There may be something to that. Buffalo isn't exactly known for its large population with disposable income. Fans that normally would have gone to the Bills game may have bought a couple pairs of Sabres tickets this year.
If the Sabres weren't the most exciting team in hockey, this game may very well have sold out.
It's a shame he didn't wrap his car around a tree and kill himself.
Then again, the !@#$s who drive drunk never die, it's always the soccer mom on her way home from church that they hit.