Archives for March 9, 2011

'All three were called up over the past week to fill in for injured forwards Thomas Vanek (flu), Jochen Hecht (upper body), Mike Grier (lower body injury) and Patrick Kaleta (bruised knee).' … [Read more...] about Sabres demote 3, including Parrish, to minors

'Buffalo Sabres General Manager Darcy Regier announced today that forwards Mark Mancari, Luke Adam and Mark Parrish have been returned to the Portland Pirates of the American Hockey League.' … [Read more...] about Sabres return three players to Portland

'The Sabres had 15 shots on goal in the first period but just 15 combined over the final 40 minutes thanks to a constant parade to the penalty box. The Penguins were 0 for 7 on the power play, even failing to score with a two-man advantage for 84 seconds in the first period, but the manpower troubles killed the momentum of the Buffalo offense.' … [Read more...] about Fleury has the last word against Sabres

'"Mark is obviously a great player," Adam said. "Over 700 NHL games and it's showed on the score sheet. To have a guy like that in the dressing room, he was a leader with Matt Ellis. Both of them had tons of experience. It really helped our team down there. We have a young team in Portland but we weren't playing like a young team."' … [Read more...] about Veteran Parrish gets the call from Portland

Neal, Michalek end droughts, lead Penguins past Sabres (Pittsburgh Post Gazette) Power play success like winning the lottery (Pittsburgh Post Gazette) Kunitz back in lineup after 13-game absence (Pittsburgh Post Gazette) Neal, Michalek break out in win (McKeesport Daily News) Ruff impressed with Penguins' resourcefulness (McKeesport Daily News) Pens win first in regulation … [Read more...] about Wednesday’s Pittsburgh Coverage

'Rob Niedermayer scored for the second straight game for Buffalo, which lost in regulation for the first time in eight games since Terry Pegula became the team’s owner.' … [Read more...] about Pens continue mastery of Sabres with 3-1 win

'Rob Niedermayer scored the lone goal and Ryan Miller was charged with three goals on 31 shots for the Sabres, who had won three of four coming in.' … [Read more...] about Pittsburgh 3, Buffalo 1

'The Buffalo Sabres scored first, but three unanswered goals gave the Pittsburgh Penguins a 3-1 win on Tuesday night at the CONSOL Energy Center.' … [Read more...] about Penguins Dump Sabres 3-1

'Buffalo Sabres General Manager Darcy Regier announced today that forwards Luke Adam and Mark Parrish have been recalled from the Portland Pirates of the American Hockey League.' … [Read more...] about Sabres recall Adam and Parrish from Portland

Pirates just find ways to win (Portland Press Herald) Pirates keep on rolling (Maine Hockey Journal) Parrish still has the desire (Maine Hockey Journal) Already depleted the Pirates are hit again (Maine Hockey Journal) Portland Pirates beat Hershey Bears 3-2 in shootout (Harrisburg Patriot News) Pirates Upend Bears (PortlandPirates.com) Pirates Sign Blight … [Read more...] about Wednesday’s Portland Coverage