Archives for November 2007

'"We've got guys 23-years-old trying to do their job. It's going to come," Miller said. "They just need to find their way and, honestly, quit squeezing the stick."' … [Read more...] about Slumping Sabres still attempting to get over losing Drury, Briere

'"More important is that we're playing better hockey, acting like five-man units out there. And we're playing defense as a team now. That's the first step."' … [Read more...] about Your Sabres delivered: Toni Lydman

'"They’ve had a tough time." Ruff said. "We knew there were going to be players who would play in different situations. We had the Drury line with Gaustad and Kotalik, or even in the playoffs with Zubrus, who would take on the other team’s top line. Now (the Roy line) gets that duty, and they haven’t committed enough defensively, and … [Read more...] about Ruff: Mistakes ''Seem Bigger''

'I was the Sabres’ pick after Alexander Mogilny. As it turned out, we stayed in the league a lot longer than their top picks. Joel Savage went to Buffalo in the first round and Darcy Loewen went in the third. The Sabres also took Keith Carney in that draft, so they were pretty good at picking in the late rounds.' … [Read more...] about Ray&#8217s fit to be tied

'“He’s made a lot of good plays, but there are situations where you’re going to have to go north-south instead of east-west, and I think he understands that. It’s painful, but I think he understands. He says, ‘Well, I’m just trying to make something happen.’ Well, making something happen sometimes in those situations, it happens … [Read more...] about Practice theme: focus on finishing

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'The Sabres have scored just four goals in the last four games and have stunningly slipped into a tie with Washington and Edmonton for last place in the NHL’s overall standing. The offensive slump is the main culprit.' … [Read more...] about Sabres shooters go unrewarded

Rookie Weber elevated to alternate captain spot (Rochester D&C) Amerks Fall To Wolves (RNews.com) Chicago up-ends Rochester, 2-1, in the shootout (ChicagoWolves.com) … [Read more...] about Monday’s Rochester Coverage

'The Sabres have not led in regulation at any point of the last seven games. The last time they were ahead was the final 8:48 of their 4-2 win Oct. 26 at Florida.' … [Read more...] about Sabres parched for goals

'The Sabres were totally dominating play with a 32-11 advantage in shots on goal when Afinogenov was stripped at the Boston line by Marco Sturm, who eventually broke down the ice and scored on a Marc Savard pass with 1:44 left in the second period.' … [Read more...] about Afinogenov&#8217s key turnover leads to benching

Offense in doubt, not Thomas (Boston Globe) Injured Ward lets loose, discusses ‘cheap hit’ (Boston Herald) Bruins finally snap skid (Worcester Telegram and Gazette) Bruins end losing streak win victory over Sabres (Brockton Enterprise) … [Read more...] about Sunday’s Boston Coverage

'"If we play like that someday it will go in," winger Maxim Afinogenov said. "We pressured a lot and got a lot of shots and we got good chances to put the puck in."' … [Read more...] about Boston 2, Buffalo 1

'"We've got to bite the bullet and we've got to be disappointed with not winning but you put efforts like that in back-to-back nights and four games in six nights," said Sabres head coach Lindy Ruff. "I was really concerned the gas was going to run out of the tank and I thought we got stronger through the second period and a little penalty killing … [Read more...] about Boston 2, Buffalo 1

'The loss marks Buffalo's fifth defeat in its last six games.' … [Read more...] about Thomas Stands Tall; Bruins Stop Sabres 2-1

Crunch kid's got jump (Syracuse Post Standard) Crunch shut out Amerks (Amerks.com) … [Read more...] about Sunday’s Rochester Coverage