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Capitals, NHL confront racism after taunts directed at Smith-Pelly

‘”While this incident was isolated in nature, no player, coach, official or fan should ever have to endure such abuse at one of our games. The league will take steps to have our clubs remind all stakeholders that they are entitled to enjoy a positive environment – free from unacceptable, inappropriate, disruptive, inconsiderate or unruly behaviors or actions and may not engage in conduct deemed detrimental to that experience.”‘

Sabres’ Josh Gorges wondering about uncertain future

‘“You look around and teams don’t have a lot of room, trades are tough to make nowadays, and for a guy that hasn’t been in the lineup, what do other teams see that as?” Gorges told the Times Herald following Sunday’s optional practice inside KeyBank Center. “There’s a lot of different circumstances that are playing out.”’

Sabres winless in afternoon games

‘“It’s an odd time, 3 o’clock,” Sabres coach Phil Housley said this morning. “But I think the message to our players today is get to ready for a team that’s going to be pushing back, so to speak. We have to be prepared for that, but we have to have our own push as well.”’

Sabres have to play with more passion

‘”It’s frustrating in the fact that playing teams like Tampa and Boston, [we were] playing so well, and then I don’t know what it is,” Beaulieu said. “We come back to our home ice and let the game slip away from us in the first 30 minutes of the game. It’s extremely frustrating. Even though we had a push in the third, it doesn’t matter. This league’s too good. You can’t win a hockey game in the third period, it takes a full-60. We need to clean it up and be ready tomorrow because we have another good hockey team coming in.”‘

Sabres say more emotion is necessary to begin games

‘”We played pissed off,” Beaulieu said. “We need to start games like that. Guys are angry, guys are mad. That’s kind of the mindset you need to go into the game. It’s not something you can just teach, you can’t just get pissed off. But we need to have that mindset.’