Archives for September 2008

'The 26-year-old Gaustad has played in parts of four seasons with the Sabres, tallying career-highs with 10 goals and 36 points in 82 games last season.' … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Gaustad out 3-4 weeks after thumb surgery

'Buffalo Sabres GM Darcy Regier announced today the Sabres have assigned goaltender Adam Dennis to Portland (AHL), and returned defenseman Tyler Myers to Kelowna of the Western Hockey League. The moves leave the Sabres with 32 players remaining in camp.' … [Read more...] about Sabres reassign Dennis and Myers

'Gaustad, entering his fourth NHL season, was hurt during a fight in Buffalo’s 2-1 shootout loss to Minnesota on Sunday. He had one goal in two games in the preseason and was expected to provide a physical presence on the Sabres’ second or third line.' … [Read more...] about Sabres C Gaustad out after having thumb surgery

'Heading to Portland are: forwards Tyler Bouck (pending waivers), Jimmy Bonneau (pending waivers), Colton Fretter, Marc-Andre Gragnani, Derek Whitmore, Felix Schutz and Colin Murphy; defensemen Mike Card and Mike Kostka; and goaltender Jhonas Enroth.' … [Read more...] about Sabres reduce Training Camp roster by 13

'He is expected to be out a minimum of 3-4 weeks.' … [Read more...] about Gaustad has surgery on thumb

'A couple of years ago Peters dropped a significant amount of weight in order to get more mobile on his skates. But he found it hard to battle the heavyweights and added about 20 pounds of muscle after changing his workout regime. "I'm back up to 240 but I tried to stay as lean as possible," he said. "I found it hard at 225 pounds tussling with the big guys. I … [Read more...] about Peters reloading

'“Coach wants to see consistency out of me, and that’s one of the things that takes the longest,” MacArthur said. “I’ve really got to work at it, and that’s what I need to do to stay here full time.”' … [Read more...] about MacArthur making case for consistency

'“We felt we were getting a good veteran guy that played a good number of games last year (31) that could step in, I guess,” Sabres coach Lindy Ruff said. “We’re looking at playing him in that 15-to-20-game range, give or take a few games here or there. There’s going to be a hard plan going into the season on where we’re going to play … [Read more...] about Lalime strong in Sabres debut

'“[The goal] was the only opportunity I think they had in that period,” Head Coach Lindy Ruff said. “We didn’t give anything up for the last 25 minutes. I thought [Lalime] was very good... I thought the team was good.”' … [Read more...] about Bad bounce spoils solid effort

'The game was marred by a left leg injury suffered by Buffalo winger Daniel Paille with about seven minutes to go in the second period. Paille took a borderline low hit from Wild defenseman Marc-Andre Bergeron and hobbled off with what coach Lindy Ruff termed a bruised thigh.' … [Read more...] about Rivet plays tough guy for Sabres

Wild praises a potential star (Minneapolis Star Tribune) A sloppy game with good, cheap tickets (Minneapolis Star Tribune) Marian Gaborik practices with Minnesota Wild (St. Paul Pioneer Press) Photo gallery (Wild.com) Photo gallery (Sabres.com) … [Read more...] about Monday’s Minnesota Coverage

'Lalime stopped 18-of-19 shots and looked as though he was on his way to a shutout win until Brunette’s centering pass deflected off the stick of defenseman Jaroslav Spacek and into the net.' … [Read more...] about Brunette&#8217s shootout goal gives Wild 2-1 win

'Patrick Lalime made 18 stops for the Sabres, whose lone regulation goal came 13 seconds into the second period from Jochen Hecht. Drew Stafford scored during the shootout phase.' … [Read more...] about Minnesota 2, Buffalo 1 (SO)

'“I’m here and I want to help this team,” he said.' … [Read more...] about Max runs with spot on top line

'“It’s a big adjustment to this level,” Myers said. “The pace is a lot faster, the guys are stronger. They’re on you right away when you get the puck, so you have to adjust, and I think I’m doing a pretty good job of that.”' … [Read more...] about Myers given start against Leafs to satisfy the team&#8217s curiosity