Archives for October 28, 2011

‘“He puts a smile on your face because I don’t know if he ever gets excited,” Ruff said. “ … I think that’s what’s made him an effective goaltender. For his size (listed at 5-foot-10), he’s got this calmness, he’s got a patience about him that you don’t see out of many goaltenders.”’

‘“After last year, the part I played, the consistency I had, I was pretty happy with the way I performed and obviously pretty happy with training camp,” Weber said Thursday morning prior to the Sabres’ 4-2 win. “But obviously we added some key additions and some big names. It’s put me in this situation again. I’m just trying to stay positive.”’

‘”We talked about it for the most part in our practices this week,” said captain Jason Pominville, who scored twice and added an assist. “It was the focus of improving the power play and working on different things. We got some good looks [Thursday], did better things. If the power play doesn’t click [Thursday], it might be a different story.”‘

‘”He puts a smile on your face,” Ruff said. “I don’t know if he ever gets excited. I think that’s what’s made him an effective goaltender. For his size, he has this calmness, this patience about him that you don’t see out of many goaltenders. There’s not many times he gets out of control or lost in his crease. He’s been very good for us.”‘

‘”Of course there’s frustration building,” Weber said. “I want to play. Sitting out is not easy. It’s a tough situation when you have the caliber of defense that we have. There’s seven of us, and every one of us is a top-six or top-four guy.”‘

Efforts aren’t rewarded (Columbus Dispatch)
Photo gallery (Fox Sports Ohio)
Post-game: at Buffalo (BlueJackets.com)
Photo gallery (BlueJackets.com)
Photo gallery (Sabres.com)
Photo gallery (AP)

‘Enroth has won both of his starts this season, and improved to 11-3-2 since making his NHL debut in 2010. He was steady and sharp throughout, especially in the first two periods when the Sabres were outshot by a 33-19 margin.’

‘Brad Boyes and Patrick Kaleta both had a goal for the Sabres, who halted a two-game slide. Jhonas Enroth stopped 41 shots.’

‘Buffalo coughed up another lead, but unlike the previous home results against Carolina and Tampa Bay, the team managed to hang on for their first win at the First Niagara Center.’

‘Of more importance to the Sabres was the performance of their power play, which snapped a 1-for-17 run with a pair of goals in the victory.’