Archives for January 18, 2014

'“Throughout my 12 years of pro hockey I’ve ridden this road before,” he said. “You’re up. You’re down. You’re up. You’re down. I’ve learned a lot along the way and one of the things is you focus on the now. You don’t worry about tomorrow. You don’t worry about yesterday. You focus on the now. You bring it every day. You lay it on the line. That’s kind of the attitude you have … [Read more...] about Ellis making an impact for Sabres

'“I think watching the number of games I’ve been watching now and seeing his ability, I think he’s a real good player. I think he’s a little bit more offensively gifted than what we saw,” Nolan said. “I think just having confidence and knowing that the coaching staff and the organization believes in him. We just really want to show him some confidence that we think he’s a … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Nolan has a chat with Ehrhoff and Flynn

'“I can only imagine what it would be like to go from where we are now to have success, and that’s something that I’ve always wanted that,” Ott said Friday inside the First Niagara Center. “It’s easy to go somewhere where you’re already having success. But that’s a different feeling when you start here and see the rise and see the change. I don’t think we’re that far away.”' … [Read more...] about Sabres captain Steve Ott wants to remain in Buffalo

Game Day Scorecard: Blue Jackets at Buffalo Sabres (Columbus Dispatch) Blue Jackets-Sabres Preview (AP) Columbus Blue Jackets (23-20-4) at Buffalo Sabres (13-27-6) (The Sports Network) Streaking Blue Jackets visit Sabres (NHL.com) Game Day Central: Blue Jackets at Sabres (BlueJackets.com) … [Read more...] about Saturday’s Columbus Coverage

'This has been a total hard luck story for Enroth this season. His record is 1-9-4 with a 2.57 goals against and .913 save percentage. Including the three goals they scored for Enroth Tuesday against Philadelphia, Buffalo has 20 goals for him in his 14 starts. That’s around 1.4 goals per game.' … [Read more...] about Sabres Enroth has one bright thing to look forward to in a hard luck season

Rochester Amerks defeat Oklahoma City (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle) Rochester comes back to win, takes advantage of Barons penalties (Oklahoma City Oklahoman) Barons trade forwards Ryan Martindale, Derek Nesbitt to San Antonio (Oklahoma City Oklahoman) Amerks power-play too much for Barons (Amerks.com) Barons fall to Rochester, 4-3 (OKCBarons.com) … [Read more...] about Saturday’s Rochester Coverage