Archives for January 21, 2002

'"I really don't think I'm doing anything different," said Biron. "I think we're playing very well as a team. "We're playing tighter defense. We're letting the offense take care of itself. We're back to what made us successful in the past."'

'"He's got big shoulders. He handles it well. He does have a little cockiness, a little attitude, and that's what has pulled him through."'

'Varada will sit out tonight's game against the Colorado Avalanche after earning an automatic one-game suspension – no hearing, no review – when he was assessed his third game misconduct of the season in the first period of Saturday's 3-1 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes.'

'C Joe Sakic hasn't scored a goal in 14 games.'

'"I know I can stop pucks. I know I can play goal," Biron said. "I knew I could step in and do the job. It just was up to me to step out there and really do it."'

'Colorado has not defeated Buffalo in Denver since the 1997-98 season.'

'Ask former members of the 1995-96 Florida Panthers who went to the Stanley Cup Finals what was the worst move made the following season, and they say it was the trading of Barnes to the Pittsburgh Penguins.'