‘”Especially as of late, we’ve done a good job having secondary scoring. It’s getting better,” Rodrigues said. “‘Eichs’ has been hot but throughout the lineup we’ve helped contribute.”‘
Archives for March 9, 2019
Saturday’s Colorado Coverage
Avs host Sabres in first test without Landeskog (The Sports Xchange)
Sabres at Avalanche preview (NHL.com)
Avalanche Hosts Sabres in Saturday Matinee (ColoradoAvalanche.com)
Projected Lineup: Avalanche vs. Sabres (ColoradoAvalanche.com)
Sabres’ Housley moves Mittelstadt to left wing
‘Housley knows it can take pressure off a young player to move him to wing. He said, “I just wanted to see how it looked and I liked it. We didn’t do a lot of 5-on-5 drills, but I though the rush drills were really good.”’
Rodrigues capitalizing on shorthanded chances
‘”He has a really good innate ability to sense an opportunity and he has very, very good speed,” Sabres coach Phil Housley said. “His hockey IQ comes through in those situations of just knowing when to jump and when to attack and maybe in some of those situations where he doesn’t have an opportunity, he folds back, but he’s been really good on the penalty kill.”‘
Saturday’s Rochester Coverage
Will Borgen’s physical style of play gives him puncher’s chance with Amerks (Buffalo News)
Sound Tigers win streak snapped by Americans (Connecticut Post)
Wedgewood, Amerks shutout Sound Tigers to sweep season series (Amerks.com)
Sound Tigers suffer 5-0 loss to Rochester (SoundTigers.com)