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)
<2011–12	2013–14>

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.

Off-season

Broadcast changes

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.

Alumni Plaza

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.

Lockout

On September 13, 2012, Buffalo Sabres owner Terrence Pegula, along with all 28 other league ownership groups (the League still collectively owns the Phoenix Coyotes) authorized NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman to lock-out the National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA) upon the expiration of the CBA on September 15. The lockout ended at 4:45 am EST on January 6, 2013, lasting days. The lockout reduced the regular season from 82 to 48 games.

Overseas Sabres

After the announced lockout players from the team began to sign contracts to play in Europe until resumption of NHL play.

Overseas Sabres

Player	New team	League
Thomas Vanek	Graz 99ers	Austrian Hockey League
Tyler Ennis	SCL Tigers	Swiss National League
Andrej Sekera	Slovan Bratislava	Kontinental Hockey League
Christian Ehrhoff	Krefeld Pinguine	Deutsche Eishockey Liga
Jhonas Enroth	Huddinge IK	Swedish Division 1
Mike Weber	Lorenskog IK	GET-ligaen.
Jason Pominville	Adler Mannheim	Deutsche Eishockey Liga
Jochen Hecht	Adler Mannheim	Deutsche Eishockey Liga
Alexander Sulzer	ERC Ingolstadt	Deutsche Eishockey Liga
Tyler Myers	Klagenfurt AC	Austrian Hockey League

Beyond Blue and Gold

During the abbreviated training camp the team released the first episodes in a new web-series called Beyond Blue and Gold. The series will run through the season with the goal to give fans an "all-access pass to the entire Sabres organization throughout the entire 2012–13 NHL season."

Regular season

After the lockout, the Sabres had an abbreviated one-week training camp. During the camp, the Sabres' first pick in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft, Mikhail Grigorenko, played well on a line with off-season trade acquisitions Steve Ott and Ville Leino. At the end of the camp, Grigorenko was put on the opening day roster. The Sabres were given five games to decide whether to keep him on the roster (and thus pay him a full season's salary) or send him back to his junior team, the Quebec Remparts; in the end, Grigorenko was kept on the roster after Leino suffered an injury. After several weeks of mediocre play and Leino's return to the active roster, Grigorenko returned to the Remparts. He remained with the Remparts until their elimination from the QMJHL playoffs, whereupon he returned to the Sabres.

After a lackluster 6–10–1 start, General Manager Darcy Regier announced the firing of Head Coach Lindy Ruff Ruff coached the team since 1997 and was the team's winingest coach. It was further announced that Ron Rolston, who was the current coach of the Rochester Americans, would replace Ruff on an interim basis. The Sabres would play better under Rolston but were nonetheless eliminated from playoff contention following an 8–4 home loss to the New York Rangers.

The Sabres allowed the most shorthanded goals in the NHL, with seven.

Playoffs

The Sabres did not qualify for the playoffs for the second consecutive year.

Standings

Northeast Division

		GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	Pts
1	y – Montreal Canadiens	48	29	14	5	26	149	126	63
2	Boston Bruins	48	28	14	6	24	131	109	62
3	Toronto Maple Leafs	48	26	17	5	26	145	133	57
4	Ottawa Senators	48	25	17	6	21	116	104	56
5	Buffalo Sabres	48	21	21	6	14	125	143	48

Eastern Conference

R		Div	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	Pts
1	z – Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	48	36	12	0	33	165	119	72
2	y – Montreal Canadiens	NE	48	29	14	5	26	149	126	63
3	y – Washington Capitals	SE	48	27	18	3	24	149	130	57
4	Boston Bruins	NE	48	28	14	6	24	131	109	62
5	Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	48	26	17	5	26	145	133	57
6	New York Rangers	AT	48	26	18	4	22	130	112	56
7	Ottawa Senators	NE	48	25	17	6	21	116	104	56
8	New York Islanders	AT	48	24	17	7	20	139	139	55
9	Winnipeg Jets	SE	48	24	21	3	22	128	144	51
10	Philadelphia Flyers	AT	48	23	22	3	22	133	141	49
11	New Jersey Devils	AT	48	19	19	10	17	112	129	48
12	Buffalo Sabres	NE	48	21	21	6	14	125	143	48
13	Carolina Hurricanes	SE	48	19	25	4	18	128	160	42
14	Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	48	18	26	4	17	148	150	40
15	Florida Panthers	SE	48	15	27	6	12	112	171	36

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

bold – Qualified for playoffs, y – Won division, z – Won best record in conference

Schedule and results

Revised regular season schedule

2012–13 Game Log Overall: 21–21–6 (Home: 11–10–3; Away: 10–11–3)
January: 3–3–1 (Home: 1–1–1; Road: 2–2–0) Game January Opponent Score Decision Location/Attendance Record 1 20 Philadelphia Flyers 5–2 Miller (1–0–0) First Niagara Center (19,070) 1–0–0 2 21 @Toronto Maple Leafs 2–1 Miller (2–0–0) Air Canada Centre (19,475) 2–0–0 3 24 @Carolina Hurricanes 3–6 Enroth (0–1–0) PNC Arena (18,081) 2–1–0 4 25 Carolina Hurricanes 1–3 Miller (2–1–0) First Niagara Center (18,824) 2–2–0 5 27 @Washington Capitals 2–3 Miller (2–2–0) Verizon Center (18,506) 2–3–0 6 29 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–4 (OT) Miller (2–2–1) First Niagara Center (18,801) 2–3–1 7 31 @Boston Bruins 7–4 Miller (3–2–1) TD Garden (17,565) 3–3–1
February: 5–9–0 (Home: 2–5–0; Road: 3–4–0) Game February Opponent Score Decision Location/Attendance Record 8 2 @Montreal Canadiens 1–6 Miller (3–3–1) Bell Centre (21,273) 3–4–1 9 3 Florida Panthers 3–4 Miller (3–4–1) First Niagara Center (18,831) 3–5–1 10 5 @Ottawa Senators 3–4 Enroth (0–2–0) Scotiabank Place (18,345) 3–6–1 11 7 Montreal Canadiens 5–4 (SO) Miller (4–4–1) First Niagara Center (18,866) 4–6–1 12 9 @New York Islanders 3–2 Miller (5–4–1) Nassau Coliseum (12,608) 5–6–1 13 10 Boston Bruins 1–3 Miller (5–5–1) First Niagara Center (18,869) 5–7–1 14 12 @Ottawa Senators 0–2 Miller (5–6–1) Scotiabank Place (18,429) 5–8–1 15 15 Boston Bruins 4–2 Miller (6–6–1) First Niagara Center (19,070) 6–8–1 16 17 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–4 Miller (6–7–1) First Niagara Center (19,070) 6–9–1 17 19 Winnipeg Jets 1–2 Miller (6–8–1) First Niagara Center (19,070) 6–10–1 18 21 @Toronto Maple Leafs 1–3 Miller (6–9–1) Air Canada Centre (19,473) 6–11–1 19 23 New York Islanders 0–4 Miller (6–10–1) First Niagara Center (19,070) 6–12–1 20 26 @Tampa Bay Lightning 2–1 Miller (7–10–1) Tampa Bay Times Forum (19,204) 7–12–1 21 28 @Florida Panthers 4–3 (SO) Miller (8–10–1) BB&T Center (15,672) 8–12–1
March: 5–5–5 (Home: 3–1–2 ; Road: 2–4–3) Game March Opponent Score Decision Location/Attendance Record 22 2 New Jersey Devils 4–3 (SO) Miller (9–10–1) First Niagara Center (19,070) 9–12–1 23 3 @New York Rangers 2–3 (SO) Miller (9–10–2) Madison Square Garden (17,200) 9–12–2 24 5 @Carolina Hurricanes 3–4 Miller (9–11–2) PNC Arena (15,277) 9–13–2 25 7 @New Jersey Devils 2–3 (SO) Miller (9–11–3) Prudential Center (17,625) 9–13–3 26 10 @Philadelphia Flyers 2–3 Miller (9–12–3) Wells Fargo Center (19,687) 9–14–3 27 12 New York Rangers 3–1 Enroth (1–2–0) First Niagara Center (19,070) 10–14–3 28 16 Ottawa Senators 3–4 (OT) Miller (9–12–4) First Niagara Center (19,070) 10–14–4 29 17 @Washington Capitals 3–5 Miller (9–13–4) Verizon Center (18,506) 10–15–4 30 19 @Montreal Canadiens 3–2 (OT) Enroth (2–2–0) Bell Centre (21,273) 11–15–4 31 21 Toronto Maple Leafs 5–4 (SO) Miller (10–13–4) First Niagara Center (19,070) 12–15–4 32 23 @Montreal Canadiens 2–1 Miller (11–13–4) Bell Centre (21,273) 13–15–4 33 26 @Tampa Bay Lightning 1–2 Miller (11–14–4) Tampa Bay Times Forum (19,204) 13–16–4 34 28 @Florida Panthers 4–5 (SO) Miller (11–14–5) BB&T Center (17,044) 13–16–5 35 30 Washington Capitals 3–4 (SO) Enroth (2–2–1) First Niagara Center (19,070) 13–16–6 36 31 Boston Bruins 0–2 Miller (11–15–5) First Niagara Center (19,027) 13–17–6
April: 8–4–0 (Home: 5–3–0; Road: 3–1–0) Game April Opponent Score Decision Location/Attendance Record 37 2 @Pittsburgh Penguins 4–1 Miller (12–15–5) Consol Energy Center (18,642) 14–17–6 38 5 Ottawa Senators 4–2 Miller (13–15–5) First Niagara Center (18,811) 15–17–6 39 7 New Jersey Devils 3–2 (SO) Miller (14–15–5) First Niagara Center (18,703) 16–17–6 40 9 @Winnipeg Jets 1–4 Miller (14–16–5) MTS Centre (15,004) 16–18–6 41 11 Montreal Canadiens 1–5 Miller (14–17–5) First Niagara Center (19,070) 16–19–6 42 13 Philadelphia Flyers 1–0 Enroth (3–2–1) First Niagara Center (19,070) 17–19–6 43 14 Tampa Bay Lightning 3–1 Enroth (4–2–1) First Niagara Center (18,991) 18–19–6 44 17 @Boston Bruins 3–2 (SO) Miller (15–17–5) TD Garden (17,565) 19–19–6 45 19 New York Rangers 4–8 Enroth (4–3–1) First Niagara Center (19,003) 19–20–6 – 20 @Pittsburgh Penguins Game rescheduled to April 23 due to effects on Pittsburgh's schedule resulting from the manhunt for the Boston Marathon bombings suspect. 46 22 Winnipeg Jets 1–2 Enroth (4–4–1) First Niagara Center (18,654) 19–21–6 47 23 @Pittsburgh Penguins 4–2 Miller (16–17–5) Consol Energy Center (18,630) 20–21–6 48 26 New York Islanders 2–1 (SO) Miller (17–17–5) First Niagara Center (19,070) 21–21–6
Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Final regular season stats

Skaters

Regular Season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Thomas Vanek	38	20	21	41	−1	20
Cody Hodgson	48	15	19	34	−4	20
Tyler Ennis	47	10	21	31	−14	16
Jason Pominville‡	37	10	15	25	1	8
Steve Ott	48	9	15	24	3	93
Christian Ehrhoff	47	5	17	22	6	34
Marcus Foligno	47	5	13	18	−4	41
Drew Stafford	46	6	12	18	−16	21
Jochen Hecht	47	5	9	14	6	18
Andrej Sekera	37	2	10	12	−2	4
Brian Flynn	26	6	5	11	6	0
Nathan Gerbe	42	5	5	10	−3	14
Kevin Porter	31	4	5	9	−1	10
Jordan Leopold‡	24	2	6	8	−6	14
Tyler Myers	39	3	5	8	−8	32
Mike Weber	42	1	6	7	3	70
Ville Leino	8	2	4	6	0	6
Mikhail Grigorenko	25	1	4	5	−1	0
Mark Pysyk	19	1	4	5	−7	0
Alexander Sulzer	17	3	1	4	3	10
Adam Pardy	17	0	4	4	4	14
Robyn Regehr‡	29	0	2	2	−4	21
Luke Adam	4	1	0	1	1	2
Patrick Kaleta	34	1	0	1	−4	67
T. J. Brennan‡	10	1	0	1	−1	6
Cody McCormick	8	0	0	0	−2	10
Matt Ellis	6	0	0	0	0	0
John Scott	34	0	0	0	−1	69
Chad Ruhwedel	7	0	0	0	0	0
Totals*	48	118	203	321	−46	630

*Totals include goaltenders (G/A/Pts/PIM) and bench minors (PIM)

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Ryan Miller	40	39	2302:14	17	17	5	108	2.81	1270	.915	0	0	0	2
Jhonas Enroth	12	9	623:26	4	4	1	27	2.60	332	.919	1	0	0	0
Totals		48	2925:40	21	21	6	135	2.77	1602	.916	1	0	0	2

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Sabres. Stats reflect time with the Sabres only.
^‡Traded mid-season
Bold/italics denotes franchise record

Awards and records

Awards

Regular Season

Player	Award	Awarded
Thomas Vanek	NHL Third Star of the Month	February 1, 2013
Thomas Vanek	NHL First Star of the Week	February 4, 2013

Milestones

Regular Season

Player	Milestone	Reached
Mikhail Grigorenko	1st Career NHL Game	January 20, 2013
Drew Stafford	400th Career NHL Game	January 24, 2013
Mikhail Grigorenko	1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point	January 29, 2013
	1st Career NHL Assist	January 31, 2013
Cody Hodgson	100th Career NHL Game	February 3, 2013
Tyler Ennis	100th Career NHL Point	February 7, 2013
Alexander Sulzer	100th Career NHL Game	February 9, 2013
Jordan Leopold	600th Career NHL Game	February 12, 2013
Jochen Hecht	800th Career NHL Game
Brian Flynn	1st Career NHL Game	March 2, 2013
	1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point	March 7, 2013
	1st Career NHL Assist	March 12, 2013
Mark Pysyk	1st Career NHL Game	March 17, 2013
Jordan Leopold	200th Career NHL Point	March 19, 2013
Ville Leino	100th Career NHL Point
Steve Ott	600th Career NHL Game	March 28, 2013
Christian Ehrhoff	600th Career NHL Game	March 30, 2013
Mark Pysyk	1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point	April 2, 2013
Ryan Miller	492nd Career NHL Game (Sabres Goalie Franchise Record)
	Sabres Career Saves Record	April 5, 2013
Chad Ruhwedel	1st Career NHL Game	April 13, 2013
Patrick Kaleta	300th Career NHL Game	April 17, 2013
Mark Pysyk	1st Career NHL Goal	April 19, 2013
Ryan Miller	500th Career NHL Game	April 26, 2013

Final Roster

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
10		Christian Ehrhoff	D	L	30	2011	Moers, West Germany
63		Tyler Ennis	C/LW	L	23	2008	Edmonton, Alberta
1		Jhonas Enroth	G	L	24	2006	Stockholm, Sweden
65		Brian Flynn	RW	R	24	2012	Lynnfield, Massachusetts
82		Marcus Foligno	LW	L	21	2009	Buffalo, New York
42		Nathan Gerbe	LW	L	25	2005	Oxford, Michigan
25		Mikhail Grigorenko	C	L	18	2012	Khabarovsk, Russia
55		Jochen Hecht	C	R	35	2002	Mannheim, West Germany
19		Cody Hodgson	C	R	23	2012	Toronto, Ontario
36		Patrick Kaleta	RW	R	26	2004	Buffalo, New York
23		Ville Leino	LW	L	29	2011	Savonlinna, Finland
30		Ryan Miller	G	L	32	1999	East Lansing, Michigan
57		Tyler Myers	D	R	23	2008	Katy, Texas
9		Steve Ott (A)	C	L	30	2012	Summerside, Prince Edward Island
27		Adam Pardy	D	L	29	2012	Bonavista, Newfoundland
12		Kevin Porter	LW/C	L	27	2012	Detroit, Michigan
53		Mark Pysyk	D	R	21	2010	Sherwood Park, Alberta
5		Chad Ruhwedel	D	R	22	2013	San Diego, California
32		John Scott	LW/D	L	30	2012	St. Catharines, Ontario
44		Andrej Sekera	D	L	26	2004	Bojnice, Czechoslovakia
21		Drew Stafford (A)	RW	R	27	2004	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
52		Alexander Sulzer	D	R	28	2012	Kaufbeuren, West Germany
26		Thomas Vanek (A)	LW	R	29	2003	Baden bei Wien, Austria
6		Mike Weber	D	L	25	2006	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Transactions

The Sabres have been involved in the following transactions during the 2012–13 season:

Trades

Date	Details
June 22, 2012	To Calgary Flames 1st-round pick (#21 overall) in 2012 2nd-round pick (#42 overall) in 2012	To Buffalo Sabres 1st-round pick (#14 overall) in 2012
July 2, 2012	To Dallas Stars Derek Roy	To Buffalo Sabres Steve Ott Adam Pardy
March 15, 2013	To Florida Panthers T. J. Brennan	To Buffalo Sabres 5th-round pick in 2013
March 30, 2013	To St. Louis Blues Jordan Leopold	To Buffalo Sabres 2nd-round pick in 2013 Conditional 5th-round pick in 2013
April 1, 2013	To Los Angeles Kings Robyn Regehr	To Buffalo Sabres 2nd-round pick in 2014 2nd-round pick in 2015
April 3, 2013	To Minnesota Wild Jason Pominville 4th-round pick in 2014	To Buffalo Sabres Matt Hackett Johan Larsson 1st-round pick in 2013 2nd-round pick in 2014

Free agents signed

Player	Former team	Contract terms
John Scott	New York Rangers	1 year, $600,000
Kevin Porter	Colorado Avalanche	2 years, $1.075 million
Mark Mancari	Vancouver Canucks	1 year, $550,000
Nick Tarnasky	Vityaz Chekhov	1 year, $525,000
Tim Schaller	Providence College	2 years, entry-level contract
Chad Ruhwedel	UMass Lowell	2 years, $1.85 million entry-level contract

Free agents lost

Player	New team	Contract terms
Paul Szczechura	HC Lev	1 year, undisclosed
Shaone Morrisonn	HC Spartak Moscow	Undisclosed
Dennis Persson	Brynas IF	Undisclosed
Brad Boyes	New York Islanders	1 year, $1 million
Michael Ryan	Ässät	1 year, Undisclosed

Claimed via waivers

Player

Former team

Date claimed off waivers

Lost via waivers

Player	New team	Date claimed off waivers
Joe Finley	New York Islanders	January 14, 2013

Lost via retirement

Player

Player signings

Player	Date	Contract terms
Nathan Lieuwen	May 5, 2012	3 years, $1.715 million entry-level contract
Alexander Sulzer	May 21, 2012	1 year, $725,000 contract extension
Joel Armia	June 16, 2012	3 years, $3.825 million entry-level contract
David Leggio	July 6, 2012	1 year, $550,000
Zemgus Girgensons	July 13, 2012	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
T. J. Brennan	July 17, 2012	1 year, $550,000
Mikhail Grigorenko	July 18, 2012	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
Drew Schiestel	July 25, 2012	1 year, $577,500
Patrick Kaleta	July 31, 2012	3 years, $3.75 million
Alex Biega	August 2, 2012	1 year, $577,500
Tyler Ennis	September 15, 2012	2 years, $5.625 million
Jochen Hecht	January 13, 2013	1 year, $1 million
John Scott	May 20, 2013	1 year, $750,000 contract extension
Colin Jacobs	May 30, 2013	3 years, $1.775 million entry-level contract
Jhonas Enroth	June 20, 2013	2 years, 2.5 million
Mike Weber	June 27, 2013	3 years, $5 million contract extension

Draft picks

See also: List of Buffalo Sabres draft picks

Buffalo Sabres' picks at the 2012 NHL Entry Draft, held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on June 22 & 23, 2012.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	12	Mikhail Grigorenko	C	Russia	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
1	14	Zemgus Girgensons	C	Latvia	Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL)
2	44	Jake McCabe	D	United States	University of Wisconsin (WCHA)
3	73	Justin Kea	C	Canada	Saginaw Spirit (OHL)
5	133	Logan Nelson	C	United States	Victoria Royals (WHL)
6	163	Linus Ullmark	G	Sweden	MODO Jr. (Swe-Jr.)
7	193	Brady Austin	D	Canada	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
7	204	Judd Peterson	C/RW	United States	Duluth Marshall (High-MN)

Draft notes

• ^a The Calgary Flames's first-round pick went to the Buffalo Sabres as a result of a June 22, 2012 trade that sent a 2012 first-round pick and a 2012 second-round pick to the Flames in exchange for this pick.
• The Buffalo Sabres' second-round pick went to the Calgary Flames as a result of a June 22, 2012 trade that sent a 2012 first-round pick to the Sabres in exchange for a 2012 first-round pick this pick.
• ^b The Calgary Flames' second-round pick went to the Buffalo Sabres as a result of a June 25, 2011 trade that sent Chris Butler and Paul Byron to the Flames in exchange for Robyn Regehr, Ales Kotalik and this pick.
• The Buffalo Sabres' fourth-round pick went to the New York Islanders as the result of a June 29, 2011 trade that sent Christian Ehrhoff to the Sabres in exchange for this pick.
• ^c The Chicago Blackhawks' seventh-round pick went to the Buffalo Sabres as a result of a June 29, 2011 trade that sent Steve Montador to the Blackhawks in exchange for this pick.

See also

• 2012–13 NHL season