“Can the Buffalo Sabres Break the Cycle of Heartbreak? A Fan’s Tale of Endurance and Hope”
Odd as that night was, it showed how engaged Sabres fans were. The Sabres finished that season with 11 straight sellouts at home. They drafted Eichel No. 2 in the 2015 NHL Draft and had more than 15,000 fans fill the arena for a development camp scrimmage in July.
Almost 10 years later, Eichel returned to Buffalo as a member of the Vegas Golden Knights on March 15. The crowd was roughly the size of that development camp crowd. The Sabres sold 16,770 tickets and beat the Golden Knights 4-3 in overtime with fans booing Eichel, whose tenure with the franchise ended acrimoniously, every time he touched the puck. A game like this used to be a guaranteed sellout in Buffalo, but there were thousands of empty seats in the arena.
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