Archives for November 2014

'At their current pace, the Sabres are destined to become one of the worst teams in NHL history. They have 18 goals in 16 games, a 92-score pace. The Sabres scored an NHL record-low 150 goals last season. Crosby alone has 17 assists. Incredible.' … [Read more...] about Sidney Crosby and high-powered Penguins destroy Sabres

'“It was extremely tough,” Weber said Saturday morning about sitting out. “So I still don’t really understand what was going on there. It is what it is. I’m a professional. I come to work ready to work.”' … [Read more...] about Mike Weber disappointed by sitting out

Penguins defeat Sabres, 6-1 (Pittsburgh Post Gazette) Penalty-killing seamless (Pittsburgh Post Gazette) Penguins roll past Sabres (Pittsburgh Tribune Review) Johnston wants Malkin to shoot the puck more often (Pittsburgh Tribune Review) 3 Impressions: Pens 6, Sabres 1 (PittsburghPenguins.com) Photo gallery (PittsburghPenguins.com) Photo gallery (Sabres.com) … [Read more...] about Sunday’s Pittsburgh Coverage

'That’s because hockey people in Philadelphia all too well remember 2006-07, when the Flyers suffered through arguably the worst season in franchise history and were on course to be odds-on favorite for that year’s draft No. 1 pick and a shot at can’t-miss prospect Patrick Kane. The Flyers finished last, but the third-worst Chicago Blackhawks won the lottery and wound up with … [Read more...] about Hey, Sabres fans, ‘tanking’ not a sure thing

'"We didn't want to give Buffalo any hope early, and I thought we took that away from them in the first 10 minutes," Penguins coach Mike Johnston said.' … [Read more...] about Crosby has 5 assists in Penguins’ rout of Sabres

'"The score was 6-1 so it was definitely us more playing poorly. Any team, if you've got an effort and you can compete, it can be a close game," Girgensons said. "But if you don't try against a team like that then you see the score, the result."' … [Read more...] about Pittsburgh 6, Buffalo 1

'"I said to the team in between the second and third period you run out of words," coach Ted Nolan said. "What do you say? Except you say it over and over again and you can't quit. Our fans pay good money to watch us play, at least compete and perform for that if there's nothing else. What can you say? We got to find a way. We got to keep searching for it."' … [Read more...] about Crosby dominates Sabres again in Penguins win

'Buffalo finally got on the board at 16:52 of the second period on Zemgus Girgensons' deflection of a Josh Gorges slapshot. Gorges' rip glanced off Girgensons and under the crossbar, making the score 5-1. Pittsburgh added yet another goal before the end of the second period, this time courtesy of Evgeni Malkin.' … [Read more...] about Crosby, Pens Bury Sabres 6-1

'So what’s changed? Zadorov is now playing and Nolan said, “He’s maturing before our eyes and I have to give him a lot of credit for it.” Nolan added, “I really like what he’s doing, I think this kid potentially has a lot of growth to do and he’s going to be a very good player, he’s a big guy, he’s above the average hockey intelligence and he’s going to be a real good one."' … [Read more...] about Zadorov has proven himself to Nolan

'As Ennis skated past linesman Derek Nansen following the end of the game, the forward says he “went to go talk to the linesman [Nansen] and tap him on the bum lightly but I think I got a bit of his hand.” He was assessed a game misconduct by the referees following the incident, and was quick to apologize for his actions. Ennis added that he “went and apologized after the game … [Read more...] about Ennis vents in loss, does not expect any discipline

'Kris Letang scored 1:21 into the game with assists from Sidney Crosby and Patric Hornqvist. The trio continued to pile up points in Pittsburgh’s 6-1 win at First Niagara Center.' … [Read more...] about Sabres fall in lopsided decision to Penguins at home

Amerks extend skid with loss to Utica (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle) Comets hang on, edge Amerks 3-2 (Utica Observer Dispatch) Amerks drop fourth in a row (WGR-AM) Amerks' comeback falls short in 3-2 loss to top-ramked Comets (Amerks.com) Final: Comets 3 @ Americans 2 (UticaComets.com) … [Read more...] about Sunday’s Rochester Coverage

Penguins-Sabres Preview (AP) Pittsburgh Penguins (9-2-1) at Buffalo Sabres (3-10-2) (The Sports Network) Sabres seeking revenge against Penguins (NHL.com) Penguins Report: Game Day vs. Buffalo (PittsburghPenguins.com) Digital Preview vs. Buffalo Sabres 11/8/14 (PittsburghPenguins.com) … [Read more...] about Saturday’s Pittsburgh Coverage

'“I am great, and I am really excited to be here,” Jeanneret, who has been off since announcing in July he had throat cancer, said on MSG. “I was locked up for almost three months. I couldn’t drive because of the pain medication that I was on. It didn’t allow me out of the house except to go to medical appointments and things like that."' … [Read more...] about Jeanneret, Kelly brighten spirits before Sabres fall to Oilers

'“I think you can improve a lot of things in our game,” Moulson said. “We had some chances tonight and then had periods where we didn’t get many offensive chances. We were kind of bogged down in our own zone. Hopefully we clean that up and I think that will lead to a lot more chances. Those two guys are great players I’m playing with. So we’ll get chances.”' … [Read more...] about Moulson thrilled with breaking the ice