Dozerdog
09-27-2003, 07:44 AM
Son of former Sabre tries out for the Amerks.
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Rochester’s Jim Lorentz Jr., red jersey, drops Rick Mrozik during training camp. Lorentz’s father, now a Sabres broadcaster, finished his 10-year NHL playing career in Buffalo in 1978.
By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA
STAFF WRITER
JAMIE GERMANO staff photographer
(September 27, 2003) — BRIGHTON — The ball cap looks like it came right off the throwback rack at a team merchandise store, but in reality, the blue and gold Buffalo Sabres hat Jim Lorentz has been wearing to the rink came out of the family home on Grand Island.
“It’s my favorite uniform so I thought I’d pull it out for camp,” Lorentz said of the color scheme used by the Sabres from their inception in 1970 until 1996-97. “It’s symbolic of a great team.”
A team for which his father, Jim Sr., finished his 10-year NHL playing career in 1978, the same team for which Dad has been providing color analysis from the broadcast booth for 22 years.
While the blue and gold sweaters have been retired, the younger Lorentz wouldn’t mind earning the right to wear the red and black jersey of today’s Sabres. ...MORE... (http://www.rochesterdandc.com/sports/amerks/0927IM1U40R_amerks27_amerks.shtml)
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Rochester’s Jim Lorentz Jr., red jersey, drops Rick Mrozik during training camp. Lorentz’s father, now a Sabres broadcaster, finished his 10-year NHL playing career in Buffalo in 1978.
By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA
STAFF WRITER
JAMIE GERMANO staff photographer
(September 27, 2003) — BRIGHTON — The ball cap looks like it came right off the throwback rack at a team merchandise store, but in reality, the blue and gold Buffalo Sabres hat Jim Lorentz has been wearing to the rink came out of the family home on Grand Island.
“It’s my favorite uniform so I thought I’d pull it out for camp,” Lorentz said of the color scheme used by the Sabres from their inception in 1970 until 1996-97. “It’s symbolic of a great team.”
A team for which his father, Jim Sr., finished his 10-year NHL playing career in 1978, the same team for which Dad has been providing color analysis from the broadcast booth for 22 years.
While the blue and gold sweaters have been retired, the younger Lorentz wouldn’t mind earning the right to wear the red and black jersey of today’s Sabres. ...MORE... (http://www.rochesterdandc.com/sports/amerks/0927IM1U40R_amerks27_amerks.shtml)