Archives for March 19, 2006

'Harsh reality was delivered to the Buffalo Sabres on a cold plate Saturday night by the Ottawa Senators. By beating the Sabres 4-2, the Senators taught Buffalo a valuable lesson.' … [Read more...] about Sens deliver dose of harsh reality

'"Coming up here, it seems like we get a little too worked up," co-captain Chris Drury said, "and it shows in the score the first two periods."' … [Read more...] about Sabres go down effortlessly

'Fred Korey, the executive director of Buffalo's "Hasek's Heroes," is suffering from Lou Gehrig's disease. Formally known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, the rapidly progressing neurological disease claims everyone afflicted, including the Hall of Fame baseball player who became the name and face of the malady. "I found out about four months ago, and unfortunately his health … [Read more...] about Hasek’s thoughts with ailing friend

'Take a step back and see how good Toni Lydman and Henrik Tallinder have been this season.' … [Read more...] about Sabres offense finds outlet in quiet defensive pair

'They win because they seem to care about each other. And maybe that's more important than the names on the back of their sweaters.' … [Read more...] about Buffalo one of NHL's best-kept secrets

' The Sabres were flat for most of the game and a shocking lack of discipline saw Buffalo send a steady stream of players to the penalty box.' … [Read more...] about Sabres lose to Senators again with a lackluster 4-2 defeat

'"This was supposed to be one of our biggest games and we had way too many passengers. Sometimes you pick up bad habits when you're on a roll (eight wins in a row) like we were, but when you're outworked like that, it's just plain embarrassing. I can't explain it."' … [Read more...] about Sabres far from sharp

Shooting for the top (Ottawa Citizen) Here's how the race could end (Ottawa Citizen) Sens beat back Sabres (Ottawa Sun) Sabres far from sharp (Ottawa Sun) Game Story (Ottawa Sun) Sabres denied 9th straight win (CBC Sports) … [Read more...] about Sunday’s Ottawa Coverage (Updated 8:30 a.m.)

'The Senators outshot Buffalo 49-22, the most shots Ottawa has had in a game this season and also the most the Sabres have allowed.' … [Read more...] about Ottawa 4, Buffalo 2

'"It's tough to get your feet going against this team," said Miller, who made 45 saves. "We got caught chasing the puck. They're a good team, they got a lot of pucks at the net. We got behind early in the penalties and it threw us off our rhythm."' … [Read more...] about Senators hold off Sabres’ challenge for Northeast lead with 4-2 win

'"We played a good third period," Buffalo head coach Lindy Ruff said. "We probably had five or six real good chances when we had them on their heels, we had some great opportunities."' … [Read more...] about Ottawa 4, Buffalo 2

'Ryan Miller was what kept the Sabres in the game. Ottawa outshot the Sabres 48-20, and Miller stopped 45 of them. He was even named first star despite being the losing goaltender.' … [Read more...] about Sens Snap Sabres Streak

'"We knew they were going to come hard, but for the first half of the game, we had too many passengers."' … [Read more...] about A missed opportunity at Ottawa

Big early lead holds up this time for Amerks (Rochester D&C) Border traffic delayed opening faceoff for Amerks (Rochester D&C) Rochester 5, Hamilton 1 (AP) Amerks Bully Bulldogs (RNews.com) Amerks beat Bulldogs to close gap to six points (Amerks.com) Hamilton defeated by Rochester 5-1 (HamiltonBulldogs.com) … [Read more...] about Sunday’s Rochester Coverage (Updated 4:45 a.m.)