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'"My mom tells the story that my sister was a figure skater, and I went to the rink, and she won a medal," Skinner said. "I said to my mom, 'I want to win one of those.' So she's like, 'OK, well, then you have to skate.'' … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Skinner: figure skating made him a better hockey player

'But with 2:55 to go, Olofsson ended his 31-game streak with what ended up being the game-winning goal, to put the Sabres back ahead, 4-3.' … [Read more...] about Sabres win first back-to-back games since December over Islanders

'"The guys that love the game can't sleep at night when they don't succeed, and he's one of them. When you see that in a guy that has that much talent, yes, that's when I knew he's in that category."' … [Read more...] about Fresh confidence for Sabres Rasmus Dahlin after All-Star weekend

'I can’t tell you if Anderson’s going to hold up or if Luukkonen can pick up where he left off before getting hurt, but the narrative that Adams didn’t do his job or wasn’t prepared is laughable.' … [Read more...] about Hamilton: The Buffalo Sabres have their goalies for the season, starting with Anderson

'The Sabres had only signed Houser to an NHL contract two weeks ago after he was playing on a minor league deal in the team’s farm system.' … [Read more...] about Sabres’ goalie ranks get thinner; Houser in COVID protocol

'The incident happened late in the first period of Tuesday's 5-0 Senators win in Ottawa.' … [Read more...] about NHL suspends Sabres’ Dell for 3 games

'Now it's official, and the NHL will utilize that blocked off time to reschedule games that were postponed earlier this season due to COVID. That news was released Wednesday on the Sabres.com website.' … [Read more...] about Save the dates: 7 Sabres games rescheduled for February

'Of course there’s mass panic on Twitter because what will the Sabres do as they compete for 28th place in the NHL? How does it make any sense at all to trade valuable young players for a goalie or sign one to a ridiculous free agent deal when you have three of the best goalie prospects in the NHL?' … [Read more...] about Hamilton Take2: Despite rash of injuries at goalie, Sabres must stay patient

'"It's crazy and scary all in one because this is the craziness that we're dealing with with the roster every day, and then you know what's inside our bubble," head coach Don Granato said after Tuesday's practice.' … [Read more...] about 3 more Sabres added to COVID protocol

'It was the first game in 12 days for the Sabres after four straight postponements. They were without six players and coach Don Granato, who was placed in COVID-19 protocol on Sunday. Buffalo returned to the ice for the first time since a 3-2 overtime loss at Pittsburgh on Dec. 17.' … [Read more...] about Hughes lifts Devils over Sabres 4-3 in Tuch debut

'"My grandpa came over here from Germany, and when he saw the 'Tuch' on the back of my first NHL jersey, Minnesota, he was smiling ear to ear. And he was a Sabres fan growing up," Tuch said.' … [Read more...] about Coming home: 1-on-1 with Sabres offseason acquisition Alex Tuch

'With all those players out, Arttu Ruotsalainen, J.J. Peterka and Peyton Krebs were called up. If you could’ve seen the smiles on Peterka who will play his first NHL game and Krebs, who will play his 14th NHL game and first with the Sabres, it was exciting. The other player in the Jack Eichel trade, Syracuse’s own Alex Tuch is also excited as he’s ready to come back from … [Read more...] about Hamilton: Sabres back together; player debuts on the way

'"They didn't want to rush things. They wanted to make sure they were squared away with the testing and everything else, so they wanted to have the extra day to do that. The teams, if everything's OK, are still going to practice on Sunday. ... What they're going to do is, players are going to come in and test. Then they're going to go out to their cars, and they're going to … [Read more...] about Sabres: Granato, Cozens, Jankowski enter COVID protocol

'They join forward Vinnie Hinostroza, who was placed on the protocol on Monday.' … [Read more...] about Girgensons, Skinner placed on NHL’s COVID-19 protocol

'The Buffalo Sabres game against the Colorado Avalanche on December 22 has been postponed as well because of a COVID-19 outbreak with the Avalanche.' … [Read more...] about Sabres games against Columbus postponed due to COVID-19