Archives for September 20, 2011

'Patrick Kaleta: The pride of Angola, NY, was a buzzsaw all night long, and showed a rare offensive outburst with a goal and two assists. With the Sabres down 1-0 early in the third, Kaleta outhustled Ryan Murphy on the dump in, then scooped up the puck and went tape-to-tape with Paul Gaustad to get the Sabres on the board. On Nathan Gerbe’s goal that gave the Sabres a 2-1 … [Read more...] about The aftermath: Sabres 3, ‘Canes 1

'The belief was they needed a game-breaking forward, so they broke the bank to land Ville Leino, who was one of the best players for Philadelphia In the series against Buffalo. There also was a need for a shut-down defenseman, so Christian Ehrhoff was brought in as a free agent and Robyn Regehr was acquired in a trade.' … [Read more...] about Expectations on the rise for Sabres

'"All good teams have 3-4 great centers, so obviously I will have to be on top of my game. I'll play where the coach asks me to, and hopefully the chemistry will be there.”' … [Read more...] about Leino happy to be in the middle for Sabres

'The Sabres got a big boost offensively from an unexpected source -- despite missing 11 games with injuries, Jordan Leopold scored 13 goals and finished with 35 points while averaging a team-high 23:19 of ice time per game. Tyler Myers recovered after a slow start to score 10 goals and finish with 37 points.' … [Read more...] about Sabres were true road warriors