Archives for March 29, 2007

'"It was a really good win for our team," said head coach Lindy Ruff. "The fact that we had to tone down our style of play. That we had to be a lot more patient. I thought we cleaned up a lot of the careless errors and careless turnovers that had been hurting us."' … [Read more...] about Fighting For Wiggle Room

'Finally finding a few cracks in New Jersey's defensive armor with timely rebounds and quick-strike shots, the dam burst for Buffalo's offense in the third period, sending them on to an impressive victory and further strengthening their collective stranglehold on their divisional and conference leads.' … [Read more...] about Game # 76: Sabres 4, Devils 3

'The win for Buffalo (49-20-7) comes after two grueling practices in response to the team’s less-than-stellar performances Friday and Saturday. “It just seems that when we try to keep it simple,” Paille said, “we get those breaks. We definitely worked a little bit harder towards that final stretch there. We deserved that win.”' … [Read more...] about Sabres grab stranglehold on Eastern Conference

'The third period brought some excitement to a rather simple and boring hockey game. After 40 minutes of play, this had another Sabres-Devils snoozer written all over it. Luckily, Buffalo broke out in final period with three great goals while the Devils made it just interesting enough with two goals of their own.' … [Read more...] about Third period breakout does the trick for Sabres

Defensive errors costly to Amerks (Rochester D&C) No calls upset Cunneyworth (Rochester D&C) Toronto 5, Rochester 4 (AP) Early Lead Lost (RNews.com) Marlies upend Amerks (Amerks.com) Marlies Down Amerks (TorontoMarlies.com) Git-R-Done (SabresFans.com) Amerks inching closer to AHL playoff berth (LetsGoSabres.com) … [Read more...] about Thursday’s Rochester Coverage