'Granato, 51, has coached at all levels – junior, college, pro and NHL – over his 26-year career. He spent the last two seasons as an assistant coach with the Chicago Blackhawks.' … [Read more...] about Sabres hire Don Granato, Mike Bales as assistant coaches
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Sabres hire Mike Bales, Don Granato to coaching staff
'Bales has six seasons of NHL coaching experience, including the past two with the Carolina Hurricanes. He was previously with the Penguins, where Bales was credited with scouting and developing current Pittsburgh starting goalie Matt Murray.' … [Read more...] about Sabres hire Mike Bales, Don Granato to coaching staff
Sabres coach Ralph Krueger retains Steve Smith on his staff
'Smith was hired by Phil Housley before last season after coaching in Carolina.' … [Read more...] about Sabres coach Ralph Krueger retains Steve Smith on his staff
Sabres add two assistant coaches
'Bales has six years experience in the NHL as a goaltending coach. He spent the previous two seasons in that role with the Carolina Hurricanes.' … [Read more...] about Sabres add two assistant coaches
Sabres announce additions to coaching staff
'Granato spent the last two seasons as an assistant coach for the Chicago Blackhawks after serving as the associate head coach for the University of Wisconsin during the 2016-17 season.' … [Read more...] about Sabres announce additions to coaching staff
Biron: Bales developed trust factor with prior coaches, goalies
'"Before Mike Bales, Marc-Andre Fleury was very erratic, very much an acrobatic type goaltender. When Mike Bales came in, he looked at Fleury and said, 'Look, I'm not going to take away your athleticism and the fact that you can do things that nobody else can do. But we are definitely going to dial it back and build a lot more of a structure in net.'"' … [Read more...] about Biron: Bales developed trust factor with prior coaches, goalies
Saturday's Rochester Coverage
MacWilliam emerged as a leader for Amerks (Amerks.com) … [Read more...] about Saturday’s Rochester Coverage
Friday's Rochester Coverage
Amerks agree to terms with forward Kevin Porter (Buffalo News) Amerks re-sign captain Kevin Porter to AHL contract (Olean Times Herald) Porter returns on one-year AHL contract (Amerks.com) … [Read more...] about Friday’s Rochester Coverage
Sabres expected to name Mike Bales as new goaltending coach
'Bales was a key to the Canes' success this year under first-year head coach Rod Brind'Amour. Carolina used a two-headed goalie system with veterans Petr Mrazek and Curtis McElhinney and got all the way to the Eastern Conference final before losing to Boston.' … [Read more...] about Sabres expected to name Mike Bales as new goaltending coach
Reports: Sabres to hire Mike Bales as goalie coach, retain Steve Smith
'Bales, who played 23 NHL games, knows Sabres general manager Jason Botterill well from their days together in Pittsburgh. Bales spent six seasons with the Penguins, where Botterill was the associate GM.' … [Read more...] about Reports: Sabres to hire Mike Bales as goalie coach, retain Steve Smith
Carolina Hurricanes goaltending coach Mike Bales resigns position
'Bales, who had a year left on his contract, had been with the team the past two seasons, and Brind’Amour often mentioned this season that he leaned on Bales to make the call on which goalie to start.' … [Read more...] about Carolina Hurricanes goaltending coach Mike Bales resigns position
The Sabres to hire Mike Bales as goalie coach
'Bales spent two seasons coaching the Hurricanes goalies. Petr Mrazek and Curtis McElhinney did not have great regular season numbers, but Carolina did make the playoffs and got to the Eastern Conference Finals.' … [Read more...] about The Sabres to hire Mike Bales as goalie coach
'Love' for Buffalo, chance to win led Jeff Skinner back to Sabres
'"There’s some talented players that are pretty young and they’re going to get better," Skinner said. "As they grow older, they’re going to mature and keep taking next steps. I think when you look at the start we had, I know that we sort of ran through a speed bump there and didn’t finish off the way we [wanted], but I don’t think that sort of takes away from the part of the … [Read more...] about ‘Love’ for Buffalo, chance to win led Jeff Skinner back to Sabres
Comfort helped convince Jeff Skinner to sign long-term contract with Sabres
'“It was a lot of change and there was a lot of adjustments, I think,” Skinner said Tuesday during a news conference to discuss the eight-year, $72 million contract he signed Friday. “(They were) sort of little things you don’t really think about, and I think they kind of add up. For me, the adjustment here went smoothly. Everything went positive.”' … [Read more...] about Comfort helped convince Jeff Skinner to sign long-term contract with Sabres
Sabres Skinner didn't see the need to talk to other teams
'In April Skinner said that it’s going to be a long process for him as he needed to think about everything. He was true to that and said, “I think there’s a number of things. When you go through this process you try to weigh what’s important to you and then you weigh the pros and cons and for me, the top things on my list were all the positive things about Buffalo and right at … [Read more...] about Sabres Skinner didn’t see the need to talk to other teams