SPORTS Buffalo Sabres' Alex Tuch to throw out first pitch at Sept. 7 Bisons game

   

Buffalo Sabres star forward Alex Tuch will throw out the ceremonial first pitch before the Herd's 'Hockey Day at the Ballpark' game against the Lehigh Valley IronPigs on Saturday, Sept. 7.

The Bisons' fourth annual Hockey Day at the Ballpark will feature a 'Sabrehood Summer Tour Stop' with an inflatable hockey shot and prize table, as well as a visit from Sabretooth and an in-game celebration of the upcoming hockey season. There will also be a Prospects Autograph Session featuring Sabres forwards Jiri Kulich, Isak Rosen, and Noah Ostlund.

Tickets are available at Bisons.com and at the Sahlen Field box office.

Tuch has spent the last two and a half seasons with the Sabres, where he has scored 70 goals with 106 assists for 176 points in 199 games with Buffalo.