Archives for January 22, 2009

'Promising 2008 draft picks Justin Jokinen and Corey Fienhage have faced struggles as freshmen, while upperclassmen Alex Biega and Matt Generous have stepped up to be team leaders.' … [Read more...] about Sabres 2008-09 NCAA Prospects Update

'Henrik Tallinder left the ice with 37.4 seconds left in the second period, bent over with an apparent right shoulder injury after he fell forward while hauling down Tampa Bay's Vincent Lecavalier. "Henrik's not good," said coach Lindy Ruff. "He's going to be out for a good period of time."' … [Read more...] about Lightning strikes Sabres again

'The team announced prior to Wednesday's game against the Tampa Bay Lightning that longtime play-by-play man Rick Jeanneret will not be on the trip and will be replaced by a trio of voices for the radio-only broadcasts. (None of the games will be shown on MSG Network.) Jeanneret's contract includes some vacation time during the season and he opted to take this trip off on the … [Read more...] about Jeanneret taking a vacation

Lightning Defense Makes Points In Win (Tampa Tribune) Murphy Makes Most Of Chance (Tampa Tribune) Tampa Bay Lightning defeats Buffalo Sabres 5-3 (St. Petersburg Times) Tampa Bay Lightning's Vinny Lecavalier will discuss trade rumors once at NHL All-Star Game (St. Petersburg Times) Lightning Slice The Sabres, 5-3 (TampaBayLightning.com) Photo gallery … [Read more...] about Thursday’s Tampa Bay Coverage

'Lukas Krajicek, Jeff Halpern and Cory Murphy also scored in Tampa Bay’s fifth victory in seven games. Vincent Lecavalier and Martin St. Louis, who combined for 14 goals and 22 assists over the previous 12 games, did not have a point.' … [Read more...] about Eminger, Downie key Lightning win

'"We were going pretty good," Sabres forward Jason Pominville said. "And unfortunately we wanted to finish off on a good note and we weren't able to do that, but we'll take this break and get some rest and regroup, refocus and get ourselves ready to go."' … [Read more...] about Tampa Bay 5, Buffalo3

'Henrik Tallinder was injured late in the period when he dove to knock the puck away from Vincent Lecavalier. Tallinder received a tripping penalty on the play. He went to the dressing room with an upper body injury and did not return.' … [Read more...] about Sabres Fall To Lightning 5-3

'“Out of our 82-game schedule, the MSG Network has broadcast rights to 70, and the Versus Network has rights to a maximum of eight,” said Larry Quinn, Buffalo’s minority owner/managing partner. “As such, we needed to select four games to be radio only. We chose these west coast games due to their late starts.”' … [Read more...] about West coast broadcast schedule

Sports Digest (Portland Press Herald) Devils defeat Pirates (Lowell Sun) Devils double up on Portland (Lawrence Eagle Tribune) DeCaro moving up to AHL (Las Vegas Sun) Pirates be-deviled finding goals (Maine Hockey Journal) More changes for the Pirates (Maine Hockey Journal) Devils Hold Off Pirates 2-1 (PortlandPirates.com) Doors Open Early for Bobblehead Night on Friday … [Read more...] about Thursday’s Portland Coverage