European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 8, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Stars and stripes sunday april 82007 s ports Bosh scores 23 Points pulls Down 13 rebounds to help raptors Clinch first Atlantic division title Page 39 bonkers in Buffalo City going crazy Over sabres by John Wawrow the associated press Buffalo by of All the things Ryan Miller has seen witha Buffa to sabres logo slapped on it from cookies to cakes bumper stickers to Beer labels this one stood out the sabres goaltender recently met a Young woman with his face tattooed on her calf i was kind of blown away Miller said shaking Bis head but remaining impressed by the likeness its pretty humbling but a Little surreal too it seems like were being treated like Rock stars sabres mania has bit town and has started to bub ble Over As the team prepares to enter the playoffs next week As the Eastern conferences top seed with one objective winning the Stanley cup everyone and that includes Bishop Edward Kmiec is on Board with the team when the Buffalo news unveiled a series of sabres collectible medallions last month fans began lining up at stores at 6 am each Day for the trinket when coach Lindy Ruff was fined by the nil in february it took one local pizza parlor a month to raise the Money which will be donated to Charity there Are grocery stores where employees Wear sabres outfits As uniforms the teams games have been sold out since december with a 6000person waiting list for sea son tickets and Good Luck getting a personalized the wait at the team store is two months while six of the Nils top 10selling sweaters belong to sabres players which leads to Kmiec who was recently presented his own Jersey after the team Learned he was wearing one of the sabres older style Redan Black tops i do have an inside track sabres owner Tom Golisano said with a Wink when asked where he managed to find a Jersey i Wear it at our confirmations Kmiec led by co captains Chris Drury right and Daniel Briere the sabres have produced an no Lead ing four 30goai scorers this year Don Dean Buffalo fans watch the replay after the sabres scored against Colorado on March 7 Buffalo has clinched the Eastern conferences top seed and enters the playoffs next week with one stated goal winning the Stanley cup said i say the word sabres and i have everybody at Tention completely divine intervention Golisano said not quite but if s close the sabres will take whatever help they can get be cause there regarded As having the Best Chance to raise the spirits of an economically troubled Region besides they play in a City whose two professional sports franchises have known Only playoff despair the sabres have lost both times Treyve reached the Stanley cup finals including 1999 when the series was decided by what is still known As no goal that when dal Las Brett Hull scored the cup clinching goal in triple Over time of game 6 even though he had his foot in the crease then theres the Bills whose Jim Kelly led teams came away with nothing despite reaching four super bowls in the Early 1990s enter the sabres the leagues Model of Success since the nil lockout ended in the summer of 2005 in two years Buffalo has had consecutive 50victory sea sons and if not for losing six regulars to injuries last Spring the sabres had a shot at competing for the cup be fore playoff run ended with a game 7 loss in the East finals to eventual Champion Carolina see sabres on Page 44 Woods Mickelson Way Back in masters pack i027664h520705h