Why Sabres is spelled like that instead of sabers
It's a fair question to ask.
Why Sabres is spelled like that instead of sabers originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Buffalo Sabres are featuring more prominently on the NHL stage than they have in a long time.
One thing that brings into the spotlight is the team name itself, Sabres. It's spelled a little differently than American English generally would go with, which would be sabers. The '-re' ending exists more in Canada, with words like centre instead of center.
There's a reason for it, though. MORE: Sabres' anthem singer has a message for the haters Why is Sabres spelled like that? The spelling goes back to the name's origin.
Toronto filmmaker Harry Cole had submitted the suggestion in a name-the-team contest in the late-1960s, and the Canadian '-re' ending stuck. The Sabres maintain a lot of ties to Canada, including singing that country's national anthem before every home game . MORE: Sabres 'blend in well with this city' in Game 1 win over Canadiens A lot of Sabres fans cross the border to come to Buffalo for NHL games, considering the arena is only a handful of miles from the country line.