Archives for April 2008

'Brian Campbell of the San Jose Sharks, Jeff Halpern of the Tampa Bay Lightning, Ryan Miller of the Buffalo Sabres, Mathieu Schneider of the Anaheim Ducks and Jason Spezza of the Ottawa Senators have been selected by the executive board of the NHL Players’ Association as the new player representatives on the committee.' … [Read more...] about NHL/NHLPA competition committee gets new faces on player side

'Gaustad will be examined this week to determine whether surgery will be necessary.' … [Read more...] about Injury pulls Gaustad from World Championships

'Sabres coach Lindy Ruff said last week during the Sabres' season-ending press conference that the workload, which included 34 straight starts from the end of January until April, deprived Miller, a practice junkie, of quality time to hone his skills. "For him it was try to get him some rest," he said. "... I actually encouraged him at times not to go on, where … [Read more...] about Large workload common for NHL goalies, especially Ryan Miller

Amerks Sell New, Used Team Gear (RNews.com) … [Read more...] about Sunday’s Rochester Coverage

'Sabres center Paul Gaustad, who was named to the U.S. team, has withdrawn from the event due to a sports hernia. He may have to have surgery next week, but is expected to be ready by next season.' … [Read more...] about Kane leads fresh faces

Amerks raise over $9,000 in camo jersey auction (Amerks.com) … [Read more...] about Saturday’s Rochester Coverage

'In general terms, the Sabres need more toughness both up front and on the blue line, if they want to get where they want to go. They have a terrific head coach in Lindy Ruff and an astute gm, despite his many critics, in Darcy Regier. While this season has been a huge disappointment, even though expectations were down after the key losses, it isn't the time for wholesale … [Read more...] about Looooong Summer for Sabres

'We have a number of players, college players, to sign; we’ve got Gerbe who is up for the Hobey Baker, we’ve got [Tim] Kennedy and [Chris] Butler as well. Kennedy at Michigan State and Butler at Denver. And then we have European players, [Dennis] Persson and [Jhonas] Enroth, players like that and we’ll fill with either quality leadership players at the … [Read more...] about End of Season Press Conference Part IV

'In Ales’ case, I think Al did what we thought he could do, what we expected him to do. He was a good player for us and one of five guys that scored more than 20 goals for us. But again at the end of the day it will be an assessment that this is what we have available, this is the direction we want to go with the team, this is what we think will be the best for the hockey … [Read more...] about End of Season Press Conference Part III

'I think our goal, Darcy asked me this last week, and I said our goal is to win a Stanley Cup. We can’t suggest that we even do it that way, but we are probably not going to be able to do it by going out and buying the most expensive free agents and we’re probably not going to be able to do it by going all the way to the cap.' … [Read more...] about End of Season Press Conference Part II

'The conquering hero of the Frozen Four either can return to Boston College for his senior season or can turn pro and join the Buffalo Sabres, who made the 5-5 dynamo a fifth-round pick in the 2005 draft. “He’ll have to look at all the pluses both ways,” coach Jerry York said. “There are no minuses.”' … [Read more...] about BC&#8217s Gerbe could sign with Sabres

Amerks say off-ice circus had an impact (Rochester D&C) No offense, but Amerks didn't have one (Rochester D&C) Amerks Pack After Lost Season (RNews.com) Amerks players leave for the summer (Amerks.com) … [Read more...] about Tuesday’s Rochester Coverage

'National Hockey League star Thomas Vanek scored a hat-trick to help host nation Austria romp to a 10-5 victory over Great Britain in the World Championships. Vanek, who plays for Buffalo Sabres, condemned Britain to a second successive defeat in Division One as Austria continued their bid for an immediate return to the top flight.' … [Read more...] about Vanek Sinks GB

'Ruff just wants Bernier's focus to be speed, with and without the puck. Skating lessons and off-ice cross-training will be the "Bear's" meat and potatoes for the next six months. “I’m going to take a little bit of a break, I’m going to start training maybe in May,” Bernier said. “Hopefully everything will go well for me and I can … [Read more...] about No hibernation for the Big Bear

'“(Tallinder’s) had some very serious injuries that maybe didn’t allow him to train as hard in the offseason and get physically strong enough in the offseason,” Ruff said. “I think his game wasn’t anywhere near where I had him at as a defenseman.”' … [Read more...] about Sabres&#8217 eD&#8217 could use more help