spndnchz Posted June 19, 2021 Report Posted June 19, 2021 Life support. May God bless you on your journey. 5 Quote
Marvin Posted June 19, 2021 Report Posted June 19, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, Spun said: Robert led the Sabres in goal scoring (5) in their very first playoff series in the 1972-73 season. One of those goals was the OT winner in Game Five. The game was interesting in part because of a bizarre measurement of Hab’s goalie Ken Dryden pads that led to a Sabres power play into OT. While not scoring on the PP, the game winner followed soon after. The French Connection was one of the greatest lines in NHL history. I can still hear the announcement of the goal in my head: 9:18 of the first overtime period. I remember Robert broke the shutout in game 6. And, of course, I remember Rico's goal with 12 seconds left. Aside: I am lucky enough to have a friend's audio tape of the third period of game 6 of the 1973 series against Montreal. In 1989, I was a the Clarion Writers' Workshop in Lansing Michigan (hey, my activity fee went to that, so why not?) where we were to write a brief short story around an exercise from Damon Knight's Creating Short Fiction about an incident from our childhood which was meaningful to us and to examine why. So I picked the fans and the players for "Thank you, Sabres." I wrote a fictional story about who was the first person to yell that, how it caught on, and how the players reacted, and the post-game interviews. "First Buffalo goal scored by number 14, Rene Robert. Unassisted. Robert, unassisted. Time 11:41." "Second Buffalo goal score by number 7, Rick Martin. Assists to number 8, Jim Lorentz, and number 11, Gil Perreault. Martin, from Lorentz and Perreault. Time 19:48." Edited June 19, 2021 by Marvin, Sabres Fan 3 Quote
Spun Posted June 20, 2021 Report Posted June 20, 2021 1 hour ago, Marvin, Sabres Fan said: I can still hear the announcement of the goal in my head: 9:18 of the first overtime period. I remember Robert broke the shutout in game 6. And, of course, I remember Rico's goal with 12 seconds left. Aside: I am lucky enough to have a friend's audio tape of the third period of game 6 of the 1973 series against Montreal. In 1989, I was a the Clarion Writers' Workshop in Lansing Michigan (hey, my activity fee went to that, so why not?) where we were to write a brief short story around an exercise from Damon Knight's Creating Short Fiction about an incident from our childhood which was meaningful to us and to examine why. So I picked the fans and the players for "Thank you, Sabres." I wrote a fictional story about who was the first person to yell that, how it caught on, and how the players reacted, and the post-game interviews. "First Buffalo goal scored by number 14, Rene Robert. Unassisted. Robert, unassisted. Time 11:41." "Second Buffalo goal score by number 7, Rick Martin. Assists to number 8, Jim Lorentz, and number 11, Gil Perreault. Martin, from Lorentz and Perreault. Time 19:48." Cool story! Most of my memories of Sabres games were from radio calls. I used to have one radio on the Sabres games and my transistor under my pillow broadcasting the Braves games. I needed a third ear to listen for my mother coming up the stairs! She used to find me asleep with both radios on! She would get so angry! But she was the one who turned me on to hockey as she was a Buffalo Bisons 🦬 fan! Once sports was out of the bag there was no point of return! One of my favorite Sabres calls was the last game of the ‘72-73 regular season when the Sabres locked up their first playoff birth! ”The Sabres have won! The Sabres have won!”... The calls from the Montreal forum were also cool! 1 1 Quote
mphs mike Posted June 21, 2021 Report Posted June 21, 2021 On 6/19/2021 at 6:10 PM, Marvin, Sabres Fan said: I can still hear the announcement of the goal in my head: 9:18 of the first overtime period. I remember Robert broke the shutout in game 6. And, of course, I remember Rico's goal with 12 seconds left. Aside: I am lucky enough to have a friend's audio tape of the third period of game 6 of the 1973 series against Montreal. In 1989, I was a the Clarion Writers' Workshop in Lansing Michigan (hey, my activity fee went to that, so why not?) where we were to write a brief short story around an exercise from Damon Knight's Creating Short Fiction about an incident from our childhood which was meaningful to us and to examine why. So I picked the fans and the players for "Thank you, Sabres." I wrote a fictional story about who was the first person to yell that, how it caught on, and how the players reacted, and the post-game interviews. "First Buffalo goal scored by number 14, Rene Robert. Unassisted. Robert, unassisted. Time 11:41." "Second Buffalo goal score by number 7, Rick Martin. Assists to number 8, Jim Lorentz, and number 11, Gil Perreault. Martin, from Lorentz and Perreault. Time 19:48." This brought back so many WARM memories of my youth. Thanks 1 Quote
Billznut Posted June 22, 2021 Report Posted June 22, 2021 RIP Rene. One of the Sabre greats and still loved the franchise and community right up until his death. 1 1 Quote
sabremike Posted June 23, 2021 Report Posted June 23, 2021 May Rico be the first to greet him at the Pearly Gates. 2 2 Quote
\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted June 23, 2021 Report Posted June 23, 2021 https://www.lenouvelliste.ca/sports/sport-local/rene-robert-et-limperissable-french-connection-f99403a5cab82916b1baf61540953e85 Quote
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French Collection Posted June 23, 2021 Report Posted June 23, 2021 RIP Rene. Hard to believe 2/3 of that line is gone. 2 Quote
Carmel Corn Posted June 23, 2021 Report Posted June 23, 2021 RIP to another great one! I hope the Sabres do something really special to recognize him in a packed house early next season. 2 Quote
Marvin Posted June 23, 2021 Report Posted June 23, 2021 I feel so old. I remember Eddie "The Entertainer" Shack being traded for him. 2 Quote
LabattBlue Posted June 23, 2021 Report Posted June 23, 2021 So sad. By today’s standards 72 is still young. Another boyhood hero gone. 😢😢😢 Quote
Eleven Posted June 23, 2021 Author Report Posted June 23, 2021 Ugh. Trying to edit the topic. Mods might help. May eternal light shine on 14. 2 Quote
Eleven Posted June 23, 2021 Author Report Posted June 23, 2021 So. My kid sis had this huge crush on Robert. When Bowman, in a fit of idiocy, traded him for John van Boxmeer, my sister quickly affiliated herself with the Penguins, because Penguins were cute. Of course she grew up and understands that the Sabres are the true team. But it was funny for a year when she was little. 1 Quote
dudacek Posted June 23, 2021 Report Posted June 23, 2021 First guy ever to hit 100 points for the Sabres, which still ranks 6th all-time. Wore 14 as a kid for him. Tough day. 2 Quote
Eleven Posted June 23, 2021 Author Report Posted June 23, 2021 1 hour ago, Zamboni said: Godspeed brother Robert This is so nicely stated. Thank you Zamb. Quote
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