Archives for November 2007

'Thibault wasn’t horrible, although he fought the puck in the second and third. But the team played even more tentatively with him in the crease. And while the Sabres were comfortable playing a similar style of play in front of Marty Biron, that confidence was nowhere to be found on Friday.' … [Read more...] about Minus Miller, Sabres in sorry state

'“Our second period was awful. We got dominated.”' … [Read more...] about Pominville: second period was eawful&#8217

Goalie switch? (Miami Herald) Panthers avenge loss to Sabres (Palm Beach Post) Photo gallery (Sabres.com) … [Read more...] about Saturday’s Florida Coverage

'"We hung him out to dry," Sabres coach Lindy Ruff said about his No. 2 netminder. "We were flat-out awful at times. They got us on a run a little bit and we didn't do a lot about it."' … [Read more...] about Florida 4, Buffalo 2

'Jochen Hecht and Thomas Vanek each scored a goal while Jocelyn Thibault gave up all four goals on 24 shots for the Sabres, who have dropped two straight and five of seven.' … [Read more...] about Florida 4, Buffalo 2

'Buffalo tied the game halfway through the second with Jochen Hecht grabbing the puck in front of the net and wrapping it around the sprawling Tomas Vokoun. Richard Zednik would not only regain the lead for Florida, but also extend their lead to 3-1 on back to back goals from the Panthers forward. Then Olli Jokinen really blew the game open scoring the third Florida goal … [Read more...] about Strong Second Gives Panthers 4-2 Win

'"He was doing pretty good, and then he kind of tweaked his groin a little bit ... then we lost him," said head coach Lindy Ruff. "That's the greatest fear of trying to put somebody in the lineup. We were either going to put him in the lineup here or in Rochester and it could have happened in either."' … [Read more...] about Pratt plays well, injures groin

'It was the first home game for the Sabres since October 19, and most in the sellout crowd ended the night ready to sentence the boys back to the road for five more games.' … [Read more...] about Defenseless homecoming

'The Roy-Afinogenov-Vanek line had a combined minus-9 rating tonight.' … [Read more...] about Defensive miscues help Panthers beat battered Sabres

Americans hand Griffins first road loss (Grand Rapids Press) Amerks have a winning streak, defeat Griffins 5-3 (Amerks.com) Rochester rides 5-on-3's to 5-3 win (GriffinsHockey.com) … [Read more...] about Saturday’s Rochester Coverage

'Ruff becomes the 31st coach in NHL history to reach the 750-game milestone, and is ninth on the list of games coached for one team, with all 750 coming in Buffalo.' … [Read more...] about Lindy Ruff reaches NHL milestone

'The six-foot-three, 207-pound defenseman - or the Sabres coaching staff for that matter - hadn't planned to be activated, but Jaroslav Spacek's re-aggravation of his shoulder injury on Thursday night in Buffalo's 4-3 overtime loss to Boston forced the issue.' … [Read more...] about Nolan Pratt to play against Panthers

'Nolan Pratt will get his first start in a Buffalo Sabres uniform tonight as Jaroslav Spacek reinjured his shoulder in last night's overtime loss in Boston. Ryan Miller, who had a rough outing in last night's loss, will sit tonight giving backup goaltender Jocelyn Thibault his second start of the season.' … [Read more...] about Pratt to play tonight as Spacek re-injures shoulder

'Jaroslav Spacek reinjured his shoulder in Thursday's 4-3 overtime loss to the Bruins in Boston, opening the door for newly-signed Nolan Pratt to enter the line-up. Pratt will wear No. 4, though Lindy Ruff was non-committal as to how much he'll play.' … [Read more...] about Thibault, Pratt, Ryan To Play Tonight

Florida (5-7-0) at Buffalo (5-5-1 (AP) Florida Panthers (5-7-0) at Buffalo Sabres (5-5-1) (The Sports Network) … [Read more...] about Friday’s Florida Coverage