Archives for November 2013

'“That’s the biggest name to come out of St. Louis,” Butler said. “I remember growing up, I played in Kirkwood and there were pictures of Pat LaFontaine in the trophy case. You began to respect and realize how good of a player he was.”' … [Read more...] about Buffalo’s LaFontaine has fond memories of St. Louis

Blues shake off bad start, beat Sabres (Saint Louis Post Dispatch) Buffalo’s LaFontaine has fond memories of St. Louis (Saint Louis Post Dispatch) Photo gallery (Fox Sports Midwest) Photo gallery (StLouisBlues.com) Photo gallery (Sabres.com) Photo gallery (Buffalo News) … [Read more...] about Wednesday’s Saint Louis Coverage

'Pat LaFontaine, Buffalo’s new president of hockey operations, submitted the formal request.' … [Read more...] about Bruins give Buffalo permission to interview Jim Benning

'St. Louis is 8-1 in its past nine trips to Buffalo.' … [Read more...] about Blues too much for Sabres 4-1

'Defenseman Nikita Zadorov was returned to his Canadian Junior team, the Ontario Hockey League London Knights. The move was made before Zadorov played his 10th NHL game, which is when his three-year contract would come into effect. Drafted 16th overall in June, Zadorov had a goal in seven games in Buffalo.' … [Read more...] about Sabres return D Zadorov to OHL; demote 3 to AHL

'Ennis opened the scoring just 10 seconds into the game after tipping in Ville Leino's shot from the end line. Buffalo won the face off and quickly dumped the puck into the St. Louis zone. After the Blues recovered the disc, Leino forced a turnover and tried to put one in from the end line, but Ennis was there to tip it past Halak for the goal.' … [Read more...] about St. Louis 4, Buffalo 1

'The Sabres assigned defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen and forward Johan Larsson to their American Hockey League affiliate in Rochester and also sent forward Mikhail Grigorenko to Rochester on a conditioning assignment.' … [Read more...] about Sabres activate D Weber off IR

'It was the quickest goal for the Sabres in nearly five years. Right winger Drew Stafford scored 10 seconds into a game against Edmonton on Jan. 27, 2009. It was all St. Louis after that.' … [Read more...] about Stewart comes off sick bed, helps Blues top Sabres

'Derek Roy picked up one point in his return to First Niagara Center, an assist on Morrow's second goal.' … [Read more...] about Morrow, Blues Skate Past Sabres 4-1

'It also makes it hard to generate offensive when you’re killing penalties for six of the 20 minutes in the period.' … [Read more...] about Sabres had big task with the Blues

'The Blues improved to 13-2-0 against the Sabres dating back to 1999, including 8-1-0 in Buffalo. They also improved to 31-9-5 against Eastern Conference foes since the 2010-11 season, the best inter-conference record in the NHL.' … [Read more...] about Morrow, Stewart lead Blues past Sabres

'“Sometimes we’ve been starting slow. This time we started fast and scored and then we kind of let off the gas,” Ennis said. “Those are the things we need to fix. They’re a good team and you can’t let off the gas.”' … [Read more...] about Recap (Nov. 19): Blues 4 – Sabres 1

'Ristolainen had one goal and 4 PIMs in 19 games played this season, while Larsson has one assist in 17 games. Grigorenko has collected three points (2+1) in 15 games, with both goals coming in Anaheim on Nov. 8. Zadorov, who missed the first nine games of the season with a hand injury, has scored one goal in seven games with Buffalo.' … [Read more...] about Young trio headed to Rochester; Weber activated

'Miller has piqued the interest of Blues general manager Doug Armstrong, who still must decide that Jaroslav Halak is not the long-term answer. Halak and back-up Brian Elliott are in the last year of their contract, like Miller.' … [Read more...] about Sabres opt not to wait ’til next year

'“You see some good organizations and how they go about it,” Nolan said. “You don’t force-feed somebody and say we’re a rebuild. Rebuild is important, but how you rebuild is really important.' … [Read more...] about Sabres roster changes coming