Gare, who wore #18, scored his first career NHL goal just 18 seconds into his first regular season game[1] helping the Sabres defeat the Boston Bruins, 9-5, on October 10, 1974.

[3] On December 2, 1981, Gare, along with Jim Schoenfeld and Derek Smith were traded to the Detroit Red Wings in exchange for Mike Foligno, Dale McCourt and Brent Peterson.

[8] Following his playing career, Gare was briefly an assistant coach and TV color analyst[9] for the Tampa Bay Lightning, and served on the Buffalo Sabres broadcast team on Empire Sports Network.

He served as color analyst for the Columbus Blue Jackets under FSN Ohio from 2006 until April 2009.

[10] He also served as an interim studio analyst for the Sabres when Mike Robitaille has been unavailable and did color commentary for games that Harry Neale was unable to work.