Archives for March 2010

'Sabre forward Paul Gaustad will miss at least one week of hockey with a shoulder injury. Gaustad suffered the injury while fighting Mike Rupp during Tuesday night's loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins.' … [Read more...] about Gaustad To Miss At Least a Week

'"Someone is going to have to pick up the slack," said Ruff. "Derek Roy's percentage in the last five, six games has gone way up so he'll become a real key faceoff guy for us."' … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Gaustad sidelined with upper-body injury

'Gaustad appeared to hurt his right hand during a fight with Mike Rupp in the third period of Buffalo’s 3-2 loss at Pittsburgh on Tuesday.' … [Read more...] about Sabres C Gaustad to miss a week after hurting hand

'Ruff did not say who would replace Gaustad in the lineup, opting to make it a game-time decision. It’s possible that Matt Ellis could be reinstated at center, or Ruff could push defensemen Steve Montador, Andrej Sekera or even Nathan Paetsch up front in his absence - as he has done in the past when short-handed.' … [Read more...] about Gaustad to miss at least a week

'"They're a good team. To let up any easy [goals] is tough," Sabres left wing Clarke MacArthur said. "I thought we prepared well during the week. You want to start off with a win here. It's disappointing that way. I thought we did battle hard. If we can take anything out of it it's that."' … [Read more...] about Sabres can’t get started in loss to Penguins

'"If you can have fans from other competing cities appreciate you as a player, it means a lot," he said. "It's nice that they would acknowledge that not only myself, but a group of guys from their home in the United States went over to Canada and almost pulled something really huge off. It's nice that the U.S. really came in for it. We already had a lot of great … [Read more...] about Miller is just starting to fathom his heroic rise

'"We've had conversations, but there's nothing close," Regier said before the Sabres lost to the Pittsburgh Penguins, 3-2. "We'll keep working on it [today] and see where it goes, but right now we don't have anything close to what our objective is."' … [Read more...] about Regier doesn’t see any deals to his liking

Penguins win and trade on one busy night (Pittsburgh Post Gazette) Penguins' superstar Crosby sets his sights on another Cup (Pittsburgh Post Gazette) Leopold starts out with Goligoski (Pittsburgh Post Gazette) Enjoy Gonchar while he's still around (Pittsburgh Post Gazette) Gonchar nets 200th goal in Penguins' win (Pittsburgh Tribune Review) Shero, Pens 'Poni' up for … [Read more...] about Wednesday’s Pittsburgh Coverage

'Miller watched the game from a Mellon Arena runway, where the fan sitting nearest to him wore a Crosby Canada Olympic jersey.' … [Read more...] about Fedotenko leads Penguins past Sabres 3-2

'The Sabres again made it a one-goal game with 5:39 left in regulation as Roy backhanded a rebound top shelf. There was initially no call on the goal, but a replay showed that the puck went into the net and it was a 3-2 game.' … [Read more...] about Pittsburgh 3, Buffalo 2

'Lindy Ruff decided to pull Lalime with more than a minute to go in the third, which yielded several scoring chances but no goals. Roy had a chance from in between the faceoff circles but put the wrist shot off Johnson and the puck ended up onto of the net. Johnson stood tall and held tight to lead the Pens to a 3-2 win. The Sabres outshot Pittsburgh 13-7 in the final … [Read more...] about Penguins Slow Down Sabres For 3-2 Win

Pirates CEO disputes report of move deal (Portland Press Herald) Argh! Pirates fans left in limbo (AP) Ennis named AHL Rookie of the Month (Maine Hockey Journal) Despite reports Pirates say no deal with Albany (Maine Hockey Journal) Ennis named top rookie for February (TheAHL.com) … [Read more...] about Wednesday’s Portland Coverage

'Olympians for both teams were introduced before the game, with Miller receiving the loudest and most sustained ovation. Crosby also received a standing ovation, but it was less enthusiastic than Miller’s despite his vast popularity in Pittsburgh.' … [Read more...] about Miller gets louder cheer than Crosby in Pittsburgh

'Could it be Lalime’s 30th and final nod in the Buffalo net? Despite some strong performances recently, many observers believe the Sabres need a sturdier No. 2 goalie. Lalime’s only 8-16-5 with the Sabres.' … [Read more...] about Rough stretch ahead for Miller, Sabres

'"The biggest fear concerning the trade deadline might be if they move me, then hopefully they're a playoff team because I don't want them to do worse," Lydman said. "That would [stink]."' … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Lydman, Tallinder facing reality