Blittner’s Blue Line: “Lifetime Sabre” Jim Lorentz Honored By New York State Hall Hockeyology by Matthew Blittner - February 12, 2025February 12, 20250 Jim Lorentz. He’s a hockey lifer and Stanley Cup champion. He’s an avid fisherman, universally beloved in Buffalo, an Author, a member of the Buffalo Sabres Hall of Fame and now a New York State Hockey Hall of Famer. Lorentz’s rookie year in The NHL was 1970 and the team he