{"id":169762,"date":"2026-04-19T00:22:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T00:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/169762\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T00:22:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T00:22:29","slug":"the-sabres-made-the-playoffs-now-wyatt-russell-is-going-to-jump-into-lake-erie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/169762\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sabres made the playoffs. Now Wyatt Russell is going to jump into Lake Erie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Sabres didn\u2019t just make the playoffs, they won the division, and actor Wyatt Russell is about to fulfill a promise he made months ago.<\/p>\n<p>BLASDELL, N.Y. \u2014 Actor Wyatt Russell talked about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wgrz.com\/sabres\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Buffalo Sabres<\/a> back in November, and now, he&#8217;s ready to make good on a bet by jumping in a lake.<\/p>\n<p>The son of actor Kurt Russell said if the Sabres made the playoffs, he would chug a beer out of a Beer Sabre and jump in Lake Erie. Fast forward to April: Buffalo not only made the playoffs, but they won the Atlantic Division with 109 points.<\/p>\n<p>                                        &#13;<br \/>\n                                            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wgrz.com\/assets\/shared-images\/icons\/arrow-circle-down.svg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                                        &#13;<br \/>\n                                            This story continues below.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wgrz.com\/article\/sports\/nhl\/sabres\/how-to-watch-buffalo-sabres-stanley-cup-playoffs\/71-f6b02c42-1c75-406d-9355-0f6d1c553fb7\" class=\"cms__embed-related-story__link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">How to watch the Sabres&#8217; first-round series in the Stanley Cup Playoffs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>So now, Russell said he will deliver on his promise. There&#8217;s an event planned for noon Saturday at Woodlawn Beach State Park in Blasdell with the actor.<\/p>\n<p>The Sabres themselves made that event official with a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BuffaloSabres\/status\/2045253028089872888\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">social media post<\/a>, with Rob Ray rolling out the welcome mat.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You said if the Sabres ended the drought and got in the playoffs, would would take a little dip in Lake Erie,&#8221; Ray said from the KeyBank Center ice. &#8220;Well, let me just let you know, the drought is over, the Sabres are heading to the playoffs this weekend, and it&#8217;s time for you to take a little dip in Lake Erie.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m letting you know, the ice just went out, so it will be nice and cold for you, so you better be ready.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Russell, of course, said he&#8217;s looking forward to a brisk swim and drinking out a Beer Sabre.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve got T-shirts. We&#8217;ve got hats. We&#8217;ve got cold drinks. Let&#8217;s celebrate this the right way. Let&#8217;s jump into Lake Erie together,&#8221; Russell said in the video.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">**Change of plans, Wyatt needs 24 hours to warm up before the game. <\/p>\n<p>The lake jump is SATURDAY at 12PM at Woodlawn! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LPHeoNRY7H\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/LPHeoNRY7H<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 y &#8211; Buffalo Sabres (@BuffaloSabres) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BuffaloSabres\/status\/2045253028089872888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Sabres didn\u2019t just make the playoffs, they won the division, and actor Wyatt Russell is about to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":169763,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,138,137],"class_list":["post-169762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169762\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}