Archives for December 13, 2009

‘It was the night after Special K night in Buffalo. On Friday, The three Buffalo K’s were locking horns in Buffalo’s HSBC Arena. Tim Kennedy and Patrick Kaleta in the Sabres uniforms, while Patrick Kane was the Blackhawks’ Buffalo connection. If Kaleta scored the two goals on Friday, instead in Saturday’s game at MSG, he would have stolen the show. As it turned out, Kaleta was the hero in the Sabres 3-2 win over the Rangers.’

‘The Sabres will try to extend their three-game winning streak Monday when they visit the Montreal Canadiens. The Sabres, who have also won three straight on the road, are 7-2 in the past nine games.’

‘"We’re trying to get away from, "This is my spot, this is your spot.’ We’re trying to create more motion. Is it easy? No, because we still have this mentality of, "I’ve got to be the half-wall guy.’"’

Rangers Let Strong Start Go to Waste (New York Times)

Reality sets in for Rangers after latest Garden defeat (New York Post)

Needy Rangers must be careful not to rush back Dubinsky (New York Post)

Sabre’s Patrick Kaleta scores two goals for ‘kick in the teeth’ win over Rangers (New York Daily News)

Rangers lose to Sabres, 3-2, at MSG (New York Newsday)

There’s no ‘O’ in Rangers (Bergen Record)

The goalie shuttle (Bergen Record)

Power-play goals not enough in 3-2 loss to Sabres (NewYorkRangers.com)

Photo gallery (NewYorkRangers.com)

Photo gallery (Sabres.com)

Photo gallery (AP)

‘“I didn’t move, either,” Kaleta said. “We talked about this all year with my game, playing a bigger role with the team and trying to contribute. I was put in that position tonight. It was a good effort by the whole team and I just got the bounces.”’

‘”Getting that puck to the other zone can be tough. We had to survive a few flurries there, but we got out of it,” said Miller. “When you get to those TV timeouts you can take a rest.”‘

‘Kaleta struck again in the second period, and giving the Sabres a 3-2 lead with a shorthanded goal. Henrik Tallinder chipped the puck out of the Buffalo zone to center. Kaleta beat Kotalik to the loose puck and beat Lundqvist with a wrister to the top shelf. It was Kaleta’s second of the game and the Sabres first shorthanded tally of the season.’

Pirates pound Falcons, 7-1 (Portland Press Herald)

Springfield Falcons continue to fall hard with 7-1 loss to Portland Saturday night (Springfield Republican)

Rank leads the Pirates to victory in Springfield (Maine Hockey Journal)

Pirates Bomb Falcons (PortlandPirates.com)

Falcons lose to Pirates at the Nest (FalconsAHL.com)