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Daniel
DiPofi
Chief Operating
Officer
Daniel DiPofi
The 2007-08 NHL season is Dan
DiPofi’s fifth year as Chief Operating
Officer of the Buffalo Sabres and HSBC
Arena. His focus remains on business
operations of the NHL team and its
18,690-seat arena. One of DiPofi’s
ongoing projects is making sure the
Sabres continue to thrive under the economic
landscape of the NHL’s
Collective Bargaining Agreement that
came into effect in July 2005. Buffalo’s
on-ice success over the past two seasons
has brought financial stability for the franchise.
After previously serving in several financial capacities with the franchise under the
Knox family, DiPofi returned to the Sabres after serving for two years as the Vice
President of Business Operations & Finance with the Rochester Sports Group handling
the Rochester Americans and the Blue Cross Arena. He also served as the
Amerks Alternate Governor to the AHL.
DiPofi graduated from Niagara University in 1984, and subsequently worked as a
Public Accountant with Price Waterhouse until being hired by the Sabres as
Corporate Controller four years later. After guiding the organization through drastic
changes in the NHL’s economic structure in the early 1990’s, DiPofi was promoted
to Vice President of Finance in 1992 and two years later was named Executive
Vice President overseeing the long-term financial structure of the franchise. With
his extensive financial background, DiPofi played a vital role in the franchise’s economic
stability as the team and region tackled the construction and funding of the
Crossroads Arena project (now, the HSBC Arena). He left the team in 1998 after
the Knox family sold the franchise.
DiPofi also serves as Vice Chairman of Horizon Health Management Group, a notfor-profit
organization that provides comprehensive services to assist individuals
with mental health problems and/or addictions.
Dan and his wife, Janet, reside in Williamsville, NY with daughters: Ellen (17), Sarah
(16), and Colleen (13).
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