Rick Jeanneret his intent to slowly phase out of the Sabres play-by-play job over the course of three years. Dan Dunleavy has already been chosen as Jeanneret's successor and will take over play-by-play duties, first as the substitute, then permanently. Jeanneret called 47 games in 2014–15 and called 41 games in 2015–16; as of 2014, he still intended on retiring in 2016 but did not entirely rule out changing his mind. Indeed, Jeanneret would sign an agreement to call another half-season of games in 2016–17. On July 1, 2014, Jeanneret was diagnosed with stage 3 throat cancer, which required Jeanneret to miss
Gris Davies-Scourfield Gris Davies-Scourfield Brigadier Edward Grismond Beaumont 'Gris' Davies-Scourfield was a British Army officer who became a Prisoner of War and escaped from Stalag XXI-D and Colditz Castle during the Second World War. Gris Davies-Scourfield was born in Patching, Sussex on 8 August 1918, He was educated at Winchester and Sandhurst where he was awarded the King's Medal and the Anson Memorial Sword. He was commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant in the 60th Rifles 25 August 1938. He served in England until the outbreak of World War II where he was sent to France as a platoon commander participating in the defence