BUFFALO, NY - MARCH 29: Buffalo Sabres broadcaster Rick Jeanneret speaks to fans prior to the game against the Tampa Bay Lightning on March 29, 2014 at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York.

Jeanneret returns to Sabres' broadcast booth 1 week after being hospitalized

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Legendary Buffalo Sabres play-by-play man Rick Jeanneret is back in the broadcast booth on Saturday after he was removed from the KeyBank Center on a stretcher and was hospitalized one week ago.

Great to see you back, RJ. pic.twitter.com/kwj9shJft7
— Buffalo Sabres (@BuffaloSabres) December 29, 2018

Jeanneret, 76, was feeling light-headed and stopped talking during the broadcast before he was taken to the hospital.

Jeanneret started with the Sabres in 1971 and is the longest-tenured play-by-play announcer with a single team in NHL history. He is honored in the Hockey Hall of Fame as a Foster Hewitt Award winner for outstanding broadcasting.