Sharpen Your Sabres Smarts, Pop Quiz Time

Put on Your Thinking Caps for 20 Questions

It is getting into the dog days of summer, with hockey still more than 2 months out. So I thought I would try something different here, a Buffalo Sabres pop quiz. This is no Jedi mind trick, just a simple 20 question quiz on your knowledge of the Blue and Gold. Your score is on the honor system. See how many you can get right and post your results. (with a twist) Be sure and tell the truth now! I will give everyone some help by making all the answers multiple choice.

You WILL be graded on this but not by the number of correct answers you get. Instead, a current or former Buffalo Sabres player will represent your score. That is the twist. The chart is as follows:

If you get..

19-20 correct, you are Dominik Hasek

17-18 correct, you are Gilbert Perreault

15-16 correct, you are Pat LaFontaine

13-14 correct, you are Rasmus Dahlin

11-12 correct, you are Kyle Okposo

9-10 correct, you are Ric Seiling

7-8 correct, you are Paul Cyr

5-6 correct, you are Jacques Cloutier

3-4 correct, you are Sam Lafferty

1-2 correct, you are Ville Leino

0 correct, you are Morris Titanic!

If you only get 10 right, well my friend, you have hit your Ric Seiling. It’s no fun to cheat or lie, accept your results and embrace the player you are! Good luck, Godspeed and let’s drop the puck. You might want a pen and paper handy. The answer key will be at the bottom.

1 Marty Biron wore which number?

1. 41
2. 42
3. 43
4. 44

2 Which goaltender recorded the first playoff shutout for the Sabres?

1. Gerry Desjardins
2. Don Edwards
3. Roger Crozier
4. Bob Sauve

3 Which player led the team in goals in the 1978-79 season?

1. Rick Martin
2. Gilbert Perreault
3. Danny Gare
4. Rene Robert

4 Marcus Foligno was born in Buffalo. But what city/town in Ontario was his father Mike born?

1. Hamilton
2. London
3. Sudbury
4. Windsor

5 Which of these former coaches has more wins for Buffalo than the other three?

1. Ted Nolan
2. Ted Sator
3. Don Granato
4. Rick Dudley

6 How many Vezina Trophies did Dominik Hasek win during his 8 seasons with the Buffalo Sabres?

1. Four
2. Five
3. Six
4. Seven

7 Tage Thompson is an Arizona native. In which city was he born?

1. Mesa
2. Tucson
3. Flagstaff
4. Phoenix

8 All of the Sabres players listed below played for the Sudbury Wolves of the OHL, except one. Name him.

1. Mike Peca
2. Marcus Foligno
3. Mike Weber
4. Jay McKee

9 How many goals did Gilbert Perreault score in his rookie season?

1. 38
2. 28
3. 34
4. 35

10 Which player was NOT on the ice at the exact moment of the Clint Malarchuk throat cut incident?

1. John Tucker
2. Doug Bodger
3. Benoît Hogue
4. Mike Foligno

11 In the dreaded 2014-2015 season, Tyler Ennis led the Sabres in goals with just 20. Who was second on the team in goals scored?

1. Matt Moulson
2. Drew Stafford
3. Brian Gionta
4. Zemgus Girgensons

12 Who holds the franchise single-season record for penalty minutes?

1. Mike Hartman
2. Brad May
3. Matthew Barnaby
4. Rob Ray

13 Which Sabre had the highest single-season plus/minus?

1. Don Luce
2. Danny Gare
3. Craig Ramsay
4. Jim Schoenfeld

14 Where was Zach Benson born?

1. Delta, British Columbia
2. Chilliwack, British Columbia
3. Cranbrook, British Columbia
4. Kamloops, British Columbia

15 Maxim Afinogenov led the Buffalo Sabres in scoring in 2005-06 with how many points?

1. 71
2. 73
3. 81
4. 83

16 Which of these former players has scored the most points in a Buffalo uniform?

1. Tony McKegney
2. Jerry Korab
3. Curtis Brown
4. Rasmus Ristolainen

17 Before the current playoff drought of 14 years, how many times out of their first 40 seasons did the Sabres make the playoffs?

1. 26
2. 27
3. 28
4. 29

18 How many current and former Sabres players have scored 100 or more goals for the team? Not career goals, only goals scored in a Buffalo uniform.

1. 24
2. 27
3. 34
4. 37

19 In 1976, the Buffalo Sabres famously defeated the Soviet Wings by a score of?

1. 10-6
2. 12-6
3. 12-8
4. 10-8

20 Which player is NOT in the top 5 of Buffalo’s all time scoring leaders?

1. Rick Martin
2. Phil Housley
3. Craig Ramsay
4. Rene Robert

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Answer Key-You Shall Not Pass!!!

Unless you are done with the quiz or it’s two days later or whatever.

Question number…

1. The correct answer is option 3. Marty wore number 43.
2. Option 4 is the correct answer. Bob Sauve against Vancouver in 1980.
3. Option 1 is the right answer. Rick Martin led the Sabres with 32 goals.
4. The correct answer is option 3. Mike Foligno was born in Sudbury.
5. Option 3 is the right answer. Don Granato had 122 wins.
6. Once again, option 3 is correct. Hasek won the Vezina six times!
7. The correct answer is option 4. Tage is from Phoenix.
8. Option 3 is correct. Mike Weber played for the Windsor Spitfires.
9. The correct answer is option 1. Perreault scored 38 in his rookie season.
10. Option 4 is correct. Foligno was on the ice soon after but the forward line for Buffalo when it happened was John Tucker, Benoît Hogue and Dave Andreychuk. Doug Bodger and of course Uwe Krupp were back on defense.
11. Option 4 is once again correct. Zemgus Girgensons scored 15 goals.
12. Option 4 again? Yes. Rob Ray had 354 penalty minutes.
13. Option 1 for this answer. Don Luce was an astonishing +61
14. Option 2 this time. Benny is from Chilliwack.
15. The correct answer is option 2. Maxim has 73 points to lead the Sabres.
16. Option 2 is right again. Surprisingly for some, Jerry Korab leads that group with 283 points.
17. Option 4 is correct. The Sabres made the playoffs 29 out of 40 chances, nearly 3/4 of the time.
18. The correct answer is option 4. The Sabres have a whopping 37 players who scored 100 goals for them.
19. Option 2 is correct. Buffalo beat them handily by a final of 12-6.
20. The correct answer is option 4. Rene Robert is 6th all time with 552 points.

So how did you grade out? Share the number of correct answers you got and your player equivalent please. Be honest, even Jacques Cloutier had his moments for the Sabres!

Something I noticed in researching these questions. Tage Thompson is currently in 28th place in all time Buffalo Sabres scoring. But if he scores a reasonable 70 points this season, he will shoot up all the way to 15th. He will top both Dale Hawerchuck and Pat LaFontaine’s 385 career Buffalo points. He will also pass some classic names like Christian Ruuttu, Jim Lorentz, Maxim Afinogenov and Pierre Turgeon. TNT will also jump over some guy named Jack. Not too Shabby.

If you folks want another pop quiz later this summer, let me know.