Editing KeyBank Center (section)

===Hockey===

The venue hosted its first Buffalo Sabres regular season home game on October 12th, 1996.<ref name="Buffalo News 20 Years">[https://buffalonews.com/2016/10/08/ah-memories-20-years-new-downtown-arena/ Ah, the memories: 20 years at the 'new' downtown arena] - Mike Harrington, Buffalo News, 8 October 2016</ref>

The arena hosted the [[1998 NHL Entry Draft]] and the [[2016 NHL Entry Draft]].

The arena hosted games three, four, and six of the [[1999 Stanley Cup Finals]]. 

In 2003, the arena hosted the [[2003 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament|Frozen Four]] NCAA Ice Hockey tournament. 

From December 2010 to January 2011, the arena hosted the [[2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|IIHF World Junior Championship]] tournament. 

During the [[2012 NHL lockout]], the arena hosted several [[Rochester Americans]] games and continues to host occasional Americans games at the arena. 

In October 2014, the arena hosted its first [[Ontario Hockey League]] contest, a neutral-site game between the [[Erie Otters]] (who counted among its players marquee prospect [[Connor McDavid]]) and the [[Niagara IceDogs]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sabres.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=728889|title=OTTERS TO HOST NIAGARA IN BUFFALO ON OCTOBER 22|website=NHL.com|access-date=21 January 2018}}</ref>

On December 29, 2018, the [[Buffalo Beauts]] hosted the [[Minnesota Whitecaps]] for the first [[National Women's Hockey League]] (NWHL) game played at the arena.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://buffalonews.com/sports/hockey/beauts-to-make-keybank-center-debut-hold-dec-29-twin-bill-with-sabres/article_7248e103-a53a-5a74-8774-4362a4a578ae.html|title=Beauts to make KeyBank Center debut, hold Dec. 29 twin bill with Sabres|website=buffalonews.com|date=July 23, 2018 |access-date=24 February 2025}}</ref>

In [[2019 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament|2019, the arena hosted the Frozen Four NCAA Ice Hockey tournament again for]] the first time in 16 years.

On February 23, 2025, the first [[Professional Women's Hockey League]] (PWHL) game in Buffalo was played at the arena between the [[Boston Fleet]] and the [[New York Sirens]]. The Fleet won 3–2 in front of 8,512 fans.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thepwhl.com/en/news/2024/november/18/pwhl-heads-to-new-cities-in-takeover-tour-of-neutral-site-games | title=PWHL Heads to New Cities in Takeover Tour of Neutral-Site Games | date=November 18, 2024 }}</ref>