Archives for January 2007

Heatley's the story (Ottawa Sun) Newest Sen 'just thrilled' (Ottawa Sun) Comrie gamble could pay off for Sens (Ottawa Sun) Too hot for the Sabres (Ottawa Citizen) Senators find offensive fit with Comrie (Ottawa Citizen) That part was easy (Ottawa Citizen) Heatley does all the heavy lifting (Toronto Globe and Mail) Photo gallery (OttawaSenators.com) … [Read more...] about Thursday’s Ottawa Coverage

'"We still are not there on special teams," said Sabres co-captain Chris Drury, who sees time on the power-play and penalty-killing units. "We've got no one to blame or point fingers at other than our own special teams. They weren't good enough."' … [Read more...] about Ottawa 6, Buffalo 3

'The Sabres outshot the Senators 19-7 in the scoreless first period but were unable to get anything past Emery. It was a different story in the second period, as the Senators scored four times to take control of the game and outshot the Sabres 17-8.' … [Read more...] about Heatley scores hat trick, adds assist as Senators beat Sabres 6-3

'"We skated well and Ray made some huge saves, so we then calmed down after the first," said Heatley. "We really got on their defense and forced them."' … [Read more...] about Ottawa 6, Buffalo 3

'Four of Buffalo's eight regulation losses this season have come against the Senators.' … [Read more...] about Heatley’s Hat Trick Leads Sens To 6-3 Win

'"We didn't do a good enough job on special teams to win the game," said head coach Lindy Ruff, whose team has suffered half of its eight losses this season at the hands of the Senators.' … [Read more...] about Fourth Straight Loss to Ottawa

'Given three man-advantages by the 20:27 mark, the Sabres were cumulatively outshot, 2-0, by the Senators and gave up a deflating shorthanded goal to Heatley to open the scoring and psychologically take the wind out of Buffalo's sails.' … [Read more...] about Game # 40: Senators 6, Sabres 3

'The Sabres fired away in the opening 20 minutes, but the Ottawa goaltender swallowed everything thrown at him.' … [Read more...] about Emery, special teams help Sens continue dominance

Stafford becomes road warrior in journey between Sabres, Amerks (Rochester D&C) Moose stung by losses to Americans (Winnipeg Sun) Amerks 'Reading Power Play' resumes next week (Amerks.com) Americans Visit MTS Centre as Moose Honour Hockey Canada (MooseHockey.com) Meet Dylan Hunter (LetsGoSabres.com) … [Read more...] about Thursday’s Rochester Coverage

'"It's always fun when you can get recognition for playing defense," Roy said Tuesday. "Usually, the recognition comes if you score goals or something like that, but whenever you can get recognition for playing defense, it's always good. I know the team always appreciates it when guys are going down, blocking shots, doing the little plays to win the game."' … [Read more...] about Roy gets a rush killing penalties

'The Buffalo Sabres held an optional practice Tuesday in HSBC Arena, and only seven players participated. So the team had a cross-ice scrimmage inside one blue line, with Martin Biron in one net and an unidentified masked man in the other. It was Ruff, playing goal for Czech mates Ales Kotalik, Jaroslav Spacek and Jiri Novotny.' … [Read more...] about A Ruff practice between the pipes

'G Ray Emery was last week's NHL First Star after going 3-0 with a 0.66 GAA.' … [Read more...] about Sabres vs. Senators

'"You're going to see the same type of game [as the other four meetings]," said head coach Lindy Ruff. "The area we've been beat in, and beat pretty handily, has been special teams. If we are going to win the game, we have to be the team that comes out on top."' … [Read more...] about Special Teams Battle

Senators Game Night (Ottawa Citizen) Buffalo (29-7-3) at Ottawa (21-18-2) (AP) Sabres gun for fifth straight victory (Sportsticker) Buffalo Sabres (29-7-3) at Ottawa Senators (21-18-2) (The Sports Network) Senators vs. Sabres (OttawaSenators.com) Game # 40: Buffalo @ Ottawa (SabresFans.com) … [Read more...] about Wednesday’s Ottawa Coverage (Updated 12:00 p.m.)

Cunneyworth approaches Crozier's 260 wins (Amerks.com) … [Read more...] about Wednesday’s Rochester Coverage