Archives for May 2007

'"It will be a hard-fought game in a great venue," he said. "Henrik and I have had a few good battles."' … [Read more...] about Garden holds traps

'"That was a frantic moment at the end (Drury's goal)," agreed warhorse Brendan Shanahan of allowing a tie with 7.7 seconds to play. "Those are moments when you have to get your body in front of the puck. But this is no time to sulk."' … [Read more...] about Rangers need to regroup

'"It was just a little bit different (Friday) I didn't play last game," Afinogenov said. "(I wanted) to show what I could do a little bit more than the other games."' … [Read more...] about Sabres need Maxim(um) effort in OT win

'Sabres’ counterpart Lindy Ruff, who has maintained throughout the playoffs that “one shot can change a series,” witnessed just that. “This one’s sweet,” he said. “We’ve had a lot of victories where it looks like you’re down and out and all of a sudden you tie it and minutes later you win a game. I don’t like it, … [Read more...] about Cup still in sight, but just barely

'"Once again, most people think that we're done. After the way that game went, most people probably said, 'Good fight, but they're done.' We have an opportunity, starting with our home game in Game 6 to kind of do what we've done all year, which is sneak up on people and prove them wrong."' … [Read more...] about Rangers try to bounce back from Game 5 loss to Sabres

'"It's a tough heartbreaker for New York," said Sabres winger Ales Kotalik. "It's tough for your mind and your head to lose a game like that. Hopefully we can carry that momentum into tomorrow's game, leave everything we have on the ice and try to close it out."' … [Read more...] about Rejuvenated Sabres look to finish off Rangers at MSG on Sunday

'The day after Friday's 2-1 overtime victory, some of the Sabres were still talking about the way the team rallied. "It's been happening for us the whole season," defenseman Teppo Numminen told WGR's Paul Hamilton. "We've been able to come back in the third period many times. I think that helps us mentally, believing that we can do it no matter what the situation is."' … [Read more...] about Sabres Hold Optional Skate; Get Ready For Game Six

'Fedor Tyutin iced the puck with just 16 seconds remaining when he likely could have taken a few more steps through open ice before firing down the length of the rink. It was just one, however, of a myriad of errors the Rangers made in the game.' … [Read more...] about Heart-Stopping Win

'In our version of "Miracle on Ice," Miller allows a freaky goal that looks like it's going to cost his team its season and its dream, The Sign Lady leads the faithful when all hope seems to be lost, Drury rescues all of Buffalo with a seeing-eye shot for the ages and Afinogenov goes from the press box to the middle of one of the wildest celebrations in franchise history, … [Read more...] about Happy ending

'Heart Attack Arena. That's what HSBC Arena should be named after this season. The Sabres are the cardiac kids and are living on the very edge, giving their fans excessive stress with their late game dramatics.' … [Read more...] about Drury&#8217s late goal sparks another Herculean comeback

'“It’s not easy to overcome this one,” Rangers winger Jaromir Jagr said. “We were so close. We have to somehow forget about it and act like we were down, 3-1, and won the game today.”' … [Read more...] about The Max Factor

'“It’s 60 minutes you play, so it doesn’t matter,” Lundqvist said. “They made a good play at the end, and it paid off. We can’t think too much about that, we just have to move on.”' … [Read more...] about Rangers try to mask the pain

'“He’s had a tough few days,” Drury said, “but to his credit, he never snapped. It’s a great story.”' … [Read more...] about Making the Max of a second chance

'But the real reason Buffalo now has a 3-2 series lead is because Drury’s heart never skips a beat when everybody else is ready to drop dead. Let’s face it, if he didn’t beat Henrik Lundqvist in the final seconds, the Sabres were as good as gone from the playoffs. But now? They could wrap up the series with a victory Sunday afternoon. Amazing.' … [Read more...] about Thanks to Captain Clutch, it&#8217s time to exhale again

'Gaustad played 7:51, split into 15 shifts. Included in that was 1:07 of penalty- kill time, and he helped the Sabres go 7 for 7. They gave up two power-play goals last game.' … [Read more...] about Gaustad makes presence known in return