2012–13 Buffalo Sabres season
| 2012–13 Buffalo Sabres | |
|---|---|
| Division | 5th Northeast |
| Conference | 12th Eastern |
| 2012–13 record | 21–21–6 |
| Home record | 11–10–3 |
| Road record | 10–11–3 |
| Goals for | 125 |
| Goals against | 143 |
| Team information | |
| General Manager | Darcy Regier |
| Coach |
Lindy Ruff (Oct–Feb) Ron Rolston Interim (Feb–Apr) |
| Captain |
Jason Pominville (Oct–Apr) Vacant (April) |
| Alternate captains |
Steve Ott (April) Drew Stafford Thomas Vanek |
| Arena | First Niagara Center |
| Average attendance | 18,970 (99.5%) |
| Team leaders | |
| Goals | Thomas Vanek (20) |
| Assists | Thomas Vanek (21) Tyler Ennis (21) |
| Points | Thomas Vanek (41) |
| Penalties in minutes | Steve Ott (93) |
| Plus/minus |
(+): Jochen Hecht (6) Christian Ehrhoff (6) Brian Flynn (6) (−): Drew Stafford (−16) |
| Wins | Ryan Miller (17) |
| Goals against average | Jhonas Enroth (2.60) |
The 2012–13 Buffalo Sabres season is the 43rd season, 42nd season of play, for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on May 22, 1970. The regular season was reduced from its usual 82 games to 48 due to a lockout. The season was the 15th and final season coached by Lindy Ruff, who was fired after a poor start. The Sabres failed to qualify for the post-season for the second consecutive season.
On June 8, 2012, the Sabres announced that Rick Jeanneret, the longest-tenured play-by-play announcer in NHL history, would be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame; Jeanneret will also receive the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award. Rob Ray will replace Harry Neale as the full-time color commentator for all Sabres game broadcasts. Neale will join Mike Robitaille, whose role will remain unchanged, and Brian Duff, who will take over as full-time studio host, in the studio.Kevin Sylvester and Danny Gare, who served as the alternate broadcast team in 2011–12, were not originally going to reprise their roles in 2012–13; Sylvester instead revived the Hockey Hotline, a long-discontinued Sabres call-in talk show, for WGR. However, due to Jeanneret suffering an illness, Sylvester was pressed into service to call play-by-play for the first four games of the regular season.
On July 12, 2012, the Sabres announced that the plaza adjacent to First Niagara Center would be re-branded Alumni Plaza. On October 12, 2012, a bronze French Connection statue was added to the plaza. Other plans included plaques with the name of every player to play a game for the team and fans having to opportunity to buy engraved bricks.
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