Archives for November 6, 2007

'The Sabres are already missing two veteran defenseman. Dmitri Kalinin is out indefinitely with a sprained right knee and Jaroslav Spacek has missed six of seven games with a shoulder injury. Defenseman Nolan Pratt is also out after straining his groin in his Sabres debut last week.' … [Read more...] about Sabres Tim Connolly, Adam Mair out indefinitely with injuries

'Adam Mair has an ankle injury that Lindy Ruff said would keep him out weeks. Tim Connolly has a strained oblique will be out for an undetermined amount of time. Ruff insisted that his injury has nothing to do with his head.' … [Read more...] about Veterans Miss Practice; Mair Out Weeks

'Of the 2,200 seats, 1,200 will cost somewhere in the range of $29-$90. The remaining 1,000 seats will be deemed obstructed view as they will be less than 15 rows from the floor of Ralph Wilson Stadium, which will put the dasher boards in the line of sight.' … [Read more...] about Penguins to offer 2,200 tickets to Winter Classic

'"It's endless what this team can do with the amount of talent that's here," said starting goalie Ryan Miller. "But it's being able to work together, and we've been missing that a little bit."' … [Read more...] about Struggling Sabres looking for answers as they cope with life without Briere, Drury

'Buffalo had a 29-19 edge in shots, including 16-8 in the first period and 9-2 in the third, but endured its second shutout loss of the season -- after not getting blanked one time in the regular season last year.' … [Read more...] about Huet, Habs stymie Sabres

'The beneficiary was winger Drew Stafford, who had a strong game in replacing Maxim Afinogenov on the line with Derek Roy and Thomas Vanek.' … [Read more...] about Sabres shake up their top line

'Buffalo Sabres fans may not be completely happy with the team right now, but you wouldn’t know it from a new survey ranking the Sabres No. 4 among all 122 major professional sports franchises.' … [Read more...] about In marketing poll, Sabres skate past the competition

Huet redeems himself against Sabres (Montreal Gazette) No easy pickings this NHL season, Sabres coach Ruff says (Montreal Gazette) Huet bounces back (Toronto Globe and Mail) Photo gallery (Canadiens.com) Huet responded with a shutout! (Le Journal de Montreal) … [Read more...] about Tuesday’s Montreal Coverage

'The Canadiens, who have won six of eight (6-1-1), were outshot 9-1 in the third period before Bryan Smolinski scored into an empty net with 21.8 seconds remaining.' … [Read more...] about Montreal 2, Buffalo 0

'The Sabres also came away banged up, as centre Adam Mair left early in the second period with a twisted ankle. Coach Lindy Ruff said "it looks like he'll be out for a little while."' … [Read more...] about Plekanec scores, Cristobal Huet shines as Canadiens blank Sabres 2-0

'Ryan Miller saved 17 of the 18 shots he faced in net for Buffalo, but the Sabres went 0-for-2 on the power play and failed to capitalize during an otherwise dominant first period, on their way to a third consecutive loss.' … [Read more...] about Montreal 2, Buffalo 0

'After no scoring in the first period, the Canadiens took the lead coming back from a Sabres odd man rush, to create their own odd man rush with Tomas Plekanec slipping it under a sprawling Ryan Miller with seven minutes remaining in the second.' … [Read more...] about Huet Solid In 2-0 Shutout

'"Huet was very good," Sabres goaltender Ryan Miller said. "I thought we got inside a few times and he came up big. You can't be too mad, usually, about those games but it just comes at a time when we're looking for something to go right and hopefully the guys aren't going to take this too hard."' … [Read more...] about Shooting blanks

Hunter of the Week (RNews.com) Amerks prepare for three-game weekend (Amerks.com) … [Read more...] about Tuesday’s Rochester Coverage