Archives for November 6, 2005

'"It's like losing an eight-point weekend for us," said Sabres winger J.P. Dumont.' … [Read more...] about Sabres' slump goes on

'"We spent a lot of time talking about him two years ago, and he's a kid I always liked," Sabres coach Lindy Ruff said. "He had a good training camp with us but ended up with a shoulder injury that, maybe at the end of it, if he didn't get hurt he'd still be here."' … [Read more...] about Ex-Sabre Begin fitting in nicely with Canadiens

'"Concentration and timing," Drury said. "If you're a second early or a second late, you're going to miss it. I think balance is also pretty key. Without balance you're not going to win those ones that are neutral after the first whack. A lot of times it is neutral. You both whack at it but it's still sitting there, so if you're … [Read more...] about When it comes to faceoffs, Drury is quick on the draw

Your first-place Canadiens (Montreal Gazette) Routine victory for Habs (Montreal Gazette) Koivu crashes the net (Montreal Gazette) Habs' top line sweeps away Sabres (Canadiens.com) Habs Hang On for Eleventh (HabsWorld.net) Two Straight Over Buffalo (HabsWorld.net) … [Read more...] about Sunday’s Montreal Coverage

'``It's just frustration,'' Briere said. ``We don't know where to go anymore. We don't know what is a penalty, and what's not. We're trying to bang some rebounds in, just going to the net. I paid the price for trying to score a little too hard.''' … [Read more...] about Montreal 3, Buffalo 2

'J.P. Dumont and Paul Gaustad scored for the Sabres (7-7-0-0), losers of three in a row and five of their last six after a 6-2-0-0 start to the season.' … [Read more...] about Kovalev’s two goals and Koivu’s three assists lead Canadiens past Sabres 3-2

'"We didn't crowd (Sabres goaltender Martin) Biron enough on Friday night," Montreal captain Saku Koivu said. "We didn't do much in the first or second, but in the third, we got lots of shots. And tonight, we wanted to get more loose pucks and create traffic. I thought we did decent with that."' … [Read more...] about Kovalev tallies twice as Canadiens edge Sabres

'"After the game against Ottawa we figured we have to come back and play solid games against Montreal in those two games," said Dumont. "Tonight it cost us another two points, which means we have to come and play harder at home. It's disappointing to lose two games in a row like that to the Canadiens. Those are four points we should have won."' … [Read more...] about Montreal 3, Buffalo 2

'The Canadiens scored twice on the powerplay, including Richard Zednik's game winner 2:29 into the third period. Zednik's goal came on a tic-tac-toe play from Saku Koivu and Andrei Markov.' … [Read more...] about Canadiens Sweep Home-and-Home With Sabres

'Special teams were the difference in the game."' … [Read more...] about Sabres suffer another 3-2 loss

Amerks win in a shootout (Rochester D&C) Cherry's Amerk ties enduring (Rochester D&C) Goalie change gives B-Sens a spark in loss (Binghamton Press and Sun Bulletin) Rochester 5, Binghamton 4 (AP) Amerks Win Shootout (RNews.com) Amerks beat Binghamton in shootout (Amerks.com) Sens battle back, but fall to Amerks in shootout (BinghamtonSenators.com) … [Read more...] about Sunday’s Rochester Coverage