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Career Sabres Totals: 524 games played 222 goals 330 assists 552 points (regular season)
47 games played 22 goals 17 assists 39 points (playoffs)
With the warm spring air mixing with “The Aud” ice, Rene Robert skated out of the mist and scored the famous “Fog Goal” by
beating Flyers’ goalie Bernie Parent in overtime of game three of the 1975 Stanley Cup Finals. The historic goal might not have
taken place if not for the Sabres’ persistence in acquiring Robert. His road to Buffalo started by the Sabres claiming him from
Toronto, only to lose the winger to Pittsburgh in the Intra-League draft on June 8, 1971. The Sabres were then able to acquire the
final component of “The French Connection” in a trade with the Penguins on March 4, 1972. Robert finished the 1974-75 regular
season with 100 points, marking the first time in club annals that a player reached the century mark in points in one season.
That season, Robert was voted by his teammates as Buffalo’s most valuable player. He later recorded another Sabres milestone
by scoring the 2,000th goal in club history on Dec. 22, 1977. Robert still ranks as Buffalo’s fifth all-time assist leader with 330 in
his career with the Sabres. Coincidentally, Robert had also once worn number 7 in the blue and gold. He played in both the 1973
and 1975 NHL All-Star games.
Career Sabres Totals: 124 games played 1 goal 22 assists 23 points (regular season)
6 games played 0 goals 1 assist 1 point (playoffs)
Tim Horton skated in the Sabres’ blue, white and gold for only two seasons, but the solid defenseman certainly made his mark
on the team. Horton came to Buffalo in the intra-league draft in June 1972 from Pittsburgh. Following that campaign, proof that
he had made an impression on his fourth NHL club (also played for Toronto, N.Y. Rangers and Pittsburgh) came when he was
named the recipient of the Memorial Award as the team’s most valuable player as voted by his teammates. Today, in honor of
the late defenseman, Horton’s name is on the Buffalo award presented annually to the player whose performance is far superior
to the public recognition he has received (known as the Unsung Hero Award before 1975). Horton saw action in 1,446 NHL
regular season games plus 126 more in the postseason. Included in his playing days were eight out of nine complete 70-game
seasons played between 1958-59 and 1966-67. Horton was a member of four Stanley Cup winning teams with Toronto and appeared
in seven NHL All-Star games. Horton became a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1977 and is also a member of the
Buffalo Sabres Hall of Fame.
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