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NHL Needs to Do More with Helmets, Face Guards to Protect Players
June 10th, 2013 at 9:00 AM
The NHL took steps last week toward making the game safer, but the league is still stuck in the relative dark ages when it comes to cranial safety. The league's competition committee recommended last week making helmet visors mandatory for any players entering the league starting in the 2013-14 season. The...

Buffalo Sabres’ Tyler Myers Out for Season with Broken Leg
April 12th, 2013 at 8:23 PM
Buffalo Sabres defenseman Tyler Myers has mirrored the fate of his club most of the season, but his season will end a few weeks sooner thanks to a broken leg he suffered Thursday. The 23-year-old blueliner has struggled mightily throughout the season and has been a symbol of sorts for the...

Buffalo Sabres Helping Out with Sports Concussion Research at University at Buffalo
October 29th, 2012 at 9:00 AM
Members of the Buffalo Sabres and other professional and collegiate athletes will help in a research project meant to determine a safer method of returning athletes who suffer a concussion to the field. ***PHOTO1*** Sports medicine researchers at the University at Buffalo recently got a $100,000 grant from NFL Charities to develop...

Buffalo Sabres’ Nathan Gerbe to Miss IIHF World Championship
May 2nd, 2012 at 8:54 AM
Nathan Gerbe, originally one of the 17 players selected to represent the US Men's National Team in the IIHF World Championship, has withdrawn from the tournament due to a back injury, sabres.com reports. ***PHOTO1*** The team's official site reports that Gerbe will miss the tournament because of the same lower back injury that...

Big Hits; Suspensions Headline NHL Playoffs So Far
April 18th, 2012 at 12:00 PM
While  most NHL fans will admit they love the occasional fight or big hit, it would appear that they are getting more than they bargained for in the 2012 playoffs. Since the postseason games began, there have already been five suspensions due to hits and two additional fines. There are most likely...

Buffalo Sabres Lament What Could Have Been on Locker Cleanout Day
April 9th, 2012 at 7:00 PM
Monday was filled with wouldas, couldas and shouldas in the First Niagara Center as the Buffalo Sabres cleaned out their lockers. ***PHOTO1***  The inconsistent Sabres finished with 89 points, good for ninth place in the Eastern Conference and three points off the pace for a playoff spot. They started the year 10-5-0 and finished it on a 20-8-6 run, but the wretched...

Buffalo Sabres Break up Top Scoring Line – at Least for Now
March 9th, 2012 at 5:29 PM
Two days after telling the media that he was happy with his struggling top line, Buffalo Sabres coach Lindy Ruff shuffled his lines in preparations for Saturday's game against the Ottawa Senators. ***PHOTO1*** Going into Wednesday's home game against the Caroline Hurricanes, the line of Thomas Vanek, Jasom Pominville and Derek Roy...

Buffalo Sabres Coach Lindy Ruff Still Out with Broken Ribs; James Patrick Fills In
February 7th, 2012 at 4:01 PM
For the first time in 15 years, the Buffalo Sabres could have someone other than Lindy Ruff behind the bench Wednesday to coach the team. ***PHOTO1***  Ruff missed practice Tuesday after breaking three ribs in an accident at Monday's practice. Assistant coach and former Sabres player James Patrick led the team Tuesday and was appointed interim coach until Ruff...

Buffalo Sabres Coach Lindy Ruff Cracks Three Ribs in Accident at Practice
February 6th, 2012 at 4:58 PM
A collision with defenseman Jordan Leopold at practice Monday cracked three of Buffalo Sabres coach Lindy Ruff's ribs, although he expects to return to practice Tuesday. ***PHOTO1***  During morning practice at the First Niagara Center, Ruff was skating backward when Leopold - who lost his balance during a one-on-one drill - wiped out and slid into his coach, who...

Buffalo Sabres Should Have Tyler Ennis, Drew Stafford in Lineup
February 3rd, 2012 at 6:12 PM
The Buffalo Sabres look to have two flu-ridden players back in the lineup Saturday against the New York Islanders. ***PHOTO1*** Drew Stafford missed Wednesday's 1-0 shootout loss to the New York Rangers due to the illness, but he should be fine to play Saturday, coach Lindy Ruff said. So should Tyler Ennis, who returned this week from...

Buffalo Sabres Welcome Back Christian Ehrhoff as They Take on New Jersey Devils
January 24th, 2012 at 9:00 AM
The Buffalo Sabres can't do much about their miserable January, but they would love nothing better than to go into the All-Star break on a positive note. And they'll have some reinforcements in their attempt to do so Tuesday. Stalwart defenseman Christian Ehrhoff, out since late December with a rib injury, will be back in the lineup for Tuesday's game in Newark against...

Buffalo Sabres Injury Update: Myers Could Return Friday Vs. Carolina Hurricanes
January 5th, 2012 at 1:00 PM
After missing 19 games, the Buffalo Sabres could be seeing defenseman Tyler Myers in uniform Friday as they take on the Carolina Hurricanes. Myers, who broke his wrist while playing against the Phoenix Coyotes on November 19th, was cleared to play yesterday after trying a shooting drill on Tuesday. “He got the...

Health Tops Buffalo Sabres’ Christmas List
December 24th, 2011 at 1:17 PM
As the Christmas holiday approached, children everywhere are checking their lists and wondering what they may receive from that list. The Buffalo Sabres have a list of their own, and getting healthy is No. 1.  The Sabres have been bitten by the injury bug so often, it seems like their locker room...

Buffalo Sabres Enter Break with Better Effort – Just not Results
December 23rd, 2011 at 5:08 PM
Despite the Buffalo Sabres' struggles so far this season, they've still fared just well enough to maintain playoff positioning. But entering the NHL's Christmas brea, Dec. 24-25, the Sabres have ridden a three-game losing streak to the bottom portion of the Eastern Conference standings. Coming off of Thursday's 3-2 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Sabres are 16-15-3,...

Buffalo Sabres Slipping, Still Banged up Moving Forward
December 21st, 2011 at 2:00 PM
The Buffalo Sabres are starting to see their rank in the eastern conference slip as they continue to drop decisions both in regulation and in overtime. The Sabres are currently 3-4-2 in December, and have dropped down to tenth in the conference. Many believe that the coaching staff is to blame,...

Ville Leino is Latest to Be Added to Buffalo Sabres’ Injury List
December 14th, 2011 at 11:40 PM
Ville Leino suffered a lower body injury in Tuesday's overtime loss against the Ottawa Senators and is expected to miss some time, Sabres.com reports. Sabres head coach Lindy Ruff did not go into specifics, but did indicate to Sabres.com that Leino is expected to miss "several weeks." ***PHOTO1*** Ruff also told Sabres.com that...

Buffalo Sabres Recall Joe Finley for Second Stint of the Season
December 6th, 2011 at 5:15 PM
The Buffalo Sabres have announced that they have recalled Joe Finley once again from their AHL affiliate Rochester Americans. FInley has played two games for Buffalo after being recalled for a game against the Detroit Red Wings on Dec. 2. In his two games with the Sabres, Finley has no points...

Buffalo Sabres Continue to Be Plagued by Injuries
December 6th, 2011 at 9:35 AM
The injury bug seems to have made itself at home in the Buffalo Sabres' locker room. While the Sabres had Ryan Miller and Tyler Ennis return to the lineup, they added Paul Gaustad and Jochen Hecht to the list of casualties.   ***PHOTO1***  Head Coach Lindy Ruff told Sabres.com Monday that Gaustad is not...

Buffalo Sabres’ Ryan Miller to Start, Nathan Gerbe Out Against Nashville Predators
December 3rd, 2011 at 5:48 PM
The Buffalo Sabres have announced that Ryan Miller will return to action when they take on the Nashville Predators Saturday.  Miller has been sidelined since suffering a concussion in a collision with Boston Bruins' forward Milan Lucic Nov. 12. Buffalo has won just three games since Miller has been out of...

Ryan Miller Denies Rumor He Asked Buffalo Sabres for Trade
November 30th, 2011 at 10:28 PM
Ryan Miller returned to practice for the Buffalo Sabres Wednesday, and after practice he decided to squash the rumor that he asked the Buffalo Sabres for a trade. “I’ve never in my time here talked to Lindy, Darcy or ownership about a trade. And they’ve never come to me asking for...