Sabres' tickets gone in minutes

The few thousand tickets remaining for the Buffalo Sabres -- Carolina Hurricanes playoff series were sold in less that one period of a hockey game.
The Sabres said Wednesday the tickets made available to the general public for games 3, 4 and 6 were bought up in less than 20 minutes after going on sale at 9 a.m. The majority of tickets had already been purchased by season ticket holders, leaving just a few thousand for individual ticket purchasers.

Window prices for the third round of the Stanley Cup playoffs, or the Eastern Conference finals, ranged from $100 to $200 per seat.
The Sabres will host the third and fourth games on May 24 and 26, respectively. If a sixth game is necessary, it will be played at HSBC Arena on May 30. The first two games will be played in Raleigh, N.C., starting Saturday, May 20 at 2 p.m., and then Monday, May 22 at 7:30 p.m.
Meanwhile, Sabres fever has caught on with a landmark building in downtown Buffalo.
Beginning Wednesday night, M&T Bank will be changing the outdoor lighting scheme on its downtown corporate headquarters to red, black and white in honor of the Sabres' team colorsThe red-white-black lighting will remain in place as long as the Sabres continue into the playoffs.
"We want to show the same pride and excitement that all of Buffalo feels for their Sabres, so we'll light up the top of the M&T Bank building with the Sabres' colors until they bring home the Stanley Cup," said C. Michael Zabel, bank spokesman.