Archives for November 2001

'Whether it's because of the NHL's compacted Olympic-year schedule or a lack of respect from the opposition, the Sabres are facing backup goalies an average of once almost every three games.' … [Read more...] about Button pushes right ones with smart trades

'The Flames were beaten by one of the worst power plays in the National Hockey League, as the Sabres were clunking along at about 10-per-cent efficiency before the Flames came to town.' … [Read more...] about Buffalo power surge stops Calgary streak

'Using a five-man unit of defenceman Alexei Zhitnik and Richard Smehlik and forwards Erik Rasmussen, Vaclav Varada and Denis Hamel, the Sabres kept Iginla and linemates Craig Conroy and Dean McAmmond off the scoresheet for just the second time since the line was created.' … [Read more...] about Iggy's line cut short by Sabres

'Vernon's starting assignments correspond with the Flames' only three regulation-time losses this season.' … [Read more...] about Shaky decision?

'"I never thought I'd play one game," says Ray. "When I first came here back in 1988, I was just going to enjoy myself for training camp and head home and work for my old man for the rest of my life. That was my attitude when I came here, and that was 13 years ago."' … [Read more...] about Rob Ray in 800th NHL game

'"There's little things we did tonight that three weeks ago we weren't doing that gave us the opportunity to score goals," Biron said. "It showed up a little bit in the Toronto game, when we were playing the system like we're supposed, dumping the goal and working really hard. Tonight, we did that for pretty much the whole game."' … [Read more...] about Sabres 5, Flames 2

'Defenseman Alexei Zhitnik set up three second-period goals and the Sabres remained unbeaten against Calgary since 1996 with a 5-2 victory that ended the Flames' 10-game unbeaten streak.' … [Read more...] about Buffalo 5, Calgary 2

'Calgary and Buffalo played once last year, with the home-town Sabres squeezing out a 3-2 overtime victory.' … [Read more...] about Flames Game Day

'Ray is expected to play his 800th NHL game tonight at 7, when the Sabres host the Calgary Flames in HSBC Arena.' … [Read more...] about Ray about to register for the 800 club

'The Sabres all-time games played leaders...'. … [Read more...] about Sabres iron men

'"There's an outside chance for Saturday if everything feels good."' … [Read more...] about Warrener gets OK to play

'Calgary is just one of two teams - Minnesota is the other - G Martin Biron has never faced.' … [Read more...] about Sabres vs. Flames

'And the former "Hardest Working Team in Hockey" got off to a decent start before dropping to the bottom of its division by tanking nine of 12 games in a mid-November stretch that included a shutout by the losingest team in the National Hockey League.' … [Read more...] about Tough times for the Buffalo fan

'This is a Sabres team that has already had a three-game, as well as a four-game losing streak. The longest they've gone undefeated is two games, with back-to-back wins on October 20 and 22.' … [Read more...] about Sabres inconsistent

'"It'll be nice to play them," Nichol said. "I can't say anything bad about that organization. They were very patient, I just ran into a few injury problems there. "They gave me a really good chance. I just blew my shoulder out and a couple of knees and then it was the long years of rehab but they were great, very supportive. It's a good … [Read more...] about Buffalo win on menu for fearless superpest