Wyatt Russell kept a promise months in the making, and Sabres fans showed up for every second of it after Buffalo clinched a long-awaited playoff berth.
BLASDELL, N.Y. — Wyatt Russell delivered on a promise made many months ago by chugging a beer out of a Beer Sabre and jumping in Lake Erie.
The actor on Saturday visited Woodlawn Beach State Park in Blasdell, where he was surrounded by Sabres fans celebrating the team’s first Stanley Cup Playoffs appearance since 2011. He did what he said he would do, back in November, if the Sabres clinched a postseason berth.
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Buffalo not only made the playoffs, but it won the Atlantic Division with 109 points.
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His father, actor Kurt Russell, was part of the celebration too, albeit not in person.
“Well, Wyatt, you made the claim that if the Buffalo Sabres could end their drought and make the playoffs, you would chug a Lake Hour and run into the freezing waters of Lake Erie. Well, they did. And you did. So all I got to say is, ‘Let’s go, Buffalo!” Kurt Russell said in a video.
The Sabres made the Saturday event official on Friday with a social media post, with Rob Ray rolling out the welcome mat.
“You said if the Sabres ended the drought and got in the playoffs, would would take a little dip in Lake Erie,” Ray said from the KeyBank Center ice. “Well, let me just let you know, the drought is over, the Sabres are heading to the playoffs this weekend, and it’s time for you to take a little dip in Lake Erie.”
“I’m letting you know, the ice just went out, so it will be nice and cold for you, so you better be ready.”
Kurt Russell 🤝 Wyatt Russell
#LetsGoBuffalo pic.twitter.com/zMgassUxyP
— y – Buffalo Sabres (@BuffaloSabres) April 18, 2026