Sabres to host inaugural Choose Love Night on February 1

The Buffalo Sabres are proud to celebrate the start of Black History Month by hosting the first-ever Choose Love Night, putting a spotlight on the Black community and local Black-owned businesses, during their game on February 1 against the Carolina Hurricanes.
The Sabres are committed to using their platform and resources to bridge gaps and create positive change in our community while making the sport of hockey more inclusive and welcoming for all.
Through our work to stop hate and end racism by choosing love, the organization strives to make choices every day that will help defeat hatred and prejudice wherever they exist.
Tickets to the game are on sale now.

Players will walk into the arena wearing "Choose Love" T-shirts and will wear custom "Choose Love" jerseys during warmups.
The warmup jerseys will be up for auction at Sabres.com/Auctions at the start of warmups at 7 p.m. that night. Proceeds from the action will benefit Persistence Preparatory Academy and Agents for Advocacy.
Warmup pucks featuring the "Choose Love" wordmark will be on sale at The Sabres Store during the game while supplies last.
Jillian Hanesworth, Buffalo's poet laureate, has written a poem that will be performed as part of a video feature to kick off the night. The poem touches on themes of unity, allyship and supporting each other all-year round.
The ELIM Christian Fellowship choir will sing both the U.S. and Canadian national anthems. DJ Brei will provide music in the pavilion before the game and "rock 'n soul" band Farrow will be live on Stage 120 after warmups and during intermissions.
The Sabres have donated tickets to families of the May 14 victims, as well as Open Buffalo, Wakanda Alliance, Black Boys Read Too, Feed Buffalo and the Resource Council of WNY for members of their organizations to attend the game, and to students at Persistence Prep.
Lucky rows throughout the night will also win products or gift cards from local Black-owned businesses. For more information on those businesses and other resources, fans can visit Sabres.com/ChooseLove.
Ahead of the game, Sabres players are slated to visit the Explore & More Children's Museum with students from the Stanley G. Falk School, and the Students of the Game program will make stops at Persistence Preparatory Academy and the Stanley Makowski Early Childhood Center.

Before the start of the season, the entire team went to Persistence Prep to spend time with the students and play some ball hockey.

Stay tuned to Sabres.com and the team's social media channels for other announcements, features and giveaways in the coming weeks.
Faceoff is set for 7:30 p.m. Fans at home will be able to watch the game nation-wide on TNT where the team will wear its Reverse Retro jerseys for the last time. The game marks Buffalo's final game before All-Star Weekend and the team's mandatory bye week.