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Rick Jeanneret, Dead at 81

Rick Jeanneret called Sabres games from 1971 until his retirement in 2022. He retired as the longest-tenured play-by-play announcer in NHL history.

Rick had some memorable calls, but here's his call of Brad May's overtime goal in 1993 that sent the Buffalo Sabres to the second round of the Playoffs for the first time since 1983.

And here's the La-La-La-La-lafontaine story.

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