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'Vaclav Varada is looking forward to Christmastime. It's the season for giving, and the rugged Buffalo Sabres winger wouldn't mind delivering a little special something to a former teammate.' … [Read more...] about Varada circles Dec. 26 on calendar

'Sabres rank third in Eastern Conference in shots taken (343) and second in shots blocked (162).' … [Read more...] about Sabres vs. Coyotes

'Rhett Warrener, one of the Buffalo Sabres' top defencemen, could be out for as long as a month with a strained groin, the team said Monday.' … [Read more...] about Warrener out with strained groin

'Rhett Warrener could be out up to four weeks with a slightly torn groin and Dmitri Kalinin is having a MRI done on his injured hand and is considered day-to-day.' … [Read more...] about Blueline ailing

'Across the league, more players are using Easton's "Synergy" stick, the first one-piece stick to create a buzz in the hockey world.' … [Read more...] about One-piece stick suits players well

'Gilmour did the right thing - he went after Varada. Going low to take the knee, well, that wasn't nice, but what do you do when a guy has tried to knee your goalie's head into the cheap seats? Invite him for tea?' … [Read more...] about Gilmour sent message

'I witnessed one of the most flagrant cheap shots in the history of the National Hockey League Friday night. The problem is that I'm not sure whether it was Vaclav Varada's knee to the head of Canadiens goaltender Jose Theodore or Doug Gilmour's attempt to perform major surgery on Varada's knees without benefit of anaesthesia.' … [Read more...] about Varada and Gilmour get off easy

Playing without 3 of their regular defensemen, the Buffalo Sabres still put up an wall in front starting backup goalie Bob Essensa Saturday night in New Jersey. The only problem was that the New Jersey Devils still found a couple of cracks in the wall during powerplays and were able to defeat the Sabres 3-1 despite getting off only 11 shots on goal. … [Read more...] about Devils powerplay does in Sabres

'The two-time defending Eastern Conference champs beat Buffalo, 3-1, on the strength of a pair of power-play goals and a brick-wall outing by goalie Martin Brodeur. The loss was spectacularly frustrating for the Sabres, who played their best defensive game of the season despite the absence of injured defensemen Rhett Warrener, Richard Smehlik and Dmitri Kalinin, and … [Read more...] about Shhh! Sabres lose quietly to Devils

'"Their two physical players were out of the game. Maybe if we were all in, maybe the other guys could have played hockey and we could have taken care of it," said Boulton, who also faulted the officials for losing control of the game early. "It was just a rough game. That's what hockey's about. Sometimes it gets a little out of hand, but it's … [Read more...] about Varada, Gilmour sit out one-game suspensions

'Team stats showed that the Devils had 18 missed shots, but they played well enough defensively to keep it close until the "A" line came through yet another time.' … [Read more...] about Make the best of a bad situation

'Buffalo (5-5-1-1) used Essensa in goal for only the second time this season. His first appearance of the season was an overtime loss to the Rangers in the Sabres' third game of the season.' … [Read more...] about Brodeur and the Top Line Boost the Devils Once Again

'The Devils beat Buffalo at the Meadowlands last night, 3-1, but they weren't exactly doing a victory dance in the locker room afterward. Their offensive slump continued. They got just 11 shots on goal, the team's lowest total since it moved to New Jersey in 1982.' … [Read more...] about Devils make most of shots

'Buffalo tied the score on the first shot of the second, when J.P. Dumont stole a point pass from Ken Daneyko in the Sabre zone and raced off on a breakaway. Pausing to check behind him and finding no one near, Dumont proceeded to fire his second of the season over Martin Brodeur's glove at 1:42.' … [Read more...] about Who needs shots, anyway?

'The Devils, who averaged 31 shots on goal through the first seven games, had just five through the first two periods. Things weren't much better in the third period as they took just two shots through 16 minutes. The Sabres' offense wasn't much to brag about, either.' … [Read more...] about Devils' win is no work of art