Rick Jeanneret’s top 5 best Buffalo Sabres quotes/calls of all-time
By Sion Fawkes
“Do you believe? Oh brother we are not worthy!”
Dominik Hasek’s incredible save against the Philadelphia Flyers is one that fans still talk about today. During the play, the Flyers were on the attack, Hasek, believing a shot would come in from his left, readied himself on that end of the net. But a quick pass to Trent Klatt forced Hasek to dive right, getting his stick out just in time to block the shot. Seconds later, Jeanneret exclaimed his famous quote.
In 2015, Jared Clinton of The Hockey News listed the save as #3 of Hasek’s career, behind only the pad save against Pierre Turgeon and the save on Doug Weight. The main reason Clinton ranked the save so highly? Because of Jeanneret’s reaction and subsequent exclamation which has since become legendary.
If the Buffalo Sabres excelled in one position group throughout their existence, it is at goaltender. There have been plenty of amazing saves, but only Jeanneret had the ability to make them more memorable given his enthusiastic reactions. This was one of those moments.