Archives for January 2008

'The Sabres are fast becoming an example of how not to deal with your top players in the game's new era.' … [Read more...] about Sabres losing money game

'“You’re embarrassed because he’s the best player on this team,” Sabres forward Michael Ryan said. “No question about it. Without him we go nowhere. To have him battle like that and Lindy pull him, it was a message to us players to get our act together."' … [Read more...] about Miller chased by Sens

'“Yeah, it’s going to be a complete dogfight,” Campbell said. “We did it the two years before the lockout, and it didn’t get us very far. We were good in the second half, but it didn’t get us anywhere. You’re not going to come back with 20 games left if you’re four or five points back. There’s enough guys in this room who … [Read more...] about Pointed message being sent to team

'“I don’t know his status for sure,” said coach Lindy Ruff. “He’s got a sore neck. Obviously he was a little dizzy after that hit. He took a heck of a hit.”' … [Read more...] about Paille gets crunched by Sens&#8217 Volchenkov

'To put that in perspective, the University of Michigan’s football upset of Florida on ABC at almost the same time averaged a 9.9 overnight rating, about four times the Ice Bowl.' … [Read more...] about NHL still a ratings also-ran for NBC

'The NHL's highest scoring and arguably most exciting team in 2006-07 when it posted the league's best record and reached the Eastern Conference finals has become almost as boring and inept on offense as the guys who hold the primary mortgage over at One Bills Drive.' … [Read more...] about Sabres lose fifth straight

'When the stakes were high, however, and the Sabres were within a few minutes of eking out a huge point against the team the rest of the conference is chasing, a rusty Thibault was in the unfortunate position of trying to keep one of hockey’s best lines off the scoreboard. He failed.' … [Read more...] about Lackluster effort forces Ruff&#8217s hand at magic

'Vanek, who entered the game with just 11 goals and 11 assists in 38 games, was paired with Ales Kotalik and Tim Connolly, while Derek Roy played with Jason Pominville and Jochen Hecht.' … [Read more...] about Ruff splits Roy, Vanek with little success

Left red-faced at juniors (Ottawa Sun) Sabres losing money game (Ottawa Citizen) Photo gallery (OttawaSenators.com) The attack of the Senators has the top (Le Droit) … [Read more...] about Saturday’s Ottawa Coverage

'"I'm not really happy," Miller said. "I would have liked to stay in. It was one of those nights where we didn't go good enough early and they got a fortunate bounce."' … [Read more...] about Ottawa 5, Buffalo 3

'"We were thinking too much," said Sabres defenseman Jaroslav Spacek. "We were giving them too much respect in the first two periods. We found out we can play with them and we started putting pucks on the net."' … [Read more...] about Ottawa 5, Buffalo 3

'Buffalo got a chance to get back in the game with a power play halfway through the third and they would take advantage as Jochen Hecht tipped home a shot from the point. Then just two minutes later Michael Ryan banked the puck off Ray Emery’s skate to score Buffalo’s third straight goal tying the game 3-3. Less than two minutes after the Sabres tied it, Dany … [Read more...] about Sens Win 5-3; Losing Streak Hits Five

'The stat of the night: The combined numbers for Heatley, Spezza and Alfredsson: 3 goals, 2 assists, +8 plus/minus rating and 11 shots on goal.' … [Read more...] about Better luck next time

Grabner comes through at best possible time (Winnipeg Sun) Moose tracks (Winnipeg Sun) Michael Grabner scores twice to lead Manitoba to a 5-1 win over Rochester (CP) Amerks avoid history in 5-1 loss to Manitoba (Amerks.com) Moose trounce Americans 5-1 (MooseHockey.com) … [Read more...] about Saturday’s Rochester Coverage

'"After losing four something needs to be done," Vanek said. "Change can be a good thing sometimes."' … [Read more...] about Non-scoring Sabres set for shake-up