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Adam Erne and Mikhail Grigorenko know each other very well. They were teammates and best friends in junior playing for Quebec...
If only I could move my big screen, HD TV outside. I want to watch all of the playoff action but the weather has been absolut...
Did you catch the Canadiens and Senators last night? Ottawa scored a 6-1 win, but not before the two teams took out some frus...
It’s taken three days, but the final two Stanley Cup series begin tonight.Montreal finished 28th in the NHL last season...
The Sabres play their final game of the season tonight while the Islanders fight for playoff position.Right now New York woul...
You can pretty much call tonight in Pittsburgh a preseason game. The Pens have first place in the Conference clinched and the...
With this being the penultimate game of the season, I felt it was the perfect time for one more round of who’s hot and ...
After both goaltenders played poorly Friday against the Rangers, it’s Jhonas Enroth getting the start tonight against t...
Tonight in Boston it’ll be the first gathering of sports fans since the bombing at the Boston Marathon.Chris Kelly of t...
The Sabres will go with Ryan Miller in goal against Montreal, but Ron Rolston said Jhonas Enroth will play this weekend.This ...
The Buffalo Sabres are starting to look like the team they should have been all year.Amazing how that works, right?You add tw...
A defensive struggle for two periods turned into a scoring fest in the third as the Buffalo Sabres got their first victory ag...
The Sabres DID NOT pick up where they left offin Pittsburghas the Sens had the better of the play to start. Or course they mi...
Welcome into the Ted Darling Memorial Press Box once again. Tonight the Buffalo Sabres skate in their first game following th...
The Sabres no longer have a trading deadline to worry about as they move on minus three veterans. In addition, Thomas Vanek i...
The 2012-2013 edition of the Ottawa Senators have something in common with the 2011-2012 Buffalo Sabres. Both teams were hit ...
Many fans were expecting a total fire sale by the Sabres, but we got pretty much what I expected.Jason Pominville, Robyn Rege...
The Sabres are facing a team that’s reeling and won’t even have their new coach yet.Tampa Bay lost all three game...
The Sabres played one of their best periods of the season Saturday at home against Ottawa and left with a 2-0 lead. It only t...
Playing in his first game after injuring his hip in training camp, Ville Leino looked ready to play in Saturday's loss to...
Sabres defenseman Alex Sulzer is out for the season. He had successful knee surgery on his ACL.On the other side of the coin ...
Jhonas Enroth has not played a game for Ron Rolston. As a matter of fact, his last game was a loss on February 5th in Ottawa....
Marcus Foligno was cruising right along last season. In his first career game at Ottawa, he didn’t get a point, but in ...
And just like that, we are in the second to last month of this NHL regular season. It will be a busy month for the Buffalo Sa...
So where were you when you heard that the Buffalo Sabres had fired Lindy Ruff? I don't think that I'll ever have any ...
Without a practice sandwiched in between their loss to Pittsburgh on Sunday and their game tonight against Winnipeg, the Buff...
After having a day away from on-ice practice Wednesday, the Buffalo Sabres got back to the grind on Thursday with no surprise...
Imagine if the Buffalo Sabres best offensive player was out of the lineup for possibly the rest of the regular season. Actual...
Last July the Buffalo Sabres traded Derek Roy to the Dallas Stars for Steve Ott. The Sabres also acquired defenseman Adam Par...
Welcome once again into the Ted Darling Memorial Press Box, high atop ice level at First Niagara Center. Well, the last time ...
Christian Ehrhoff missed the Ottawa game with a muscle injury. He got through the morning skate and is ready to come back, &l...
Faced with a compressed schedule, Lindy Ruff planned on giving Ryan Miller a night off 10 to 12 times this season. The way Jh...
Originally penciling in Wednesday as a day off amidst the rigorous regular season schedule, the Buffalo Sabres elected to pra...
Unfortunately, Adam Pardy has had to step into a mess called the Buffalo Sabres. Pardy finished with 18:25 of ice time on 23 ...
With no goals in his first nine games, Drew Stafford is in the worst slump to start a season in his career. Stafford is and h...
Jhonas Enroth will get his second start of the season this evening in Ottawa. Ryan Miller's backup did play the third per...
Not only are the Sabres playing bad hockey with two losses to Carolina and one each to Toronto, Washington and Florida, but t...
The game many of you have been waiting for is finally here, a game in Boston with a tougher team.Some of you have visions tha...
I didn’t think we’d get here until next October, but we made it, game one has finally arrivedSunday at 12:30.Seve...
If this week’s talks between the NHL and NHLPA don’t produce a new Collective Bargaining Agreement, lawyers for t...
One of the questions I get asked often is how much does what Terry Pegula is doing in Buffalo gett around in the NHL?The newe...
The Columbus Blue Jackets have traded defensman Marc Methot for forward Nick Foligno of the Ottawa Senators.While the Blue Ja...
We have debated it over and over. We've taken thousands of phone calls and deleted hundreds of comments on it. And yet th...
The NHL Entry Draft is an annual event, and the Sabres are drafting in spots where other notable players have been drafted in...
The Sabres have released their 2012-2013 regular season schedule. The campaign opens at the First Niagara Center on October 1...
The NHL Playoffs are wearing me out this year. I've been thinking about the reasons for this. Some of them have come up o...
While the Rangers picked up a 3-2 win to force a Game 7 with the Ottawa Senators, New York goaltender Henrik Lundqvist came a...
Thom Cich reportingTwitter: @tc_wgrBrendan Shanahan, the NHL's head disciplinarian, has three hearings scheduled after la...
Three Stanley Cup series got started on Wednesday with four more to get going Thursday. Ottawa is at the Rangers, Phoenix hos...
The Stanley Cup Playoffs are set to begin and unfortunately there will be no games here in Buffalo this season. One of the be...
After a jam-packed NHL Saturday, the 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs are set. Have a look at the first round matchups in both confe...
When a team misses the playoffs by as narrow a margin as is the case with the Buffalo Sabres, there is a tendency to do &ldqu...
Quick, someone call all the king's horses and all the king's men. There are three more games and the Sabres likely ne...
Thom Cich ReportingAfter losing two straight in regulation, the Sabres are no longer in control of their own playoff destiny....
Lindy Ruff is going back to what’s worked for him the past few months, giving the players rest in back to backs. Ruff c...
After winning such a big game in convincing fashion in Washington it’s natural to wonder if the team might let down. Th...
It doesn’t get any easier for the Sabres as the Caps held serve winning in Boston.That puts Washington and Buffalo at 8...
It doesn’t get any easier for the Sabres as the Caps held serve winning in Boston.That puts Washington and Buffalo at 8...
The NHL Playoffs can do strange things to a man, and I'm not talking about the beard growth or abandonment of family.I ju...
In the thick of the Eastern Conference race to the playoffs, the Buffalo Sabres have gone an improbable run that culminated -...
What was I freaking out for? That was EASY!! There I was, hunkered down in the basement of my house in full scale playoff mod...
The Buffalo Sabres and Washington Capitals enter a game Tuesday night that won't particularly define where they end up in...
Perhaps you have already researched this and committed it to memory but in the event you have not, here are the remaining sch...
Well here we are. 6 games to go and all tied up in points with Washington heading into a roadie with the Caps on Tuesday. The...
Thom Cich ReportingA perfect week has the Sabres in control of their playoff destiny. Buffalo went 4-0 over the last seven da...
With some players, you take the good with the bad. You accept the turnovers because you get the goals. You shrug your shoulde...
We shouldn’t be surprised with Marcus Foligno’s early success in the NHL, should we? He has the bloodlines going ...
Most of the Buffalo Sabres stayed off of the ice on Tuesday afternoon when the team met at First Niagara Center. Only a small...
Thom Cich ReportingSabre fans may not be too amped right now as the race for the playoffs comes down to the wire. After Wedne...
Andrej Sekera is trying to get his weight and strength back after having pneumonia. Both he and Lindy Ruff say his conditioni...
Cody Hodgson was lucky to get 12 minutes per game in Vancouver. Since arriving in Buffalo he’s had a 21:48 game and an ...
Thomas Vanek missed one game due to a neck injury after the Bruins Johnny Boychuk caught him hard with his head down. Vanek h...
Thom Cich ReportingLet's start off with the good news. The Sabres picked up a big two points against the Sens last night ...
Since many fans are trying to rush the whole Amerk team into the NHL I thought I have no choice than to follow Marcus Foligno...
Since many fans are trying to rush the whole Amerk team into the NHL I thought I have no choice than to follow Marcus Foligno...
The Buffalo Sabres overcame 3 one-goal deficits to defeat the Ottawa Senators 4-3 in a shootout on Saturday night at Scotiaba...
The Sabres are in Ottawa to prep for Saturday night's game against the Senators. Thomas Vanek is much better after leavin...
Lindy Ruff decided to meet with the team at the hotel instead of having a morning skate, just a few went to the arena. Ruff h...
The way the Sabres season has played out has been a surprise to many of us. We didn’t think they’d hit March scra...
Now that the Sabres are legitimately in the race for 8th, I spent part of my weekend looking at the schedules for the other t...
Thom Cich ReportingA 3-0 West Coast swing has the Sabres back in the thick of a race for the final playoff spot in the East. ...
One year ago at this time, I remember doing regular Inside The Numbers features on the Sabres remaining schedule and those of...
What a strange end to trade deadline day. The clock struck 3, so Brad Riter, Brian Duff and I handed things over to Schopp an...
Just as I pronounce the Sabres dead and gone, they’re out to prove me wrong. Buffalo’s gotten some help lately an...
The Sabres got a nice come from behind win over Dallas, but they have no time to enjoy it as Tampa Bay has been in town waiti...
When Derek Roy scored with 34 seconds left, the Rochester Americans exhaled. When Nathan Gerbe finished off a 3-2 win for the...
The Sabres will welcome Thomas Vanek back to the lineup after missing three games. He took a high check from Erik Cole in Mon...
It was bad news for the Sabres that the Islanders pulled out a 2-1 overtime victory in Ottawa on Friday, but it was good news...
Sabres President Ted Black joined the WGR Morning show for his weekly segment on Thursday and touched on a number of issues i...
Imagine if you worked long and hard to get your dream job and when you finally got it, people demanded you be fired before yo...
Team Chara held on to defeat Team Alfredsson 12-9 in the 2012 All-Star Game.Marian Gaborik was the All-Star Game MVP as he sh...
Luke Adam is trying to make the most out his opportunity with the Buffalo Sabres this season. The rookie started the year cen...
Luke Adam is trying to make the most out his opportunity with the Buffalo Sabres this season. The rookie started the year cen...
Luke Adam is making the most out his opportunity with the Buffalo Sabres this season. The rookie started the year centering a...
I wouldn’t have predicted it, but somewhere between the start and the finish of the NHL All-Star Fantasy Draft...I care...
With the late travel to Winnipeg, three games in four nights and five games in seven nights Lindy Ruff elected to rest his te...
With the late travel to Winnipeg, three games in four nights and five games in seven nights Lindy Ruff elected to rest his te...
The most recent edition of The Hockey News included their annual list of the 100 people of power and influence in the Nationa...
The NHL season is long. So long in fact that you have to kind of pace yourself as it pertains to expectations. Single games ...
The Sabres were in desperate need of a win as they hosted the Edmonton Oilers at First Niagara Center, and that's just what t...
Hello once again into the Ted Darlinf Memorial Press Box at First NIagara Canter. I won't be saying that many more times this...
Well the Sabres can’t say they didn’t get any breaks in that period. Buffalo leads 1-0, but were outshot 13-9 and...
Welcome once again into the Ted Darling Memorial Press Box, where tonight the Sabres drop the curtain on 2011 against the Ott...
Defenseman Andrej Sekera was the only Sabre not skating with the team in Virginia as they prepared for Friday night's game ag...
For weeks the first question to Lindy Ruff before a game has been who’s coming up from Rochester and who’s health...
Thomas Vanek has missed the Sabres last two practices with an upper body injury, but he has been able to play the games. The ...
It was kind of a weird morning skate where if you try to deduce who’s not playing, you could be very wrong.The lines th...
With both Drew Stafford and Derek Roy slumping, they seem to get most of the blame for what’s going on with the Sabres....
The Sabres got in late this morning from Ottawa so practice wasn’t until the afternoon in Toronto. Thomas Vanek and Pau...
It wasn’t an awful period, but on the goal Ottawa scored, it wasn’t Rochester players that cost them.Jordan Leopo...
TheSabres managed only 23 shots as opposed to 39 for the Senators onTuesday night, and it was Ottawa coming away with the 4-...
With more injuries, this time to Tyler Ennis and Colin Stuart, the Sabres had to bring two more up. Both Marcus Foligno and R...
Thomas Vanek missed practice on Monday, but Lindy Ruff says he’s probable with an upper body injury. Ruff says he&rsquo...
Tim Connolly makes his first appearance back in Buffalo after playing 464 games hearing and scoring 320 points. Connolly arri...
Buffalo Sabres forward Patrick Kaleta has played in just one game since November 19, but it looks like he may finally be able...
The Buffalo Sabres entered the third period of Tuesday night's game against the Ottawa Senators leading 2-1, but once again t...
Welcome yet again into the Ted Darling Memorial Press Box at First Niagara Center. Tonight the Ottawa Senators make their 2nd...
Due in court in the Buffalo suburb of Clarence today, former NHL-player Matthew Barnaby has pleaded guilty to DWI.Erie County...
Tuesday is update the blog day for me here on WGR550.com so I set out about doing my duty the way I often do. After sending...
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman announced that realignment has been approved by the NHL Board of Governors. It must be approved...
The NHL's Board of Governors has passed new league wide realignment set to go into place starting next season. It will be a 4...
With the calendar having flipped over to December, I decided to take a look at the schedule for the month and see what was co...
Thomas Vanek and Jason Pominville sit atop the Buffalo Sabres statistics sheet and are among the league leaders in points as ...
Derek Roy continued his hot streak with a goal and two assists, and Ville Leino found the net for the first time since the se...
Welcome once again into the Ted Darling Memorial Press Box, where tonight the Sabres welcome the Ottawa Senators to First Nia...
The Buffalo Sabreshave announced that ‘Party Bundles’ are now on sale for select Sabres games throughout the 2011...
Buffalo, N.Y. (wgr550.com) - The NHL’s equivalent of a roller coaster ride rolls into the First Niagara Center tonight....
Remember when the Sabres just couldn’t beat the Ottawa Senators. That finally turned around the final time they met in ...
Ever since the Sabres played that awful seven minutes against Philadelphia that saw three goals go in and Ryan Miller get pul...
That was a pretty non descript period as not much happened until Ottawa scored. Both teams played last night and were waiting...
After a recent six-game pointless streak, Derek Roy continues to pull out of a slump. The Sabres forward scored in regulation...
Although the final score didn't reflect it, the Sabres' offense came to life on Friday night in a 2-1 win over the Flames. D...
Buffalo, N.Y. (wgr550.com) - Two weeks I ago I wrote about NHL realignment for Inside the Numbers and how it made my head exp...
Buffalo, N.Y. (WGR550.com) -I’ll be totally upfront and honest with you. I’m stealing the idea for today’s ...
Buffalo, N.Y. (WGR550.com) -It was something you had come to bank on in recent years.Lindy Ruff would go into the season plan...
Buffalo, N.Y. (WGR550.com) -That was fast. Less than one month since Brendan Shanahan began doling out his idea of NHL justic...
After four days of practice and six days away from game action the Sabres finally have their home opener against Carolina. Ex...
The Buffalo Sabres announced the team has achieved a record renewal rate of 99% for their 2011-12 season tickets. As a result...
The 2011-2012 season for the Buffalo Sabres will be a bit different, because of the reduced schedules of both Rick Jeanneret ...
The Minnesota Wild and the San Jose Sharks have pulled off another big deal between the two clubs this off season.The Sharks ...
The 2011-12 NHL Schedule was released today, and the Buffalo Sabres will be opening the season against the Anaheim Ducks in H...
Former Buffalo Sabre Craig Ramsay and the last coach of the Atlanta Thrashers has found himself in an awkward situation accor...
Florida Panthers Executive Vice President & General Manager Dale Tallon announcedthat Kevin Dineen has been named the 11th he...
The Buffalo Sabres failed to defeat the Philadelphia Flyers in their seven-game Eastern Conference Quarterfinals series, but ...
A sold-out HSBC Arena crowd of 18,690 along with 6,000 hearty fans watching outside at the Party in the Plaza didn’t pr...
UPDATE: Tyler Myers is a game-time decision with an illness.This morning was optional for the Sabres and none of the defensem...
The Sabres come into Montreal with the same line up they used against Nashville. As far as if Steve Montador and Jochen Hecht...
The NHL’s annual trading deadline has come and gone, and many rosters remain the same. However, that didn’t stop ...
Lindy Ruff had what he called, "A weather related optional skate" this morning as the Sabres get ready to host Otta...
While the Sabres will take on theSenators Friday night, Buffalo will have to wait until March 8th to see Alexei Kovalev as Ot...
The exodus from Ottawa continues as late Tuesday night the Senators dealt forward Chris Kelly to the Boston Bruins for a seco...
The Nashville Predators have announced the acquisition of forward Mike Fisher from the Ottawa Senators in exchange for a 2011...
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And just like that, we are in the second to last month of this NHL regular season. It will be a busy month for the Buffalo Sa...
Imagine if the Buffalo Sabres best offensive player was out of the lineup for possibly the rest of the regular season. Actual...
Last July the Buffalo Sabres traded Derek Roy to the Dallas Stars for Steve Ott. The Sabres also acquired defenseman Adam Par...
Faced with a compressed schedule, Lindy Ruff planned on giving Ryan Miller a night off 10 to 12 times this season. The way Jh...
When a team misses the playoffs by as narrow a margin as is the case with the Buffalo Sabres, there is a tendency to do &ldqu...
What was I freaking out for? That was EASY!! There I was, hunkered down in the basement of my house in full scale playoff mod...
Perhaps you have already researched this and committed it to memory but in the event you have not, here are the remaining sch...
We shouldn’t be surprised with Marcus Foligno’s early success in the NHL, should we? He has the bloodlines going ...
The way the Sabres season has played out has been a surprise to many of us. We didn’t think they’d hit March scra...
Now that the Sabres are legitimately in the race for 8th, I spent part of my weekend looking at the schedules for the other t...
One year ago at this time, I remember doing regular Inside The Numbers features on the Sabres remaining schedule and those of...
Sabres President Ted Black joined the WGR Morning show for his weekly segment on Thursday and touched on a number of issues i...
Imagine if you worked long and hard to get your dream job and when you finally got it, people demanded you be fired before yo...
The most recent edition of The Hockey News included their annual list of the 100 people of power and influence in the Nationa...
I never thought I’d live to see the day where I could work in a SpongeBob Squarepants story into an article but today i...
One of the key story lines in the Sabresgame one victory was the play of the young blueliners.With the Sabres clinging to the...
For Sabres fans, playoff fever is in the air. So too is nostalgia, with the upcoming alumni reunion and celebration. I'll ack...
I don't even know who I am anymore. That's not a bad thing. Just takes some getting used to is all. As I sit down to write th...
Most of the time, people want to get the bad news out of the way so here it goes.Thomas Vanek hasn’t been scoring many ...
41 games down, 41 games to go. The NHL season being half over provides an opportunity to catch a breath and assess where your...
While Sabres fans wait for a change in ownership and what they hope will be a change in the direction of the franchise, Ottaw...
I have an idea for the next station sponsored Buffalo Sabres road trip.Europe anyone?Not to take anything away from the excur...
As a sports fan, you know there’s nothing like a sports road trip and going on the road to see your favorite team play ...
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