The 2007-08 NHL season is Dan DiPofi’s fifth year as Chief Operating Officer of the Buffalo Sabres and HSBC Arena. His focus remains on business operations of the NHL team and its 18,690-seat arena. One of DiPofi’s ongoing projects is making sure the Sabres continue to thrive under the economic landscape of the NHL’s Collective Bargaining Agreement that came into effect in July 2005. Buffalo’s on-ice success over the past two seasons has brought financial stability for the franchise.

After previously serving in several financial capacities with the franchise under the Knox family, DiPofi returned to the Sabres after serving for two years as the Vice President of Business Operations & Finance with the Rochester Sports Group handling the Rochester Americans and the Blue Cross Arena. He also served as the Amerks Alternate Governor to the AHL.

DiPofi graduated from Niagara University in 1984, and subsequently worked as a Public Accountant with Price Waterhouse until being hired by the Sabres as Corporate Controller four years later. After guiding the organization through drastic changes in the NHL’s economic structure in the early 1990’s, DiPofi was promoted to Vice President of Finance in 1992 and two years later was named Executive Vice President overseeing the long-term financial structure of the franchise. With his extensive financial background, DiPofi played a vital role in the franchise’s economic stability as the team and region tackled the construction and funding of the Crossroads Arena project (now, the HSBC Arena). He left the team in 1998 after the Knox family sold the franchise.

DiPofi also serves as Vice Chairman of Horizon Health Management Group, a not-for-profit organization that provides comprehensive services to assist individuals with mental health problems and/or addictions.

Dan and his wife, Janet, reside in Williamsville, NY with daughters: Ellen (17), Sarah (16), and Colleen (13).