Archives for 2014

'The Avalanche (35-14-5) have won three games in a row, are 9-2-1 in their past 11 games and have beaten the Sabres seven consecutive times since Dec. 4, 2005.' … [Read more...] about MacKinnon leads Avalanche past Sabres

'“We just weren’t ready to go from the get-go. I’m not too sure why. We didn’t practice yesterday. We should’ve had some energy at least. But we didn’t have energy,” Nolan said. “We didn’t have concentration. We skated by. We didn’t lay a body hit on anybody. So it’s just one of those very, very ugly games you don’t want to see too often. ”' … [Read more...] about Sabres sunk by three Avalanche goals in first period

Rochester Amerks win seventh straight (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle) Scoring woes continue for Penguins (Wilkes-Barre Times Leader) Red-hot Amerks blank Penguins (Scranton Times Tribune) Amerks shutout Penguins for seventh straight victory (Amerks.com) Amerks shut out the Pens, 4-0 (WBSPenguins.com) … [Read more...] about Sunday’s Rochester Coverage

'“It doesn’t look like it’s really too, too serious,” Sabres coach Ted Nolan said. “He took a pretty good bang, so it looks possibly that he’ll be out till after the Olympic break.”' … [Read more...] about Moulson out through Olympic break

'Miller and Quick are the leading candidates to be in the crease Feb. 13 against Slovakia, but coach Dan Bylsma isn’t ready to name a starter.' … [Read more...] about Miller still has chance of starting in Sochi

Sabres-Avalanche Preview (AP) Buffalo Sabres (15-30-8) at Colorado Avalanche (34-14-5) (The Sports Network) Host Avalanche not taking Sabres for granted (NHL.com) … [Read more...] about Saturday’s Colorado Coverage

'“He took a pretty good bang last night so it looks like possibly he’ll be out until after the Olympic break. I think we only have four or five games left so it could be the last part of it, but more than likely after the Olympic break.”' … [Read more...] about Sabres Moulson to miss some time

Rochester Amerks win sixth straight (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle) Rockford IceHogs tripped up 4-1 by Amerks (Rockford Register Star) Amerks stay hot with 4-1 win over Rockford (Amerks.com) Flat Hogs fall in Rochester (IceHogs.com) … [Read more...] about Saturday’s Rochester Coverage

'“No one saw that coming.”' … [Read more...] about Girgensons’ short-hander lifts Sabres past Coyotes

'“It’s not the points that I’m concerned about,” he said. “It’s just skating hard on pucks. My legs were really coming around. I was feeling good out there. We had some good games where we established a good forecheck. We got our chances and goals from that, so I’m just hoping to get back to the same things I was doing.”' … [Read more...] about D’Agostini back in lineup; Ehrhoff sick

3rd period short-handed goal hands Phoenix Coyotes home loss to Buffalo Sabres (Arizona Republic) Photo gallery (Arizona Republic) Coyotes hit new low in loss to Sabres (Fox Sports Arizona) Photo gallery (PhoenixCoyotes.com) Photo gallery (Sabres.com) … [Read more...] about Friday’s Phoenix Coverage

'''Sometimes when we have a lead, we panic a little bit,'' Sabres coach Ted Nolan said. ''Tonight, we still panicked a bit, but not as much and it was good to see.''' … [Read more...] about Sabres rally to beat Coyotes 3-2

'"We wanted to come in and play extremely hard," Ott said. "I thought we did that tonight."' … [Read more...] about Buffalo 3, Phoenix 2

'"They play the game hard, and sometimes you get lucky against them," Buffalo coach Ted Nolan said. "The two times we played them ... I mean, we played hard, but we had a little Lady Luck against them."' … [Read more...] about Sabres complete sweep of Coyotes

'Matt Moulson suffered an injury during the third period and did not return. Ted Nolan did not specify the severity of Moulson's injury, but said the team should know more soon.' … [Read more...] about Special Teams Help Sabres Edge Coyotes 3-2