Q 01/05

The Sabres joined the NHL in 1970 alongside which other expansion team?

A) New York Islanders

B) Vancouver Canucks

C) Atlanta Flames

D) Washington Capitals

Answer · why

B) Vancouver Canucks

The two clubs remain the oldest active NHL franchises never to have won the Stanley Cup.

Q 02/05

The Sabres' founding owners, the Knox brothers, were grandsons of the co-founders of which retail chain?

A) Kresge's

B) Sears

C) Woolworth's

D) Montgomery Ward

Answer · why

C) Woolworth's

Seymour and Northrup Knox had twice failed to land an NHL team before the 1970 expansion.

Q 03/05

Why did Seymour Knox choose the name Sabres from the name-the-team contest?

A) It was the name of the polo team he had captained

B) It rhymed with the surname of his business partner

C) It honoured a local cavalry regiment from the Civil War

D) A sabre is a leader's weapon, good on offence and defence

Answer · why

D) A sabre is a leader's weapon, good on offence and defence

Rejected entries included Mugwumps, Buzzing Bees and Flying Zeppelins; the Knoxes wanted anything but another Bisons.

Q 04/05

Which piece by Aram Khachaturian has been the Sabres' signature music since 1970?

A) Spartacus

B) Sabre Dance

C) Gayane Waltz

D) Masquerade

Answer · why

B) Sabre Dance

The Armenian war dance still plays at the start of each period.

Q 05/05

The Sabres won the right to draft Gilbert Perreault in 1970 through what method?

A) A lottery of ping-pong balls

B) A coin flip at centre ice

C) A spin of a wheel of fortune

D) A trade with the Vancouver Canucks

Answer · why

C) A spin of a wheel of fortune

League president Clarence Campbell first thought the pointer showed 1 for Vancouver; Punch Imlach asked him to look again, and it was 11.