Archives for December 21, 2015

'"Really kinda wanted to get here and get a sweat, not a lot of structure to today at all but get a sweat and kick ‘em out the door and get them on their way to their break wherever they’re going," Bylsma said.' … [Read more...] about Sabres skate off to Christmas break

'“Turnovers were high and we just didn’t play our brand of hockey,” coach Dan Bylsma said of the road trip. “There were wide-open scoring chances – 20 against, which is eight too many. Since we’ve been home, whether it’s playing a tough team in L.A. that sharpened our focus,” they got back to allowing “10 scoring chances or under and back to the way we need to play.”' … [Read more...] about Team finding its game

'“We’ve had a lot of hockey in the last month,” Bylsma said. “They’ve come at us in back-to-backs, out West, coming back home. This is a much-needed break for our group.”' … [Read more...] about Sabres begin Christmas break

'“We went out west, turnovers were high, we got the lead in some of those games, but we just didn’t play our brand of hockey. It got wide open, scoring chances got up to 20 against which is eight too many, but since we’ve been home, it sharpened our focus and we got back to giving 10 scoring chances or under and getting back to the way we can play.”' … [Read more...] about Sabres head off on break

'"Everybody's happy," Sabres forward Nicolas Deslauriers said. "Christmas brings joy to everybody. This day was fun. We definitely need that. We have such a tight group here and you can see it on the ice on a little day like this to sweat and say, 'Merry Christmas' to everybody and 'See you on the 26th.'"' … [Read more...] about Sabres go into holiday break with heads held high