Archives for September 29, 2006

Crosby, Penguins welcome Sabres to Mellon Arena on Friday (PittsburghPenguins.com)

MacLean to officiate in Friday’s game (PittsburghPenguins.com)

'As good as all that sounds, CBC added a bonus yesterday when it announced that host Ron MacLean will referee the second period of tonight's Buffalo-Pittsburgh pre-season game as part of a feature that will run on Thursday's Hockey Night In Canada opener.'

'With the moves, the Sabres roster is now at 27 players. Buffalo needs to get down to 23 by Tuesday at 3 p.m.'

'Stafford played at North Dakota and is expected to be a solid, two-way winger in the American Hockey League. He was pointless in his one NHL preseason game with the Sabres. MacArthur scored 21 goals, 32 assists and 53 points to finish second in team scoring for the Amerks last season.'

'Buffalo Sabres General Manager Darcy Regier announced today the team has assigned forwards Drew Stafford and Clarke MacArthur to the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League.'

'"When it comes down to crunch time, I just hope there's something that will put me over the top," forward Chris Thorburn said. "I hope I'm the name that everyone remembers."'

Pelletier’s stay could stop short (Rochester D&C)

Amerks receive five players from Florida Panthers (Amerks.com)

Amerks to help ‘Give Back, Give Books’ campaign (Amerks.com)

'Bartlett flew into Rochester, Buffalo's American League affiliate on Tuesday at the request of the Sabres. He met with officials and watched a preseason game on Wednesday night, then drove to Buffalo for further meetings on Thursday before heading back to Rochester that evening. Although now encouraged that the Sabres could be sending some players Bakersfield's way, Bartlett said details remained to be ironed out and it would be sometime next week before that could be accomplished.'

‘Daniel Briere was back on the ice after suffering a hip-flexor injury. He is planning on playing in the back-to-back games against Pittsburgh. Jochen Hecht did not practice due to a groin problem.’