‘The game started with Sabretooth rappelling from the rafters and a 90s-themed hype video featuring an Empire Sports Network opening graphic and a cameo from Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame inductee Ryan Miller. It concluded with Buffalo’s mascot waving a white bison flag while the Sabres raised their sticks to salute the crowd of 17,302 at the downtown arena that opened in 1996, the same year Buffalo adopted the black and red sweaters.’