‘Fourteen current players, including Crosby, perhaps hockey’s biggest star and a two-time Stanley Cup winner with the Pittsburgh Penguins, and Okposo, who signed a seven-year, $42 million contract with the Sabres on July 1, played for Ward. So did Colorado Avalanche star Nathan MacKinnon, former Sabres Jamie McBain and Drew Stafford and Buffalo native Peter Ratchuk.’
Sabres hire Tom Ward as assistant coach; Dan Catenacci re-signed
Source: Olean Times Herald