Archives for February 2013

'“We’ll find it,” Ruff said confidently after the Sabres prepared for tonight’s game against the Boston Bruins, the start of a three-game homestand. “I mean, we’ve gone through it. We knew we were a little young down the middle. But it will come. I’m confident it’ll come. It’s all on me to clean this mess up. I’m not done trying. I think the attitude of the players has been … [Read more...] about Ruff ready to ‘clean up’ struggling Sabres: ‘It’s on me’

Bruins-Sabres Preview (AP) Boston Bruins (8-1-2) at Buffalo Sabres (5-8-1) (The Sports Network) Sabres aim to break through, beat Bruins (NHL.com) B's Defense Tough for Sabres to Break (BostonBruins.com) Keeping it Simple (BostonBruins.com) … [Read more...] about Friday’s Boston Coverage

'''Any time you get off to a slow start is disappointing, even more so in a shortened season,'' center and captain Jason Pominville said. ''You've got to pay attention to details. And at times, when we do it, we're a really good team. And at times we don't, we're an average team.''' … [Read more...] about Ruff takes blame for Sabres’ sputtering start

'"I think the attitude of the players has been awesome. The attitude today out on the ice has been great," the head coach said. "I liked the energy. We got to work on three or four things that you don't normally. We did a lot of battle drills, a lot of offensive zone stuff to get people in better spots."' … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Ruff: ”It’s all on me to clean this mess up”

'All players on the active roster were participants for a session that included battle drills, neutral zone activities, five-on-five work and some conditioning drills at the end. The lines and defensive pairings even stayed the same from the team's 2-0 loss to the Ottawa Senators.' … [Read more...] about Sabres lines hold steady from Ottawa game

'The bottom line here is that I think the Sabres are working on a slippery slope. As evidence to support how committed Pegula is to building a championship hockey team, they point to his investing in the development of a key parcel of land downtown.' … [Read more...] about Shiny objects don’t fix the problem on the ice

Veteran Matt Ellis embraces his role with Rochester Amerks (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle) … [Read more...] about Friday’s Rochester Coverage

'“It’s huge, just huge,” Vanek said this week while in Ottawa with the Sabres. “I saw when I went over there,” during the NHL lockout “how the game is growing. The effort the guys put into this to get to Sochi will really raise awareness that hockey exists in Austria. It’s tremendous. With the money they’ll get from going to the Olympics, the hope is that the Austrian … [Read more...] about Vanek’s Olympic dream will likely come true

'The Sabres had a season-high in shots on goal but simply didn’t convert some good chances (Drew Stafford added four more shots to give him 40, tops among NHL players who are goal-less).' … [Read more...] about Nothing doing for Sabres in Ottawa

'“I’ve tried to work as hard as I can using the time I have to try to mentally get prepared and that’s the biggest thing,” Myers said. “I don’t think at this point it’s anything physical. It’s just getting my head straight. ... It’s amazing how much this game is upstairs. It’s just a matter of putting my mind to it to respond like I did last year. This year, it’s starting from … [Read more...] about Return to lineup a plus for Myers

'Project sponsors are seeking sales, mortgage and partial property tax credits from the Erie County Industrial Development Agency, valued at about $27 million, and additional tax credits related to cleaning up the site through the state’s brownfield program.' … [Read more...] about Cost of Sabres’ HARBORcenter project rises 40% to $170 million

Senators stifle Sabres (Ottawa Citizen) Best answer to Sens’ scoring woes is the one already in the dressing room (Ottawa Citizen) Photo gallery (Ottawa Citizen) Ottawa Senators goalie Craig Anderson shuts out Buffalo Sabres (Ottawa Sun) Ottawa Senators defenceman Marc Methot could be team captain down road (Ottawa Sun) A goal timely (Le Droit) Zibanejad in the center of … [Read more...] about Wednesday’s Ottawa Coverage

'It was a horrible outing for Buffalo special teams. They had seven power-play opportunities and could not score on them. They did, however, get scored against on one – the ultimate insult for a power play.' … [Read more...] about Miller still the man for U.S. one year away from Sochi

'Buffalo had a chance to get back in the game midway though the third when Ottawa's Jim O'Brien went off for holding and Kyle Turris was whistled for high sticking to set up a two-man advantage for 14 seconds. But Anderson and the Senators penalty killers did the job against a Sabres power play that finished the night 0-for-4.' … [Read more...] about Anderson makes 42 saves, Karlsson, Condra score as Senators shut out Sabres 2-0

'"We can't put ourselves in that position," Buffalo coach Lindy Ruff said of his team giving up eight power plays. "It's too much ice time."' … [Read more...] about Ottawa 2, Buffalo 0