Archives for January 27, 2013

‘“He’s 18 years old and people tend to forget how young he is and every day is experience,” said Ott. “Obviously the rest of it is up to management. … You see flashes of great stuff. When I look at myself when I was young, sometimes you’re going to play less minutes, sometimes you’re going to play a little bit more and get thrown opportunities to succeed. Then you’re going to be backed off a little more. That’s part of becoming a professional hockey player. He’s handling it really well for 18 years old.”’

‘Jeanneret missed the first four games of the season due to an undisclosed illness. He was honored in November by the Hockey Hall of Fame with the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award for broadcast excellence and was expected to do the Sabres’ entire schedule this season when it was still an 82-game slate. Jeanneret, who started working for the team in 1971, worked about 65 games last season, taking some trips off to cut down on his travel schedule.’

‘“Every freakin’ puck is going to go deep! No more of this pond hockey (stuff)!”’

‘“I like where this kid is going,” Ruff said. “I like where his game has been. Even his early shifts I thought were good shifts. They had the makings of doing something good.”’

Capitals vs. Sabres: Preview and news and notes (Washington Times)
Sabres-Capitals Preview (AP)
Buffalo Sabres (2-2-0) at Washington Capitals (0-3-1) (The Sports Network)
Capitals host Sabres still seeking first win (NHL.com)
Caps Aim for First Win (WashingtonCaps.com)

‘“We played pond hockey there,” Ruff said. “It wasn’t real good hockey. Let’s not kid ourselves, turnovers and turnovers my some of our key personnel even the short-handed goal was a careless turnover and we had a 3-on-0 against us and needed a couple big saves. We can’t play like that.”’