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'"That could have been our year, for sure," he said. "Had we been healthy, it might have been enough to put us over the edge. I know (goalie) Grant Fuhr was fighting a knee injury, too. The Dominator (Dominik Hasek) was sitting on the bench. Nobody knew how good he could be. That definitely was a team that had a shot to go all the way. It's the only … [Read more...] about Sabres of '92-93 leave Hawerchuk wondering what might have been

'Just a couple of weeks ago, there were rumblings that Eric Lindros might be passed over by the Canadian Olympic team if he did not shake off some of the rust caused by a 16-month layoff. There are no such rumblings now. Lindros had two assists tonight, and his line, which includes Theo Fleury and Mike York, had three goals and four assists in the Rangers' 4-2 victory … [Read more...] about Lindros Lifts Rangers

'"That's the way he plays and the refs allow him to do whatever he wants to do. I can show you 100 games he's played in where he's tried to take somebody's knee out, where he's crosschecked them from behind, all those things. I could show you 100 game tapes of that guy playing — his No. 1 sole purpose to be on the ice is to hurt … [Read more...] about Rangers stand up for Eric

'Neither referee Bill McCreary nor his partner Tom Kowal saw fit to call a penalty on the play-until, that is, Lindros got up, went after Varada and spun him to the ice. Then it was Lindros called for unsportsmanlike conduct.' … [Read more...] about Lindros, Rangers have last laugh

'Lindros dominated last night's 4-2 Rangers win over the Buffalo Sabres, their fourth straight victory. Lindros had two assists and a terrific deflection goal disallowed by the video replay judge.' … [Read more...] about Rangers Shake Off Sabres

'"That is a 20-game suspension. That is an absolute embarrassment to the game of hockey, that hit," Fleury said. "They let that guy play like that all the time, and he never has to pay the piper. Ever, ever, never."' … [Read more...] about Varada sticks Lindros but N.Y. wins

'"To win a game when we weren't playing very well at the beginning, especially coming off a big (6-2) win on the Island ... I don't want to keep going back to our goaltending, but that's really the reason for this," Brian Leetch said. "A win like this really sets us up for our next game, and we'll try to keep getting wins … [Read more...] about Leetch says let's keep victories coming

'The four-game winning streak is the Blueshirts' longest of the season and matched their best from last season. They have not won five in a row since a seven-game streak from Jan. 15-25 of 2000.' … [Read more...] about Rangers post 4th straight W

'"I saw 2 1/2 feet of stick come out and hit him in the eye," Rangers coach Ron Low said. "If that's not a 10-gamer, I don't know what is. And in fact it should be more. That's just terrible. That's blatant intent to injure."' … [Read more...] about Hot Rangers boiling over

'Frustrated at shadowing Lindros all night, Sabre pest Vaclav Varada nailed the Ranger centre with a vicious butt end above his left eye with 80 seconds remaining in the game.' … [Read more...] about Big E carries load

'The Sabres (7-8-1-1) fell below .500 for the fourth time this season.' … [Read more...] about Rangers 4, Sabres 2

'New York had won two of 16 games against Hasek, who captured six Vezina Trophies with Buffalo from 1994-2001. But Hasek was traded to Detroit in June and the Rangers have taken both meetings with their intrastate rivals this season.' … [Read more...] about NY Rangers 4, Buffalo 2

'"If you don't bury the one or two chances you get in a game you can put some miserable streaks together. In Curtis' case you start pressing, and it's tough to get on the board. But you score a couple goals it goes the other way. You build a lot of confidence."' … [Read more...] about Brown developing sniper mentality

'"We know the Rangers have been playing very well," Ruff said. "They're getting great goaltending out of Richter, they got some timely goal scoring (against the Islanders), and they're a team that's very dangerous off the rush. "You can headline (Eric) Lindros in most of the stories, but you've got (Theo) Fleury, (Mike) York, (Mark) … [Read more...] about Rangers are tougher test than Thrashers

'Sabres are just 4-6-1-0 while outshooting the opposition, but 3-1-0-1 when they have been outshot.' … [Read more...] about Sabres vs. Rangers