due to there isnt a bad seat in the HSBC arena. Nothing like bending over to view the ice in the 300 upper level at the Aud lol. But still, very sad to see, and since I live near Buffalo, watching the Aud getting torn down was very heart breaking. Alot of memories in there, alot of memories...
@Tubewings Were the Flyers not in your Conference? And in 1980, not only did the two Stanley Cup Finalist Teams share a Conference, but they also shared a Division as well considering that the Flyers(With the NHL's Best Record of 116 Points) was a good 25 points better than the 2nd Place Islanders in the Patrick Division.
Did the Sabres not share the Conference with the Flyers and Islanders? If not, were you better than Montreal that year?
*Apollo 13* was so fitting here
@Wehategod Yes they did. I believe it was the year after the lockout. (The last year of black, red, and silver)
Nooooooo just the beginning!!! We revealed those uniforms just a month before this we were the black red and silver all the way till 2005 unfortunately
Did they Retire Pat Lafontaine's Number. As a Ranger fan it was nice to see him play for us but I know he was a great as a Sabre. Also Phil Housley and Dave Anderychuck should too.
yes it was no, six and 25 haven't been retired the numbers that are retired are 2 Horton 7 Martin 11 Perreault 14 Robert 16 LaFontaine 18 Gare 39 Hasek
I was at the aud only once I have always wanted to go back but never did
I was fortunate enough to visit The Aud twice before it closed its doors in April 1996. The first time was on March 17, 1994 (exactly one year before my grandfather died at age 91) to see the Sabres play the New Jersey Devils. The second time was in early February 1995 to see a college basketball doubleheader that featured nearby Canisius College. Boy oh boy, the Metro rail sure was convenient for fans going to The Aud -- it dropped you off right at the entrance on Main Street.
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@Jiltedin2007 If we're going to talk about the history of the National Hockey League, can we please do it via Private Messaging? I don't want this video's comment sections to be littered with our discussion of the NHL.
@Tubewings Oh I see. Then teams like Montreal were in your division. Correct? Back then, Montreal shared their Division with Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, Vacouver and Colorado(Before they were the New Jersey Devils). Were you in that same Conference with Montreal?
no Montreal has always shared the division with Buffalo
@@robertyoung3992
Ah no. Living in Los Angeles(Following the Kings) I can tell you first hand. From the 1974-75 Season to the 1980-81 Season, the Montreal Canadiens shared the Norris Division with the Kings, Pittsburgh, Detroit, and Washington.
In the 1981-82 Season is when Montreal shared the Adams Division with Buffalo, along with Boston, and 2 New WHA Teams in Hartford and Quebec.
The Kings always came second to Montreal in the Division. The closest the Kings ever came to passing Montreal and winning the division was their last season together(1980-81) when the Kings finished 4 Points off the Division.
no but there was other past sabres there
Actually the banners are not the same ones as the ones hanging in HSBC as the ones from the Aud were stolen.
just one was stolen
Its offical. there demolition it THIS year... :,(
Yet another hockey shrine gone, fallen to the wreckers ball. But they can`t take away our memories. Carry those banners boys, carry them high and proud. I`m balling as i write this, ...and that`s OK.
what song was playing during this... Taps???
CutterHistorical That's the theme to the film "Apollo 13", which came out the previous year.
Apollo 13 Theme....
me to
Apollo 13 music...good choice Buffalo, good choice.
Go Winnipeg Go!
@Airman241 the refs from the 1975 stanley cup finals stole it
flyers got away with too much
go winnipeg go
same could be said about drury
Haha Mike Wilson....
What a waste...
lol