Archives for January 23, 2004

'Taylor sat out Thursday's 3-2 win at Boston and had five goals, including two in his last four games, and five assists in 45 games with Buffalo this season. The team also announced that forward Jason Botterill was assigned to Rochester, a move the Sabres made prior to their game against Boston.' … [Read more...] about Sabres demote Taylor, Botterill

'A letdown, emotionally and physically, after two highly charged challenges, playing a last-place division rival they had beaten twice last week. It must have been.' … [Read more...] about Boston beaten in more ways than one

'With the win, Buffalo’s record is now 19-24-5-1 and 1-2 on the current road trip. The Sabres desperately need to finish off the trip with two wins to keep pace with the playoff teams.' … [Read more...] about Sabres Finally Can Smile With 3-2 Win

'"That's a team that is battling to stay in the playoff race," said Sullivan. "We knew they would be a determined team. I felt we could have had a better start than we did. We brought the urgency that we needed in the third period. But it wasn't enough."' … [Read more...] about Sabres cool off Bruins

'Boynton also thought the Sabres deserved some of the credit for the problems the Bruins had. "They seemed to be everywhere, and they got their sticks on an awful lot of our shots and passes," said Boynton. "A lot of our shots never got to the goalie (Martin Biron). We really didn't play well tonight and they played a good, smart game."' … [Read more...] about B's wake up a little too late

'When Buffalo follows its game plan, it waits for a break, and then lives as long as possible off the moments in which it doesn't have to try to score any more goals. It's awful for almost anyone to watch, but the Sabres found what happened last Monday at FleetCenter even worse: They led, 3-1, with 25 minutes to play, but by the time only seven minutes were left, … [Read more...] about Bruins need more energy

'"We fought through 10 minutes of adversity in the third period and showed a lot of character in coming back to win the hockey game," Sabres coach Lindy Ruff said. "We really could have ran away with the game in the first 40 minutes. We missed a lot of great opportunities."' … [Read more...] about Satan, Biron cure Sabres' losing ills in 3-2 triumph

'No one in the American Hockey League has been better than Bartovic in the past couple of weeks. He's carrying a 10-game points streak, recording 10 goals and four assists during the stretch. He was AHL Player of the Week last week.' … [Read more...] about Streaking Bartovic gets call

'"They really didn't give us much skating room," said Raycroft, who had 26 saves and kept the Bruins in it in the early going. "We came out hard in the third but it just wasn't enough."' … [Read more...] about Delay of game costs Bruins

'``It could have been a bit of a letdown,'' said Raycroft, who made 26 saves in a brilliant performance, even as his six-game personal winning streak ended. ``I thought we were going to come out a little harder. But give them credit: They clogged up the middle right from the start. We played against a desperate team.''' … [Read more...] about Sabres rattle B's

'Knuble said the Sabres did to the Bruins last night what the Bruins did to the Sabres Jan. 15, when they produced a 1-0 shutout in Buffalo. The Sabres got the lead and dumped the puck in and made the Bruins chase it most of the first two periods. ``It's a little bit of vindication for them, I guess,'' Knuble said.' … [Read more...] about Knuble, B's can't make adjustments

'"We battled and we were there," said Bruins forward Mike Knuble, who scored one of the goals. "We had a pretty emotional series with the Rangers and once you get away from that . . . we don't want to call it a letdown, but it's a different kind of game."' … [Read more...] about Sabres lull Bruins to sleep

'``They had a very good start to third and held us without a shot for 13 minutes,'' Satan said. ``But Biron kept us in the game and we need to focus on a game like tonight so we can be more successful on the road.''' … [Read more...] about Buffalo 3, Boston 2

'"I thought we really could have ran away with the game in the first 40 minutes," Sabres coach Lindy Ruff said.' … [Read more...] about Buffalo 3, Boston 2

'"That's a team that is battling to stay in the playoff race," said coach Mike Sullivan. "We knew that they were going to be a determined team. I thought we could have had a better start than we did. We brought the urgency that we needed in the third period, but it wasn't enough."' … [Read more...] about Sabres win 3-2