Archives for April 2011

'The Sabres ended the first period with the momentum and a 1-1 tie, but a bad mistake put them down just 2:44 into the second period. The Flyers are tough to come back against, as the final score indicates.' … [Read more...] about Breaking down Game Three

'I always find it interesting this time of year how many people have Sabres hats. Seems to be a lot more Sabres hats (and T-shirts and jerseys, etc.) in early to mid-April than there are in, say, mid-November.' … [Read more...] about Sabres hats really travel well

Boucher and Flyers stop Sabres, 4-2 (Philadelphia Inquirer) Flyers find a way past antic Sabres (Philadelphia Inquirer) Pronger takes shots, gets closer to playing (Philadelphia Inquirer) Photo gallery (Philadelphia Inquirer) Boucher puts lid on Sabres as Flyers take Game 3 (Philadelphia Daily News) Breakthrough game for Carter as Flyers take series lead on Buffalo … [Read more...] about Tuesday’s Philadelphia Coverage

'That the Sabres are down 2-1 in the best-of-seven should concern them. Why? They have the best goalie in the series in Ryan Miller, and the Flyers have not had their best defenceman, Chris Pronger, who continues to recover from a hand injury. Yet it’s the Flyers who have the series lead.' … [Read more...] about Buffalo needs to start converting

'“I don’t think they’ve been outstanding, and I don’t think we’ve been outstanding,” Sabres goalie Ryan Miller said. “We haven’t had our best yet, and we’re going to need it.”' … [Read more...] about Boucher stops 35 as Flyers beat Sabres 4-2

'The gritty forward sustained what the team called an upper-body injury 11 minutes into the first period. Kaleta was slow to get up after he collided with Flyers defenseman Braydon Coburn deep in the Philadelphia zone.' … [Read more...] about Sabres lose RW Kaleta to upper-body injury

'"You wanna score when you're handed a two-man advantage, especially a lone one," said Gerbe. "But it's gonna happen that you don't score especially when you're playing as good a team as those guys on the other side. Still, it's disappointing that we weren't able to tie it up there."' … [Read more...] about Philadelphia 4, Buffalo 2

'There were plenty of chances for the Sabres to take control of this game tonight, but Boucher made a couple of keys saves and the team could not capitalize on their 5-on-3 power play chance.' … [Read more...] about Flyers Gain Control with 4-2 Win

'Is this team, as currently constructed, mentally tough enough to shake off the 2 losses and get back to winning hockey? I don't know, that is the biggest question to me heading into Wednesday.' … [Read more...] about More Game 3 Thoughts

1-for-5 on the power play. Normally, you’d take that from your offense, especially in a playoff game, but their work was unacceptable. A novice power play coach would’ve noticed after Game One how hard the Flyers top killers were pressing the Sabres point men and half-wall dwellers. … [Read more...] about Immediate Reactions: Flyers 4, Sabres 2

'"There might have been a few minutes (in the second) where we got away from what we wanted to do," said Miller, who had 23 saves. "It was only a couple of minutes, but it ended up being the difference tonight."' … [Read more...] about Boucher shines in Flyers’ 4-2 win

'"I've been pushing myself the last little bit to be ready if something happened and the team needed me," Leopold said. "I've been working toward that, toward being able to get out there and to contribute some way somehow."' … [Read more...] about Leopold returns to Sabres’ lineup

'The loss marked the first time Buffalo has lost two consecutive games since February, when the team lost three straight from Feb. 12-15.' … [Read more...] about The aftermath: Flyers 4, Sabres 2

Caught in 0-for-15 lull, Pirates seeking to amp up on power play (Portland Press Herald) Mancari, Persson shuffle back to Buffalo (Portland Press Herald) Missed opportunities may prove costly (Maine Hockey Journal) … [Read more...] about Tuesday’s Portland Coverage

'“If the (emotion) means we have to make a kill now or then ... I’m not looking for a flatline game where I take all the emotion out of our players,” Ruff said. “This place is going to be rocking. I can’t wait for that part.”' … [Read more...] about Expect the Ruff stuff in Buffalo