To view this site you need Adobe Flash Player and your browser must allow javaScripts. Go here to get the latest Flash Player. JOH Pocket schedules from every decade of hockey at The Aud prove one thing; pockets never change. N BOU TET COL LEC TIO N And the poignant moment of silence for Tim Horton on February 22, 1974, a young team wearing black armbands in shock on the ice. Remember the night that every fan received a lifetime lease of one square inch of ice at The Aud? Paul Wieland came up with that brainstorm. Who knows how many of those slips of paper are still tucked in scrapbooks around Buffalo. We can all still hear the sounds that belonged distinctly to The Aud. The goal horn was so loud that its brief stint as the two-minute warning at the end of intermission Bisons’ inaugural season program. JOHN BOUTET COLLECTION There was the spring day in 1972 when Lee Coppola (now Dean of St. Bonaventure University’s School of Journalism) typed “It’s a French Connection!” into The Aud message boards, naming the offensive line forever. caused a lot of beer to spill on startled fans, although ships next door in the Buffalo Harbor were probably grateful for the signal. In contrast to the overpowering goal horn was the noticeably understated PA announcer. Milt Ellis started with the Bisons in the mid-1960s, and stayed at the mike for the entire Sabres tenure at The Aud. He led us into the game with, “Erie Dave Forman watches the roof-raising County regulations prohibit.” from the rink surface inside The Aud. and bid us goodnight with, “Shots on goal for tonight’s game…” He patterned his even, unbiased style after Paul Morris of the Toronto Maple Leafs. There was no cheerleading for the home team. He would never even announce “First Buffalo goal…,” because that implied there would be more, which was never certain. 3 8 BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE LIBRARY