Archives for November 10, 2001

'"If you don't bury the one or two chances you get in a game you can put some miserable streaks together. In Curtis' case you start pressing, and it's tough to get on the board. But you score a couple goals it goes the other way. You build a lot of confidence."'

'"We know the Rangers have been playing very well," Ruff said. "They're getting great goaltending out of Richter, they got some timely goal scoring (against the Islanders), and they're a team that's very dangerous off the rush. "You can headline (Eric) Lindros in most of the stories, but you've got (Theo) Fleury, (Mike) York, (Mark) Messier, (Radek) Dvorak. There's a long list of forwards out front. You know one or two shots, and they can be right back in the hockey game."'

'Sabres are just 4-6-1-0 while outshooting the opposition, but 3-1-0-1 when they have been outshot.'

'Martin Biron has been solid in taking over the No. 1 goaltender job from the departed Dominik Hasek, posting a 2.00 GAA and a .919 save percentage.'