NHL roundup: Ex-Sabre Rick Martin dies in car crash

<!--Saxotech Paragraph Count: 9-->BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- Rick Martin, a member of the Buffalo Sabres' famed French Connection line in the 1970s, died Sunday. He was 59.New York State Police Capt. Steven Nigrelli said Martin was pronounced dead at a suburban Buffalo hospital at 1 p.m., about a half-hour after the car he was driving crossed the center line on the road, rolled along the shoulder and struck a utility pole before coming to rest against a tree.Nigrelli said witnesses spotted

Read more ...