Saw this over at HF Boards, thought I'd share it here because it's so awesome:





Tsujimoto, or at least his legend, was born during the 1974 NHL Draft when the Sabres then-GM Punch Imlach’s called out his name during the 11th round. As the story goes, Imlach had grown so frustrated with the methodical pace of the draft’s secretive phone-call format that he dreamed up Tsujimoto as a way to poke fun at the proceedings.

The name was fake. The position (center) was fake. Tsujimoto’s Japanese Hockey League team – the Tokyo Katanas – was fake. The history-making Score Rookie Card, however, is absolutely real.

“The creative team was looking to come up with something special, something really unique, for this program,” said Al Muir, Panini’s Hockey Brand Manager. “The legend of Tsujimoto is one of those great hockey stories that has been perpetuated not just in Buffalo, but around the game. It’s one that gets told to this day in dressing rooms and on bar stools, and that’s what made him a natural for this project.”

http://paniniamerica.wordpress.com/2011 ... okie-card/

I love it!!

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"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Hockey Night in Buffalo

THIS. IS. AMAZING!

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FIGHTER OF THE NIGHTMAN

"on the ice now for buffalo, looking for the pass, and gets it, afinogenov, couldnt get the shot away, now HE DOES, HE SCORES!!!! HOLY MACKEREL ROLE THE HIGH LIGHT FILM, MAXIM AFINOGENOV, WHAT A MOVE!!!!.... thats not fair... that was unbelievable"
-R.J. and Lorenz

I'll trade you for my holographic Connor Gorman card.

So I wonder who's the real skater in the picture?

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If your having goal problems, I feel bad for ya son....we got 99 problems but Vanek ain't one!

That's Kilroy!!!!!

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"Every time I think you say the dumbest thing ever...you keep on talkin' " - Hank Hill
"Starting today, the Buffalo Sabres' reason for existence will be to win a Stanley Cup" - Terry Pegula

The story of how that went down in "Perrault said to Rico" was hilarious

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"...they came down into the stands and asked if I knew how to do play by play. I said...No. But. I'll take a shot at it if you want".- Rick Jeanneret

I like how they even pulled a practical joke on Seymour Knox when they told him the Japanese guy in the restaurant was Taro.

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If your having goal problems, I feel bad for ya son....we got 99 problems but Vanek ain't one!

I still don't get the Connor Gorman jokes

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mechaphil

User on Sabres.com that was pretty set that the Sabres should sign his friend Connor Gorman. He went on with his inline league stats and how he was evolving as a star. To my knowledge, and to others...he was dead serious.

The thread was blown to pieces.

At least that is what I can recall of it.

Was that ryanmiller'schick?

It wasn't inline, it was his stats in the Maryland high-school league. Said he was top 5 in Maryland

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Driver of the Tyler Ennis Bandwagon, Ridin' shotgun on the Tyler Myers Bandwagon, chillin' on the Luke Adam Bandwagon


Eh

Ah yes that was it. That high powered Maryland hockey pool.