Archives for March 28, 2013

'“You shouldn’t wait until the third period to turn it up a notch,” center Cody Hodgson said. “We needed to be in that mode the whole game. They had a pretty good collapse going down low and they take away all your routes so you’ve got to make sure you use your points to get some offense going. That was part of our strategy but getting only 14 shots isn’t nearly enough.”' … [Read more...] about Sabres give Stafford another shot

'“It’s obviously a bit of a surprise,” Brennan said about getting dealt. “Leaving the Buffalo organization after seven years now, (it felt) a little, I don’t know, hard to swallow at first. You don’t really know any better. You don’t know anyone else. … It’s definitely a little bittersweet.”' … [Read more...] about Former Sabres prospect Brennan feeling comfortable with Panthers

'Keep those playoff ticket invoices handy and on your desks at home. But don’t mail them in to the ticket office just yet.' … [Read more...] about The Drive for Ninth

Preview: Panthers vs. Sabres, 7:30 p.m. Thursday (South Florida Sun Sentinel) Sabres-Panthers Preview (AP) Buffalo Sabres (13-16-4) at Florida Panthers (9-19-6) (The Sports Network) Panthers return home, play host to Sabres (NHL.com) … [Read more...] about Thursday’s Florida Coverage

'“I was just frustrated, because we had been playing fairly good hockey and we wanted to continue to build on that and we hit another speed bump, so you’re frustrated with it, but we’re back this morning, short meeting, short message and we have to be better tomorrow night.”' … [Read more...] about Sabres back to regrouping

'As far as if it’s still possible Vanek will play Rolston said, “Potentially, but he’s still pretty sore today.”' … [Read more...] about Sabres may not have Vanek. Stafford is back

David Leggio carries Rochester in shutout victory (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle) Leggio ruins Zettler's debut as Rochester blanks Syracuse Crunch, 1-0 (Syracuse Post Standard) Amerks' Leggio is NHL Worthy (WGR-AM) Leggio shines as Amerks shutout Crunch, 1-0 (Amerks.com) Amerks sign Patrick Rissmiller to AHL contract (Amerks.com) Crunch blanked by Amerks … [Read more...] about Thursday’s Rochester Coverage