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'"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

'"He's from New York. He grew up watching the Sabres, and he has that passion for the organization and for the community," Sabres coach Dan Granato said.' … [Read more...] about It’s official: Alex Tuch will make his Sabres debut Monday night

'Granato is not afraid to experiment with things, and seeing if Luukkonen and Subban can carry the load is something I think he’d love to see. With the recent Omicron COVID-19 variant, I think it would be smart to have three goalies around.' … [Read more...] about Hamilton Take2: It’s time for the Sabres to try new things

'The NHL has postponed all games for the Colorado Avalanche and Florida Panthers through at least the Christmas weekend amid worsening COVID-19 test results across the league.' … [Read more...] about Sabres game against the Avalanche Dec. 22 postponed due to COVID-19

'Rasmus Dahlin scored twice, with the first goal of the game 7:14 into the first period and another, his fifth goal of the season, with 19 seconds remaining in the second period, which put the Sabres ahead 3-2 at the second intermission.' … [Read more...] about Dahlin scores twice, Luukkonen gets his win; Sabres beat Jets, 4-2

'Luukkonen has been absolutely spectacular making the big save in all the big moments against very good offensive teams in the Anaheim Ducks, New York Rangers and Washington Capitals. His goals against is a stingy 1.98 and his save percentage is an amazing .938.' … [Read more...] about Hamilton Take2: Should Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stick with the Sabres?

'Victor Olofsson scored to set up Luukkonen against one of the best in the NHL in shootouts in T.J. Oshie. Oshie slowly approached the net and confused Luukkonen to score, winning it 3-2 in a shootout for the Capitals.' … [Read more...] about Sabres fall to Capitals in shootout

'Luukkonen has spent the season in Rochester after playing four NHL games last season and was called up because of injuries in net on Monday.' … [Read more...] about Sabres drop fifth-straight game in Luukkonen’s NHL return

'What Dahlin needs to do is the same thing Dylan Cozens needs to do, get stronger. Cozens is 20-years-old and Dahlin is 21-years-old. They haven’t grown into what will be their adult bodies yet.' … [Read more...] about Hamilton Take2: Too early to make call on Dahlin

'According to Dreger, Eichel is expected to have the disc replacement surgery he wanted and the Sabres disagreed over "very soon."' … [Read more...] about Buffalo Sabres trade Jack Eichel to Vegas Golden Knights

'"I feel incredibly lucky to have grown up the way I did. We were a team. We were really close. We were each other's playmates. We were each other's advocates, support system. We pushed each other," Cammi said.' … [Read more...] about Growing up Granato: Sabres coach Don and gold medalist Cammi on their hockey family