Archives for January 2016

'Both teams waited until after the final buzzer sounded to drop the gloves. Following a scrum in the corner, Zach Bogosian took exception to Anthony Duclair and pummeled the rookie. Ristolainen and Oliver Ekman-Larsson also separated from the pack for a postgame scrap.' … [Read more...] about Eichel, Risto Keep Sabres Rolling in Arizona

'"We can win. We know that. We have a lot of good players in here, we know we're capbable. The biggest thing is just going out there and doing it. Executing, playing our game and making it hard on their team. I think the last few games we've been doing that and that's why we've been successful."' … [Read more...] about Sabres-Coyotes: From the Locker Room

'"We can win, we know that. We have a lot of good players in here and we're capable. We just have to go out there and do it and execute and make it hard on the other team."' … [Read more...] about Eichel, McGinn power Sabres past Coyotes

'Jack Eichel and Jamie McGinn each scored with the extra man in the second period and the Sabres killed five penalties to secure their fourth win in five games. Chad Johnson made 26 saves for his second win in a row.' … [Read more...] about Special teams thrive in victory over Coyotes

Scouts see same old Amerks in loss to Crunch (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle) Photo gallery (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle) Syracuse Crunch sneaks past Rochester Amerks (Syracuse Post Standard) Crunch outlast Amerks, 2-1 (Amerks.com) Photo gallery (Amerks.com) Crunch defeated Americans, 2-1 (SyracuseCrunch.com) … [Read more...] about Tuesday’s Rochester Coverage

'They’ll have some special guests in attendance, as each player can bring their mom or dad on the road trip – which also stops in Colorado on Wednesday – continuing a tradition that has become an annual occurrence across the NHL.' … [Read more...] about Sabres working under parental control as they head to Arizona

'“I feel pretty bad for him,” Sabres winger Marcus Foligno said. “He’s one of the best teammates I’ve ever played with. He’s a great guy off the ice, and on the ice he works hard.' … [Read more...] about Trade and demotion not so great for ex-Sabre Scott

'In Buffalo, where he played 90 games over two seasons, Scott is still a folk hero and adored by his ex-teammates. He joined the Sabres after they had deservedly developed a reputation as a soft team, and he quickly helped end that.' … [Read more...] about Former Sabres tough guy John Scott an All-Star teammate

Sabres-Coyotes Preview (AP) Domingue back in goal for Coyotes vs. Sabres (NHL.com) Sabres vs Coyotes Preview (PhoenixCoyotes.com) … [Read more...] about Monday’s Phoenix Coverage

'“Anytime you get on the winning side of things, it’s a good feeling,” defenseman Zach Bogosian said. “We’ve just got to keep it going here.”' … [Read more...] about Sabres dominate Washington, take good feeling on the road

'“He’s really an honest guy. Perception was he was hard to coach but he’s extremely easy to coach,” Trotz said Saturday in First Niagara Center. “He’s an all-in guy. He’s not selfish in any way. He’s actually the opposite. You can tell when we score. It doesn’t have to be him scoring.”' … [Read more...] about Capital improvement traces to Ovechkin

'“I think I proved to myself last year the first 10 games here that I can make things happen,” he said. “I think I kind of hit a rut towards the end of the season when I was here. I think I can make plays and I’m just going to play a 200-foot game, try to make things happen with the puck, create havoc out there and bring some energy.”' … [Read more...] about Recalled Varone returns with a flourish

'The Sabres scored twice in each of the first two periods to treat the sellout crowd to a rare beatdown of a Washington squad that entered with a record of 33-7-3, including 14-1-1 in the last 16.' … [Read more...] about Quick hits: Sabres 4, Capitals 1

'“I called Darcy and said, ‘The Wild offered me a job, what do I do? I’d like to work for you,’” Jakubowski said. “Then he offered me a job. I don’t want to say it was a negotiation right off the hop, but I had two options. I knew Darcy and I was comfortable with him and the people here. Obviously, they gave me an opportunity to intern here, and I wanted to stay home and be … [Read more...] about Setting’s changed but Jakubowski still delivers

'This one was never in doubt and had a little bit of everything. First-period goals from Phil Varone and Tim Schaller, two recent AHL recalls, buoyed the Sabres to only their ninth home win in 25 tries. Evander Kane and Cody Franson added second-period insurance goals.' … [Read more...] about Sabres throttle Capitals, end home skid