Dan Dunleavy

Play-by-Play Announcer

Dan Dunleavy is entering his fourth season as the full-time play-by-play announcer for the Buffalo Sabres after splitting his first nine seasons with the club between play-by-play and reporting duties. Prior to joining the Sabres’ broadcast team in 2013, Dunleavy spent 19 years at Sportsnet Radio and The Fan 590 Toronto. In addition to filling in as a play-by-play voice for the Sabres in the 2010-11 season, Dunleavy’s experience includes nine years of play-by-play for the IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship, the 2008 IIHF World Hockey Championship in Halifax and Quebec City, Men’s and Women’s Hockey at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, the OHL’s Mississauga Majors, and Canadian Hockey League and American Hockey League games on Rogers Sportsnet.

The Toronto native has also called soccer and lacrosse games, serving as the play-by-play voice for the National Lacrosse League’s Toronto Rock on The Fan 590 and the radio and television play-by-play voice for Toronto FC on Sportsnet TV/Radio and TSN 1050 Radio.

Dunleavy currently resides in Eden, New York with his wife, Brenda.

Rob Ray

Color Analyst

Rob Ray, who begins his 22nd season on Buffalo Sabres broadcasts, will be entering his 14th season as the full-time color analyst for all Sabres games this season. After joining the broadcast team in 2003-04, Ray has served as a color analyst and the “between-the-benches” reporter for the past 20 years. In his role as color analyst, Ray remains at ice level to provide a close-up perspective of the game’s action.

Ray’s hockey expertise stems from his 16-year NHL career as a right wing, 14 seasons of which were spent with the Sabres. Known for his toughness on the ice, Ray ranks sixth in NHL history for career penalty minutes (3,207) and holds the Sabres’ team record in the same category with 3,189 penalty minutes. Ray played in 900 total NHL games during his career and 889 games with the Sabres, the fourth-most in franchise history.

Despite being one of the game’s toughest enforcers, Ray was also awarded the NHL’s King Clancy Memorial Award in 1999 for his leadership and humanitarianism. He remains as one of the Sabres’ most active alumni, currently serving as president of the Sabres Alumni Association. Ray and his wife, Juliean, live in East Amherst, New York, with their son, Rob Jr., and their daughter, Jordan.

Brian Duff

Studio Host

Entering his 15th season with the Buffalo Sabres, studio host Brian Duff has over 30 years of experience in the broadcasting industry, with the majority of it devoted to covering the NHL.

An original member of NHL Network at the time of its launch in the United States in 2007, Duff served as the lead host for the network’s signature events, including the Stanley Cup Final, the NHL All-Star Game and the NHL Draft.

Duff’s tenure with the Sabres began on a part-time basis in 2011-12, when he hosted many of the team’s road games while also completing his fifth season at NHL Network. Outside of his game night duties on MSG, Duff is also a regular content contributor to Sabres.com and has been a part of multiple New York Emmy Award wins as a member of the production team responsible for series such as Beyond Blue & Gold.

A native of Whitby, Ontario, Duff served as a broadcast host on radio and/or television for the Edmonton Oilers, Ottawa Senators and Toronto Maple Leafs between 1994 and 2007. He is also an avid fan of lacrosse and has done play-by-play and commentary for the National Lacrosse League, including the league’s championship games in 2010, 2011, 2016 and 2017.

In addition to his role on the Sabres’ broadcast, Duff is a co-host of Sabres Live with Martin Biron.

Martin Biron

Studio Analyst

Martin Biron is entering his ninth season as the studio analyst for the Buffalo Sabres after being named to the position in August 2017. His primary role is to serve as an analyst alongside Brian Duff during the pregame, intermission and postgame portions of the broadcast. Biron will also provide in-game analysis at select times both at ice level and in the broadcast booth.

Biron was the Sabres’ first-round pick in the 1995 NHL Draft and ranks fourth in franchise history among goaltenders with 300 games played in his nine seasons with the club. In 2007, he was traded to the Philadelphia Flyers and led the team to the 2008 Eastern Conference Final. Following his time in Philadelphia, Biron went on to spend time with the Islanders and Rangers before retiring from the NHL in October 2013.

In addition to his role on the Sabres’ broadcast, Biron is a co-host to Sabres Live with Brian Duff.