List of Buffalo Sabres award winners


This is a list of Buffalo Sabres award winners.

League awards

Team trophies

Individual awards

All-Stars

NHL First and Second Team All-Stars

The NHL First and Second Team All-Stars consists of the top players at each position as voted on by the Professional Hockey Writers' Association.
PlayerPositionSelectionsSeasonTeam
21st
22nd
22nd
22nd
12nd
51st
51st
51st
51st
51st
12nd
41st
41st
42nd
42nd
11st
12nd
22nd
22nd
12nd
12nd
12nd
12nd

NHL All-Rookie Team

The NHL All-Rookie Team consists of the top rookies at each position as voted on by the Professional Hockey Writers' Association.
PlayerPositionSeason

All-Star Game selections

The National Hockey League All-Star Game is a mid-season exhibition game held annually between many of the top players of each season. Forty-one All-Star Games have been held since the Sabres entered the league in 1970, with at least one player chosen to represent the Sabres in each year except 2004 and 2011. The All-Star game has not been held in various years: 1979 and 1987 due to the 1979 Challenge Cup and Rendez-vous '87 series between the NHL and the Soviet national team, respectively, 1995, 2005, and 2013 as a result of labor stoppages, and 2006, 2010, and 2014 because of the Winter Olympic Games. Buffalo has hosted one of the games. The 31st took place at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium.
GameYearNamePositionReferences
24th1971
25th1972
25th1972
26th1973
26th1973
27th1974
27th1974
27th1974
28th1975
28th1975
28th1975
28th1975
29th1976
29th1976
29th1976
29th1976
30th1977
30th1977
30th1977
30th1977
31st1978
31st1978
32nd1980
32nd1980
32nd1980
32nd1980
33rd1981
33rd1981
33rd1981
34th1982
34th1982
35th1983
36th1984
36th1984
37th1985
37th1985
37th1985
38th1986
39th1988
40th1989
41st1990
41st1990
41st1990
41st1990
42nd1991
43rd1992
44th1993
44th1993
45th1994
46th1996
47th1997
48th1998
49th1999
49th1999
49th1999
50th2000
50th2000
51st2001
52nd2002
53rd2003
54th2004No Sabres selected—
55th2007
55th2007
55th2007
55th2007
56th2008
57th2009
58th2011No Sabres selected—
59th2012
60th2015
61st2016
62nd2017
63rd2018
64th2019
64th2019
65th2020

All-Star Game replacement events

Career achievements

Hockey Hall of Fame

The following is a list of Buffalo Sabres who have been enshrined in the Hockey Hall of Fame.
IndividualCategoryYear inductedYears with Sabres in categoryReferences
Player20171982–1993, 2000–2001
Builder19911979–1986
Player20061970–1972
Player20031993–1995
Player20021986–1988
Player20012000–2001
Player20141992–2001
Player20011990–1995
Player19771972–1974
Player20151982–1990
Builder19841970–1978
Builder19931970–1996
Player20031991–1997
Player19901970–1987

Foster Hewitt Memorial Award

Three members of the Buffalo Sabres organization have been honored with the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award. The award is presented by the Hockey Hall of Fame to members of the radio and television industry who make outstanding contributions to their profession and the game of ice hockey during their broadcasting career.
IndividualYear honoredYears with Sabres as broadcasterReferences
19941970–1993
20121971–present
20132007–2013

Lester Patrick Trophy

The Lester Patrick Trophy has been presented by the National Hockey League and USA Hockey since 1966 to honor a recipient's contribution to ice hockey in the United States. This list includes all personnel who have ever been employed by the Buffalo Sabres in any capacity and have also received the Lester Patrick Trophy.
IndividualYear honoredYears with SabresReferences
1970–1996
1991–1997

United States Hockey Hall of Fame

IndividualYear inductedYears with SabresReferences
20091983–1988
20181982–1984
20152003–2007
20192014–2017
20041982–1990
20031991–1997
19961990
20011979–1993

Retired numbers

The Buffalo Sabres have retired seven of their jersey numbers. Also out of circulation is the number 99 which was retired league-wide for Wayne Gretzky on February 6, 2000. Gretzky did not play for the Sabres during his 20-year NHL career and no Sabres player had ever worn the number 99 prior to its retirement.
NumberPlayerPositionYears with Sabres as a playerDate of retirement ceremonyReferences
21972–1974January 5, 1996
71971–1981November 15, 1995
111970–1987October 17, 1990
141972–1979November 15, 1995
161991–1997March 3, 2006
181974–1981November 22, 2005
391992–2001January 13, 2015

Buffalo Sabres Hall of Fame

Induction into the Buffalo Sabres Hall of Fame is "the highest honor bestowed by the Buffalo Sabres."
YearInductee
1980Frank Christie
1980Roger Crozier
1980Punch Imlach
1982Tim Horton
1982Fred Hunt
1986David Forman
1986Don Luce
1986Craig Ramsay
1989Rick Martin
1989Gilbert Perreault
1989Rene Robert
1994Danny Gare
1995Jim Schoenfeld
1995Robert O. Swados

YearInductee
1996Ted Darling
1996Seymour H. Knox III
1996Northrup R. Knox
1998Larry Playfair
1998Jack Gatecliff
2000Don Edwards
2000Bill Hajt
2000Wayne Redshaw
2000Robert "Rip" Simonick
2001Jerry Korab
2001Mike Racicot
2001Mike Ramsey
2004Mike Foligno
2004Dick Johnston

YearInductee
2004Pat LaFontaine
2004Rudy Migay
2004Robert E. Rich Jr.
2004George Strawbridge
2007Phil Housley
2008Dave Andreychuk
2008Milt Ellis
2010Jim Lorentz
2010Joe Crozier
2011Jim Kelley
2011Alexander Mogilny
2012Rick Jeanneret
2012Dale Hawerchuk
2014Dominik Hasek

Other awards