Archives for January 13, 2013

'The Sabres are scheduled to conduct physicals, on-ice testing, and possibly practice today. They’ll welcome the fans to First Niagara Center on Monday for a 5:30 p.m. scrimmage that should help the players and coaches get a feel for where they stand after a long time apart.' … [Read more...] about The wait is finally over for Ott, Sabres teammates

'Though the Sabres have just nine sets of back-to-back games after specializing in them the previous three seasons, they should get ready for a hectic pace. They play seven games in 11 days in January and follow that with 14 games in 28 days in February. There’s little time to breathe in March with 15 games in 31 days, and they play 12 times during the first 26 days of April.' … [Read more...] about Schedule has Sabres home for 10 of last 14 games

'Expectations have been significantly tempered this year. The championship talk that dominated the Sabres’ last camp 16 months ago is nonexistent. Just making the playoffs would be progress.' … [Read more...] about Roster battles promise to make Sabres camp interesting

'The Sabres play two Northeast Division rivals – the Boston Bruins and Montreal Canadiens – five times and two division foes – Ottawa and Toronto – four times. They face the other 10 Eastern Conference opponents three times each.' … [Read more...] about Sabres’ 48-game schedule will be dizzying

'After 119 days, the NHL lockout has finally ended. The league and players signed the memorandum of understanding Saturday night, officially starting the season. The league immediately released its 48-game schedule.' … [Read more...] about Sabres Schedule Released

Rochester Amerks defeat Syracuse Crunch (Rochester D&C) Short-handed Syracuse Crunch falls to Rochester, 4-1 (Syracuse Post Standard) Amerks go in to Syracuse and knock off the Crunch, 4-1 (Amerks.com) Crunch win streak snapped by Rochester (SyracuseCrunch.com) … [Read more...] about Sunday’s Rochester Coverage