There have been many phenomenal American Goalies in Hockey, but it can be argued that none of them got off to a better start than Tom Barrasso.

Taken in the Third Round of the 1971 Draft, Defenseman Bill Hajt would play his entire career with the team that took him, the Buffalo Sabres.

Drafted in the middle of the 1975 Draft, Goalie Don Edwards first made the Sabres roster in the 1976-77 Season, where he played in 25 Games.  The next season, Edwards was the top guy in between the pipes for Buffalo and was emerging in the upper-tier of Goalies.  That year, Edwards led the NHL in Wins (38), Minutes Played (4,206), Goalie Point Shares (15.3), and he was a Second Team All-Star finishing fourth in Hart voting.

The owner of one of the best names in sports, Miroslav Satan, played 14 years in the NHL, eight of which with the Buffalo Sabres, where he had the best part of his career.