Archives for 2004

'The Sabres tied the score on their first shot of the second period when Ales Kotalik took a lead pass from Jean-Pierre Dumont, took two strides over the blue line and blasted a shot high over the right shoulder of Flyers goaltender Robert Esche. Esche called the goal a "poor, poor, poor, poor, poor" one, but was most impressed that he didn't allow it to … [Read more...] about Roenick redeems himself in Flyers' win vs. Buffalo

'The only thing Hitchcock didn't like about this game was the third period. He thought the Flyers gave up the puck to the Sabres, sat back and tried to protect the lead rather than increase it. Considering the things that went right, they could be forgiven.' … [Read more...] about Roenick scores twice to drop Sabres

'``I think we might have played our best game in this building in a long time from effort to the standpoint of controlling play,'' Buffalo coach Lindy Ruff said. ``It's tough when you come out of a game like this and have nothing to show for it.''' … [Read more...] about Philadelphia 2, Buffalo 1

'"I had to play Recchi first," said Buffalo goaltender Mika Noronen. "I knew that Roenick was coming back door but I didn't realize that he was right handed. Recchi made a nice pass and that was a quick shot."' … [Read more...] about Philadelphia 2, Buffalo 1

'Buffalo tried furiously to even up the score, especially in the final period but they were unable to sneak the puck past Esche. The Sabres outshot the Flyers in the last period 12-4.' … [Read more...] about Roenick Gets Revenge In Flyer Win

'"I felt like in the third period we wanted to check, so we just gave them the puck and said we are going to (drop) back," said Hitchcock. "That’s a mindset that I want to see us not have. Early in the season we’d just steamroll teams. We would take a 2-1 lead and make it 7-1."' … [Read more...] about Roenick Scores Twice as Flyers Get Revenge on Sabres

'"When you're in last place in your division, under .500, your team's probably not going to get looked at that much."' … [Read more...] about It's official: Sabres lack star power

'The Sabres are 15-7-3-1 when scoring first; 4-17-2 when the opponent takes the first lead.' … [Read more...] about Sabres vs. Flyers

Having spent most of his 12-year career in the minors, Chris Taylor has experienced the disappointment of demotion. But when Taylor was told on Friday by Buffalo Sabres coach Lindy Ruff that he was being reassigned, the veteran centerman experienced a new degree of pain. … [Read more...] about Sabres reassign veteran Taylor

'Friday’s reassignment of Chris Taylor from the Buffalo Sabres to Rochester is significant because it increases the probability of the classy center being with the Amerks for the Calder Cup playoffs. Assuming the Sabres don’t qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs, Rochester’s playoff roster could be loaded offensively with Taylor, Derek Roy, Milan Bartovic, … [Read more...] about Check out these 2 QBs

'Taylor sat out Thursday's 3-2 win at Boston and had five goals, including two in his last four games, and five assists in 45 games with Buffalo this season. The team also announced that forward Jason Botterill was assigned to Rochester, a move the Sabres made prior to their game against Boston.' … [Read more...] about Sabres demote Taylor, Botterill

'A letdown, emotionally and physically, after two highly charged challenges, playing a last-place division rival they had beaten twice last week. It must have been.' … [Read more...] about Boston beaten in more ways than one

'With the win, Buffalo’s record is now 19-24-5-1 and 1-2 on the current road trip. The Sabres desperately need to finish off the trip with two wins to keep pace with the playoff teams.' … [Read more...] about Sabres Finally Can Smile With 3-2 Win

'"That's a team that is battling to stay in the playoff race," said Sullivan. "We knew they would be a determined team. I felt we could have had a better start than we did. We brought the urgency that we needed in the third period. But it wasn't enough."' … [Read more...] about Sabres cool off Bruins

'Boynton also thought the Sabres deserved some of the credit for the problems the Bruins had. "They seemed to be everywhere, and they got their sticks on an awful lot of our shots and passes," said Boynton. "A lot of our shots never got to the goalie (Martin Biron). We really didn't play well tonight and they played a good, smart game."' … [Read more...] about B's wake up a little too late