Archives for November 3, 2011

‘Everything was a disaster early in the Sabres’ second straight home loss and fourth in five tries. What the heck happened? “I don’t know,” Sabres winger Thomas Vanek said. “We had good practices. We worked hard, talked a lot about it and came out like crap. After that, I thought we started playing our game again, making plays, getting pucks deep.”’

‘“I need him to play before he gets so frustrated we lose him, and that’s the bottom line,” coach Lindy Ruff said prior to the Sabres’ 3-2 loss inside the First Niagara Center. “He’s worked hard. A player gets to the point where you got to get him in. He was an important part of our team. He played good minutes and played hard. They’ve got some players that we’d like to play hard against, so this game was a good fit for him.”’

‘The newly installed top line of Ville Leino between Thomas Vanek and Jason Pominville hadn’t even taken a shift yet and the team was in a two-goal hole. Leino rejoined Derek Roy and Drew Stafford before the first 10 minutes was up.’

‘”It comes down to hard work and competing and moving your feet,” Pominville said. “Early on, we weren’t doing that. They made us pay. It’s just not the way you want to play at home.”‘

‘”The bottom line is I need [Weber] to play before he gets so frustrated we lose him,” said coach Lindy Ruff. “He’s worked hard. A player gets to the point where you’ve got to get him in. He was an important part of our team.”‘

‘After a solid first two weeks to the season, Team Cup Contender has become Team Ordinary.’

Bryzgalov gives Flyers a lift in win over Sabres (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Carle has praise for defense mate (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Photo gallery (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Flyers start strong, then hang on in Buffalo (Philadelphia Daily News)
Voracek begins to feel at home with Flyers (Philadelphia Daily News)
Photo gallery (Allentown Morning Call)
Flyers chase Miller early, hang on to beat Sabres (CSN Philadelphia)
Sabres coach thinks Ville’s worth the wait (CSN Philadelphia)
Fly-By: Flyers 3, Sabres 2 (PhiladelphiaFlyers.com)
Photo gallery (PhiladelphiaFlyers.com)
Photo gallery (Sabres.com)
Photo gallery (AP)

‘But the damage was already done against Miller, who is 0-4-0 in his last four games with a 3.91 goals-against average.’

‘”It’s a good offensive team. We give them chances like we did and they can certainly capitalize,” said Sabres winger Thomas Vanek. “We got it together and played good but it was too late.”‘

‘The three goals came on 11 shots and that was enough to end Ryan Miller’s night and bring Jhonas Enroth off the bench.’