Archives for March 29, 2015

'The Sabres outshot Colorado, 38-22, but the good bounces and quality chances belonged to the Avs early. Buffalo outshot an opponent for just the seventh time in its 75 games.' … [Read more...] about Avs’ fast start does in Sabres

'“I think he’s learning,” Roy said. “Some players develop faster than others. I’m sure the expectations are very high for him in Buffalo, but Grigo has a lot of skills, has a lot of hockey sense.”' … [Read more...] about Grigorenko thinks he’s making progress

'Even short losing streaks can turn the jolliest of coaches into snarling souls. Imagine, then, what Tippett and Buffalo’s Ted Nolan are going through with the two worst teams in the NHL. “It’s just miserable,” Tippett said. “Miserable. You never want to be in this situation.”' … [Read more...] about Tippett, Nolan living on teachable moments

Avalanche handles Buffalo as Matt Duchene has goal and two assists (Denver Post) Avalanche defenseman Erik Johnson "very close" to return (Denver Post) Photo gallery (Denver Post) Barrie Nabs 100th Point In 5-3 Victory (ColoradoAvalanche.com) Photo gallery (ColoradoAvalanche.com) Photo gallery (Sabres.com) … [Read more...] about Sunday’s Colorado Coverage

'It goes against the integrity of the game, but it's hard to blame a team for give up a meaningless victory to improve its draft status. And it's hard to blame fans, such as the ones in Buffalo, for occasionally rooting for their team to lose.' … [Read more...] about For Buffalo Sabres, it’s just lose, baby

'Tim Murray, general manager of the Buffalo Sabres, a self-described “glass-half-empty guy” not given to giddy appraisals, said he has not seen a better junior player. “I watch him too much and I think too much about him,” said Murray, who has been scouting teenage N.H.L. prospects for 23 seasons. “I wish I could help myself.”' … [Read more...] about Hockey’s Next Great One Draws a Crowd

'"Nobody threw in the towel after the second," Meszaros said. "We picked ourselves up and battled hard, but it wasn't enough."' … [Read more...] about Duchene, Iginla have 3 points each as Avs beat Sabres 5-3

'"You hate to have to play for pride now, but that's what we have to do," Meszaros said. "We have to keep playing hard."' … [Read more...] about Colorado 5, Buffalo 3

'"We didn't start the way we wanted to and caught us a little flat-footed," Buffalo coach Ted Nolan said. "They have high-end skill guys on their team. We had a bad line change on the first goal, the second goal we had three guys behind the goal line."' … [Read more...] about Iginla’s big night helps Avalanche hold off Sabres

'Lindback stopped 10 out of 12 shots in the opening period, but was replaced by Matt Hackett to start the second. Hackett surrendered goals on the first two shots he faced, upping Colorado's lead to 4-0. Taking a nice backhand pass from Ryan O'Reilly, Tyson Barrie walked in and lifted the puck over Hackett's glove for the third goal of the evening. Matt Duchene added his 19th … [Read more...] about Avs Hold Off Sabres 5-3

'"We just didn't start the way we wanted to and they caught us a little bit flat-footed," said Nolan. "They got some high-end skill guys on their team...but we found a way to fight back towards the latter part of the game."' … [Read more...] about Sabres don’t tend to matchup well against the Avalanche

'The Sabres made a game of it in the third period.' … [Read more...] about Avalanche build big lead, hold on to defeat Sabres

'“We just weren’t to play in the first period and a good team like Colorado, they get those goals with those mistakes,” Ristolainen said. “We had a good 20 minutes. Hopefully we can take that one and be better in Arizona.”' … [Read more...] about Rally in 3rd can’t push Sabres past Avalanche

Amerks defeat Syracuse to win second straight (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle) Woof! Syracuse Crunch drops dog of a game to Rochester Amerks, 2-0 (Syracuse Post Standard) Makarov, Amerks blank Crunch (Amerks.com) Amerks even season series with 2-0 win over Crunch (SyracuseCrunch.com) … [Read more...] about Sunday’s Rochester Coverage