Archives for January 24, 2013

‘“I hope I’m playing,” Gerbe said in First Niagara Center before flying south. “I want to get out there. I’m not going to be afraid. I want to hit someone, get some hits right away, and that’s probably going to make me calm down and leave any doubt in my mind behind about the injury.”’

‘“It’s important to get him going,” Ruff said. “We’ve got five games in really less than eight days. You look at it that way, we need to get him in there. At the same time, we need to keep Ryan fresh.”‘

‘“The way they play the game makes it easy,” Hodgson said. “They make the smart plays. It’s not too complicated.”’

‘“I’m not shy. I want to get out there,” Gerbe said. “I’m not going to be afraid. I want to hit someone. I want to get some hits out of the way. That’s probably going to make me calm down.”’

‘The Buffalo Sabres literally skated through the regular season the last two seasons and didn’t get interested until the final month, seemingly turning it on only when it looked like they might not make the postseason. That worked two years ago, but they fell short last season.’

‘Despite his inconsistent play, the Sabres were a different team when Myers was on the ice. Buffalo was 31-21-4 when he played and just 8-11-7 when Myers was out of the lineup.’

‘”It’s been a very, very, very long recovery for me, I’ve been out since basically April and this is my first game, lockout or no lockout. This is about the time I would’ve been back anyways.”’

Sabres-Hurricanes Preview (AP)
Buffalo Sabres (2-0-0) at Carolina Hurricanes (0-2-0) (The Sports Network)
Sabres chase 3-0 start against winless Hurricanes (NHL.com)
Canes Still Searching for First Win (CarolinaHurricanes.com)