Buffalo Sabres Media Guide - NHL.com
Buffalo Sabres Media Guide - NHL.com
Buffalo Sabres Media Guide - NHL.com
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Lawrence<br />
Quinn<br />
Managing Partner<br />
Lawrence Quinn is starting his fifth<br />
year as Managing Partner. As Mr.<br />
Golisano’s representative in <strong>Buffalo</strong>,<br />
Larry oversees the direction of the<br />
franchise and is responsible for dayto-day<br />
operations. Quinn also serves<br />
as an alternate governor on the<br />
<strong>NHL</strong>’s Board of Governors.<br />
Lawrence Quinn<br />
On the strength of 53 wins and 113<br />
points, the <strong>Sabres</strong> finished atop the<br />
<strong>NHL</strong> standings in 2006-07, capturing<br />
the first ever Presidents Trophy in<br />
franchise history. <strong>Buffalo</strong> also<br />
advanced to the Eastern Conference<br />
Finals for the second consecutive<br />
season and fourth time in the past 10 seasons, joining Colorado (5) and Detroit (4)<br />
as the only teams with four or more Conference Finals appearances since 1997.<br />
In March, the <strong>Sabres</strong> were recognized by ESPN the Magazine as the number one<br />
sports franchise among the 122 North American professional sports teams when it<br />
<strong>com</strong>es to paying fans back for their investment of time, money and passion. More<br />
than 80,000 fans were polled in phone and e-mail surveys and asked about their<br />
favorite teams in terms of fan relations, overall <strong>com</strong>mitment and effort of ownership,<br />
players’ efforts (in and out of <strong>com</strong>petition), stadium experience, affordability<br />
for fans, quality of coaching and championship drive and success. One final category,<br />
“Bang for the Buck,” measured a team’s performance against money it<br />
receives directly from fans. Based on survey results, the <strong>Sabres</strong> were ranked #1 in<br />
this category.<br />
<strong>Buffalo</strong> fans continued to prove themselves as the most passionate in the league,<br />
as HSBC Arena was sold out for all 41 regular season home games and nine postseason<br />
dates. This was the first time since 1979-80 that <strong>Buffalo</strong> sold out every<br />
home game. During the four years since Quinn assisted Mr. Golisano in his acquisition<br />
of the team, the <strong>Sabres</strong> season ticket base has increased from 6,000 to<br />
more than 14,000 ticket holders, forcing the team to create a waiting list that is<br />
now at 5,000.<br />
The launch of <strong>Buffalo</strong>’s new uniforms last September also created a league-wide<br />
frenzy among fans, with <strong>Sabres</strong> merchandise leading the way on shop.nhl.<strong>com</strong> and<br />
in retail outlets across Western New York and Southern Ontario. Sales of <strong>Sabres</strong><br />
merchandise increased more than 1000% over the previous season, with <strong>Sabres</strong><br />
player jerseys regularly among the top 10 in league sales each month.<br />
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