Archives for May 2007

'Visitors to the annual festival, which takes place from 6 to 10 p.m. Friday, will be able to munch on tasty fried fish while they watch Game Five of the Sabres-Rangers playoff series on one of four large-screen televisions being provided by Time Warner Cable.' … [Read more...] about Sabres fans who love smelt can double their fun at fest

'So now this is a best-of-three series...the Sabres come home for game five on Friday at 7pm, with game six on Sunday at 2pm on NBC. Will this series go the full seven next Tuesday night? At this point, would anyone be surprised?' … [Read more...] about Giddy-Up, Guys!

As the Camera Turns, Teams Await Verdicts of the Video (New York Times) Rangers’ Old Pros Want to Carry A New Cup (New York Times) Rangers role reversed (New York Daily News) All Just A Blur For Rangers (New York Post) The road to victory (New York Newsday) Low-scoring games suit Rangers fine (White Plains Journal News) Rangers' play when leading angers Jagr (Newark … [Read more...] about Thursday’s New York Coverage

'The Sabres realize that the Rangers' passive 1-4 fore-check system isn't conducive for rushing the puck up the ice, but so far they haven't demonstrated that they can succeed with a dump-and-chase game. They also have committed turnovers that the Rangers have been able to turn into their favour.' … [Read more...] about Rangers’ fore-check smothering Sabres’ high-octane offence

'This will be no consolation to the Buffalo Sabres, but the National Hockey League plans to replace the outdated, eight-year-old overhead cameras in its 30 arenas with technologically advanced, high-definition ones in the summer.' … [Read more...] about Sabres: Too late

'"I have so many good friends here," McKee said. "You make so many tight connections in 10 years, and I'll be coming back here every summer."' … [Read more...] about Former Sabre McKee shows up to support old teammates

'"I like Max; I just really feel he's struggling and maybe a game off would be good," said Ruff. "There are areas where he needs to be better. There are areas, at the same time, that if he is, he'll help us win the game."' … [Read more...] about Max Is Back In The Lineup

'"A lot of things are created from the shot from the point," said Dainius Zubrus. "Somehow, we've got to develop that and get those through. Then it's up to the guys in front of the net and down low, to work hard and get those loose pucks. If not score a goal, at least recover the puck again."' … [Read more...] about Power Practice

'There's nothing worse than losing an overtime game in the Stanley Cup playoffs. The freshest cut always hurts the most, but there have been many OT losses over the years that went deeper than this latest one.' … [Read more...] about Sudden dread

'"Well, we finally figured out that we need some desperation," Miller said. "It's like we were scared for once."' … [Read more...] about Miller hopes fear factor motivates Sabres

'In addition, Sabres Head Coach Lindy Ruff said Maxim Afinogenov, who was benched for Game Four, will definitely play in Game Five at the HSBC Arena Friday night.' … [Read more...] about Gaustad Cleared to Play

'Indeed, the Sabres had another slow, unremarkable start. They didn’t score until Ales Kotalik’s tally 9:04 into the third period, which came less than a minute after Brendan Shanahan gave the Rangers a 2-0 lead. “We lost too many battles,” Kotalik said. “That’s not the way we wanted to play. We picked it up in the third. It was too … [Read more...] about Ruff: eIf we do a better job earlier…&#8217

'He was nursing a bruised knee.' … [Read more...] about Numminen Sits Out Practice

'"He'll be seeing the doctor tomorrow and we'll see where he's at and make a decision on it," coach Lindy Ruff said.' … [Read more...] about Sabres' Gaustad cleared to return

'"If they didn't come in here thinking they could win the series it would be for a lack of experience possibly, or a lack of exposure to Buffalo," Renney said. "(But) I truly believe our guys think they can beat anybody."' … [Read more...] about Rangers have made it a series