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Danny Gare was tending to his lawn in Nelson, British Columbia when he got the call that made him a Sabre in spring 1974. He remembers pushing the mower through the hilly landscape, sweating out a hot ...

Gare was 20 at the time, a second-round pick from Nelson, British Columbia, taken from the old Calgary Centennials of the Western League. He had a nice training camp and made the team. Not only that, ...

Back in the late ’70s, when the Buffalo Sabres were starting to make serious noise in the NHL, all eyes were on the French Connection. Gilbert Perreault, Rick Martin, and René Robert stole the ...

Danny Gare was awestruck the first time he met Rene Robert. Gare was a wide-eyed rookie attending his first training camp with the Sabres in 1974 after watching the exploits of Robert and his "French ...

He arrived at Buffalo Sabres training camp in the fall of '74, hellbent on forcing his way onto on a roster already deep, already talented. If there was someone to hit, Danny Gare hit him. If there ...

Sabres legend Danny Gare was surprised to hear it, too, while in town this week. Especially since he was there the last time, when his first night as an NHL player became a life-changing event. Gare ...