To view this site you need Adobe Flash Player and your browser must allow javaScripts. Go here to get the latest Flash Player. SUZANNE K. TAYLOR After being unceremoniously cut from the ceiling, the beloved scoreboard left The Aud in pieces as trash. Fans used to dress up for events at The Aud, and kids even wore porkpie hats Sneaking in was easy. The anxiety of sitting in the seat to imitate the gentlemen of someone who might show up at any minute was almost they saw there. At the Sabres games everyone came in unbearable, especially when first one, then another, and costume to the game closest then another gentleman showed up to fill the three seats to Halloween. New Year’s next to me. Finally one of them turned to me and said, Eve was a great Sabres “I take it by your presence that Bob is not going to make tradition–Tux and Pucks– it back from Florida in time to join us here?” “No, he said when a local tuxedo store he wasn’t going to be able to make it,” I said, hoping that would offer a pair of tickets saying it made it true. I was off the hook, able to enjoy the to the Oranges with a rental, filling the upper deck with forbidden fruit of a stolen Sabres game. well-dressed penguins. And every period, when there was 1:03 remaining on the clock, their “Hey, Milt, how much time is left?” went out to PA announcer Milt Ellis, whose announcement of, “One minute to play, in the period” seemed to answer them. Former Sabres tout the knowledge, loyalty and enthusiasm of Buffalo fans again and again. There was a group of men in the first row of the Reds who led the crowd in cheering. Remember the goal count? “1, 2, 3, we want 4.” That was them. But the quintessential fan moment came in 1973. Just as the novelty of a new team was wearing off, the French Connection line of René Robert, Gilbert Perreault and Rick Martin gelled, becoming a scoring force that brought new excitement to The Aud. The Sabres had never made the playoffs before and surprised everyone by winning a couple of games against the formidable Montreal Canadiens. The fans were so proud of their team. Robert describes the moment in Game 6 that distinguished our fans and became a huge part of Sabres history: 2 4