The Sabres sold over 17,000 tickets to the Friday night scrimmage. Last season, 11 NHL teams averaged fewer than that per game!

Jack Eichel was the new face drawing Buffalo sports fans to the stadium. Eichel will be wearing the number 15. When the Sabres unveiled Sam Reinhart last year 8,700 sports fans showed up for the big day.

As the GIF points out, the Buffalo scrimmage drew more than a lot of other teams' regular season games. In a regular season, Arizona, Carolina and Florida averaged under 17,000 fans per game last year! That's impressive, Buffalo!

 

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