This is a list of

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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 are the top players at each position as voted on by the Professional Hockey Writers' Association.

NHL All-Rookie Team

The

NHL All-Rookie Team The NHL All-Rookie Team is chosen by the Professional Hockey Writers' Association from the best rookies in the National Hockey League at each position for the season just concluded based on their performance in that year. The team was first named a ...

consists of the top rookies at each position as voted on by the Professional Hockey Writers' Association.

All-Star Game selections

The

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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

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series between the NHL and the Soviet national team, respectively, 1995, 2005, and 2013 as a result of labor stoppages, and 2006, 2010, 2014 because of the

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, and 2021 as a result of the

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. Buffalo has hosted one of the games. The 31st took place at

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. * Selected by fan vote * Selected as one of four "last men in" by fan vote * All-Star Game Most Valuable Player

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.

Foster Hewitt Memorial Award

Three members of the Buffalo Sabres organization have been honored with the

Foster Hewitt Memorial Award The Foster Hewitt Memorial Award is an annual accolade honoring a member of the ice hockey broadcasting world. It was named for the Canadian hockey radio broadcaster and newspaper journalist Foster Hewitt, and it has been presented every year at a ...

. 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

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during their broadcasting career.

Lester Patrick Trophy

The

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. It is considered a non-NHL trophy because it may be awarded to players, c ...

has been presented by the

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and

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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

in any capacity and have also received the Lester Patrick Trophy.

United States Hockey Hall of Fame

Retired numbers

The

have

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seven of their jersey numbers. Also out of circulation is the number 99 which was retired league-wide for

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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.

Buffalo Sabres Hall of Fame

Induction into the

Hall of Fame is "the highest honor bestowed by the Buffalo Sabres."

Other awards

References

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awards