Archives for October 2006

'The Buffalo Sabres burst out of the gate with a stellar 9-0 record, including a 4-1 win against the Montreal Canadiens on national television last night, and have blossomed into the NHL's finest team in the season's first month.' … [Read more...] about Who’s New York’s Finest This Year? Why, It’s the Sabres

'It's a good time to be a hockey fan in Western New York.' … [Read more...] about Amerks Matching Sabres Mark

'Think about it: When the Leafs set the mark, they did it under the rules of the day. Have the Sabres done anything different? It's not their fault that there are new rules in the game. All they did was play by them and in so doing they've won nine straight from the start of the season. Should they win a tenth -- either in regulation, overtime or a shootout -- … [Read more...] about Asterisk on excellence?

'"If there is an unwritten key to this special chemistry, it most likely hovers around the first two lockers one passes on the left side when you enter the dressing room. Their occupants are goaltenders Martin Biron and Ryan Miller."' … [Read more...] about Sabres goalies forming a winning tandem

'In what may well have been their most complete, start-to-finish, all-around best effort of the season, Buffalo broke the franchise record for most consecutive wins to start a season and edged ever closer to immortality in the NHL record books by using their usual weapons of mass destruction: opportunistic scoring and strong defense, anchored by solid goaltending and … [Read more...] about Game # 9: Sabres 4, Canadiens 1

'"That group of guys in the room are responsible for each other and keeping their feet on the ground," Sabres coach Lindy Ruff said. "They're hearing a lot of accolades on how well they're playing, and you wonder how they're going to react, and I think it really falls on their shoulders. They've done an extremely good job of … [Read more...] about Streak at nine and counting

'Last night, the Sabres showed a little bit of all the things that make them so formidable. They defend with speed, they attack with speed. They have the offence to get into shootouts, but they also have the speed to shut you down when they pay attention to defence.' … [Read more...] about NHL’s best swamps CH with speed

Canadiens outclassed by razor-sharp Sabres (Montreal Gazette) NHL's best swamps CH with speed (Montreal Gazette) Canadiens' game plan backfires (Montreal Gazette) Lies All Lies (HabsWorld.net) Buffalo runs win streak to nine (Toronto Globe and Mail) … [Read more...] about Tuesday’s Montreal Coverage

'Buffalo moved to within one victory of tying Toronto's league record of 10 straight wins at the start of the 1993-94 season. The Sabres matched their previous record of eight, set in 1975-76, with a 6-2 win in Boston on Saturday.' … [Read more...] about Buffalo 4, Montreal 1

'The Sabres picked up a gift goal on only their second shot of the game at 9:42 when Novotny's wrist shot from just inside the blue-line went off Cristobal Huet's glove and fell behind him into the net.' … [Read more...] about Sabres extend winning streak to nine with 4-1 victory over Canadiens

'Jiri Novotny and Jason Pominville also scored for Buffalo, which is now just one game shy of tying the NHL record for longest winning streak to start the season set by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1993-94 campaign.' … [Read more...] about Buffalo 4, Montreal 1

'Ryan Miller would make 26 saves in the win, improving his record to 7-0 on the season.' … [Read more...] about Sabres Set Franchise Record; Beat Habs 4-1

'Buffalo visits the New York Islanders on Thursday.' … [Read more...] about The Streaking Sabres

'"It was a good night for us."' … [Read more...] about Breaking a 30-year-old record

Chris Drury scored a shorthanded goal, the team’s second in the last three games and the eventual game-winner, as the Sabres beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-1 on Monday night for their ninth straight win to start the season, a club record and just one shy of the NHL mark set by Toronto in 1993. … [Read more...] about Penalty-killing is automatic in ninth straight win