BUFFALO — Rick Martin, a member of the Buffalo Sabres’ famed French Connection line in the 1970s, died after being involved in a one-car accident on Sunday. He was 59. The team announced ...

N.Y. – The French Connection is together again in Buffalo. Forty years after Gilbert Perreault, Rene Robert and Rick Martin first skated together on a forward line, the Sabres unveiled a statue ...

Earlier in September, Buffalo Sabres fans saw the opening of Alumni Plaza outside of the First Niagara Center with an impressive statue honoring the hallowed French Connection. It goes without ...

Rene Robert, the right winger on the Buffalo Sabres' famed "French Connection" line of the 1970s, is seriously ill after suffering a massive heart attack Tuesday. Skip to main ...

Rene Robert, the right winger on the Buffalo Sabres' famed "French Connection" line of the 1970s, died Tuesday after suffering a heart attack in Florida on June 15. He was 72. Robert had been ...

The Buffalo Sabres are the National Hockey League’s hottest commodity as the teams head down to the halfway mark in the 1977-78 schedule. You don’t trifle with the sizzling Sabres these days.

Buffalo Sabres general manager Kevyn Adams, left, sits with owner Terry Pegula during the Sabres French Connection 3 on 3 tournament on final day of development camp at LECOM Harborcenter in ...

Between them, the members of The French Connection played 2,396 games for the Sabres, scoring 1,116 goals and registering 2,573 total points. During their tenure in Buffalo, the three were honored ...

Rene Robert, a member of the Buffalo Sabres’ famed “French Connection Line,” died Tuesday at a Florida hospital less than a week after suffering a heart attack. He was 72.