Archives for October 12, 2011

‘”Obviously, it’s a good start for myself, but again, you can’t do it by yourself,” Vanek said in First Niagara Center. “As a line with [Jason Pominville] and Lukey, we found some chemistry. Every since we got put together in the Washington [preseason] game, we’ve done well. We’ve done good in practice, and we’ve been able to carry it over so far.”‘

‘”We built some chemistry right away,” Pominville said. “Even last year when he came in (late in the season from Portland of the AHL), he did some good things.”‘

‘“I really feel as an organization it’s time,” Ruff said Tuesday after the Sabres practiced inside the First Niagara Center. “If we’re going to push through, it needs to be that group of players that leads the way for us. (Goalie Ryan Miller is) part of that group. They played together in Rochester. They’ve been here a good period of time.”’

Amerks ready for home opener on Thursday (Amerks.com)