Sabres/Devils Tickets for Dec. 13th

Hi Everyone,

Up and down week for the Sabres - they shutout the Caps and Devils back to back, then loss in Atlanta Friday and the Bruins last night (time for the Bills to extract some revenge!). They are now tied for 1st place in the Northeast Division and are 2nd in the Eastern Conference (though the 1st place Rangers have played 3 more games).

Speaking of the Devils, I wanted to let you know about a very exciting trip that the folks from Kelly's have put together. All the details are below, but basically they have purchased a bunch of tickets and arranged for a bus out to the game. Please let Courtney know if you are interested by emailing her at courthirsch@gmail.com. I am late at getting this info out to everyone so please let me know ASAP. Here' the email:

"We have 60 tickets available and the bus reserved. The game is Saturday, December 13th at 7pm. We will have the bus there at 5:30. The total for the trip is $70 (includes ticket, tax, bus ride, beer on bus). Tickets can be picked up on the day of the game and paid for in cash or by cashiers check. It is first come first serve and I will take reservations until we have filled the allotment. Also, to make things run smoother, listed below is what each individual needs to email me:

Full Name
Email & Phone #
Number of Tickets Requested (If more than 4 they must provide credit card # to secure)
Subject of email: Sabres vs. Devils December or reply to this

Lastly, if people need to drop their tickets for some reason I need to be notified by November 30th. Feel free to contact me with any questions!

Best,

Courtney
courthirsch@gmail.com"

As always, let me know if you have any questions.

Let's Go Buffalo!

Kevin

10/9/08 E-mail (posted late)

"The good ol' hockey game,It's the best game you can name.And the best game you can name,Is the good ol' hockey game."

After a long, LONG offseason it's my extreme pleasure to welcome you to the 2008-2009 Buffalo Sabres season. There are now 500+ names on this email, up from 300 last year!
Last year I worked just as hard as the Sabres, sending out 7 emails to their 39 wins. As a result we both missed the playoffs and made some serious changes in the offseason. The Sabres resigned Miller and Pominville, traded for bad mother(shut your mouth) defenseman Craig Rivet, and unveiled a new third jersey with the old logo. I, on the other hand, committed this offseason to adding an iPhone and an hour commute to my team. Hopefully we will both be more productive this season. Let's get to business.

The season starts this Friday at 7:30pm as the Sabres take on the Canadians. There are two main spots in the City to catch the game. Downtown we will be at Kelly's Sports Bar at 12 Avenue A. They'll have the sound on, a newly installed goal light ready and ample drink specials. For opening night they will have $3 Molson's and buckets of Blue for $23 (that price includes a $3 tip), and $2 Buffalo Blue shots. During regular season they will do buckets of both beers for that price.

Uptown the party is at Kinsale's on 1672 3rd Ave (between 93rd and 94th). They have a $3 pint special and are known to be generous with their buyback policy. They also have portable speakers so you can hear the game.

Center IceFor any of you that can't make it out on Friday you can catch the game on the free Center Ice preview. The free preview is available until Oct 15th. On Time Warner in the City the NHL games are on Channels 431-445 (check your local listing). The next two games are against the Isles on Monday afternoon and the Rangers Wednesday night and will be available on local TV. After that you'll need to fork over $159 before Oct 15th or $169 thereafter to see all the games at your house.

OffseasonTo catch up on all the offseason news you may have missed check out:http://www.letsgosabres.com/pressbox/archive.php

The Buffalo News season preview came out today and all of the articles can be found here:http://www.buffalonews.com/buffalosabres/

That's it for now. So excited the season opener comes on a Bills bye week. Let’s Go Buffalo!

Kevin

Season Begins Friday at 7:30

The time is finally upon us. The HSBC Arena will be rocking once again as the Sabres drop the puck at 7:30 this Friday night against the NY Islanders. It’s going to be a very exciting season for our boys in Buffalo as well as here in NYC.

As a testament to the passionate group that you are and the great team that we support, the 2007-2008 season will feature six NYC bars that will be prominently showing Sabres games. Because the season is so long and the games are often during the work week, I decided it was best to promote a number of bars that are in different areas of the city but who all have the Center Ice package, Labatt Blue, and are friendly to the Sabres. All of their information is at the bottom of this email below. Please let me know if you have any questions or if you know of another place for fans to gather.

Season Opener Party

One thing I would like to do, if the interest is there, is to have a monthly game watch where we can all meet at a single bar and talk hockey and how no one misses Briere and Drury (that’s right, I said it!). For the season opener this Friday at 7:30, the folks at Public House, a great new bar in midtown, have offered to host us. The have Labatt Blue on tap and are offering a $2 off special this Friday night. If you are interested in swinging by for a couple of happy hour beers and watch the Islanders get pummeled, please email and let me know so I can give the bar a heads up and we can get a some seating reserved. Public House is at 140 E 41st St, between Lex and 3^rd.

NYCBSS Blog

We have officially launched a NYCBSS Blog at http://NYCBSS.blogspot.com/. This is the place to go for all the latest NYC Sabres info. The email server that we use for the NYCBBB has a limit to the number we are allowed to send in a month and during the football season we exceed that limit so I hoping to use the blog to get out the latest info. Please check it out!

Finally:
"As much as I respect what Danny and Chris did for us, I think people need to give this team more credit. Without detracting from Chris and Danny, and this'll come off wrong, but they didn't do it all." - Ryan Miller

HELL YEAH!!

Kevin

BARS

Public House – 140 E41st St
www.publichousenyc.com
New bar in Midtown from the same folks that run the Public House in Philly where the Downtown Philly Bills Backers meet!

Blue Moon – 1444 1st Ave
www.bluemoonnyc.com
NYC’s #1 hockey bar

Kinsales – 1673 3rd Ave
www.kinsale.com
This bar developed a big following during the playoffs last year due to their $3 daily pints (Labatt Blue special on Wednesday!) and friendly bartenders.

Kelly’s Pub – 12 Ave A
www.kellysnyc.com
This East Village bar was recently opened by a couple of native Buffalonians.

McFadden’s/Calico Jacks – 42nd and 2nd
Our Bills Backers friends are getting the Center Ice package this year! Too bad the Sabres don’t have any Sunday afternoon games in the fall…

Blondies West (212 W79th) and East (1770 2nd Ave)
While not really “Sabres” bars they do have Center Ice and fantastic wings.

07/08 Season, Ice Bowl Tickets

Hi Everyone,

I hope you all enjoyed your summer, because the 2007-2008 Sabres season is coming upon us faster than a Tomas Vanek slapshot. First off, I want to welcome all the new members to the email list, especially the 50+ that have joined in the last month.

The Sabres had a tough offseason with the loss of Drury and Briere and the attempted poaching of Vanek, but with Ruff and Miller the Sabres still need to be considered one of the top teams in the Eastern Conference. I'll have more on the upcoming season later, but wanted to draw your attention to a couple of exciting upcoming events.

Ice Bowl If you haven't heard yet, on New Years Day the Sabres and Penguins will be playing an outdoor game at Ralph Wilson Stadium. This should be an incredible event and if you, like me, want to be there, tickets go on sale tomorrow morning at 10am. Tickets are on sale at Ticketmaster and everyone is expecting them to go quickly. Here's the link to the Ticketmaster site, as well as some more info on the game:

http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/00003F219ECC438A?artistid=805906&majorcatid=10004&minorcatid=9

http://sabres.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=337526

http://www.letsgosabres.com/pressbox/fullstory.php?newsid=10421

Season Opener The season begins on Friday Oct. 5 with a home and home against the Islanders. The means you'll get to see our boys on Oct. 6th in Long Island. Tickets are currently on sale at Ticketmaster. At this point we are not planning to get group tickets for the game so if you are interested in going feel free to get your seats now. In addition, one of our members let me know he has 4 extra seats to the game. Let me know if you are interested and I will pass his info along.

I'll be in touch soon with a season preview and more info about our game watches.

Go Sabres!

Kevin