The Buffalo News/Saturday, January 5, 2019 C5 Hockey Sabres’ Skills Challenge Is Geared Toward Thrilling Fans Autograph Sessions with Per Day, According to Jureller
Buffalo News - 01/05/2019 Copy Reduced to 48% from original to fit letter page Page : C05 The Buffalo News/Saturday, January 5, 2019 C5 Hockey Sabres’ skills challenge is geared toward thrilling fans Autograph sessions with per day, according to Jureller. 27 alumni are on tap Though the NHL All-Star Game has its critics, the weekend’s annual By Lance Lysowski skills competition is universally liked among hockey fans. Players also seem NEWS WIRE SERVICES to enjoy the event — Chicago’s Patrick On what would typically be a qui- Kane famously wore a Superman cape et practice day for the Buffalo Sabres, during the 2012 Super Skills Competi- thousands of fans will gather inside tion — and the Sabres are no different. KeyBank Center on Sunday for an Their unusual first half of the sea- event unlike any in franchise history. son hasn’t changed that. Entering play The Sabres will host their first today, Buffalo had played 14 overtime skills challenge at 12:30 p.m., when games, including 10 in a 14-game span players will be split into two teams to between Oct. 27 and Nov. 30. compete in five events: the shootout, This event offers a lighthearted hardest shot, shooting accuracy, 3-on- break from the rigors of the season. 1 power play and a puck control relay. Rookie center Casey Mittelstadt had Twenty-seven alumni, including yet to give much thought to which Dominik Hasek, Gilbert Perreault and events he would compete in, but he Rene Robert, will sign autographs. As was expecting the friendly trash talk of Thursday night, more than 10,000 between teammates to ramp up.
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