Archives for October 22, 2014

'“I don’t think they saw our best game. I think we’ve had times where we’ve been able to skate with the top teams, and I don’t think we showed that at all. We’re going in wanting to prove ourselves, that we can play with them and steal a couple points in their rink.”' … [Read more...] about Sabres will try to make amends against Ducks

'Buffalo gets the chance to see the phenom at 7 tonight when First Niagara Center hosts its first Ontario Hockey League game between McDavid’s Erie Otters and the Niagara IceDogs.' … [Read more...] about McDavid paying visit with Otters

'“I don’t think it’s my choice,” Zadorov said. “It’s not my job to make the decision with all that. I’m going to be there when they’re going to tell me to be. I’m going to keep working hard, keep playing hard. It doesn’t matter where.' … [Read more...] about Zadarov practicing hard despite uncertainty

'“You can’t really do too much of that, you just got to worry about yourself and playing your game, doing all the right things,” he said. “If Buffalo happens to be the one that drafts me, that’ll be great, then I’ll be thrilled. It’s the NHL. You kind of go where you’re picked. Every city and organization is first class.”' … [Read more...] about Connor McDavid can’t avoid Sabres fans on Twitter

Ducks expect more than 'pee-wee' effort from Sabres tonight (Los Angeles Times) Sabres-Ducks Preview (AP) Buffalo Sabres (1-5-0) at Anaheim Ducks (5-1-0) (The Sports Network) Sabres seek scoring visiting Ducks (NHL.com) … [Read more...] about Wednesday’s Anaheim Coverage

'Black said if there was a strong walk-up sale, the crowd could reach 12,000.' … [Read more...] about Sabres fans might get peek at future as McDavid visits

'Reinhart was the last player off the ice Tuesday because he was practicing face-offs and getting pointers from one of the best centermen of all-time in Bryan Trottier. Reinhart is only winning 26.5 percent of his draws. He really enjoyed the tutoring on Tuesday, “He was going over desperate situations when you’re not necessarily trying to win the draw, but you scramble and … [Read more...] about Sabres Reinhart has a huge resource here

'Nolan has said many times that you play the way you practice. He said, “We were creating bad habits in our work ethic, so I wanted to adjust that. I looked at the tape over and over, we had individual meetings, we had line meetings and we all came to a consensus that we have to compete harder.”' … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Nolan got extra in practice

'“Each and every one of us, we’ve got to be better. We had a nice sit-down discussion about it and I liked to see the way the guys really took their words into action today,” Nolan said. “Hopefully it’s the start of turning this thing around.”' … [Read more...] about Sabres energized at Tuesday’s practice

AHL's new overtime format draws favorable reviews (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle) … [Read more...] about Wednesday’s Rochester Coverage