tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8969349016261601012011-07-31T03:05:04.643-07:00A blog about the Sabres and the Bandits. We will try to give both equal time, but I'm not promising anything.Zachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576048669519983317noreply@blogger.comBlogger3181100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896934901626160101.post-15953604903894538372010-02-06T09:18:00.000-08:002010-02-06T09:52:29.014-08:00

It was roughly a year ago when I last wrote something here and it happened to be the shellacking that the Bandits handed to the Knighthawks and Rock. Fast forward to now and the Bandits are having the roles reversed on them.The Toronto Rock come into town with their Eastern Conference leading 4-1 record and their defeat of the Philadelphia Wings 19-11 last night. The Rock are lead by captain

Zachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576048669519983317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896934901626160101.post-47279579401685647112009-02-15T16:51:00.001-08:002009-02-15T16:51:35.311-08:00

The Bandits had another blowout game at home, this time embarrassing the Toronto Rock, 25-10.  Mark Steenhuis was the game MVP by setting the (unofficial) NLL record with 17 points in the game, 4 goals and 13 assists.  Other scorers for the Bandits are Vyse (6), Tavares (4),  Bomberry (3), Tommy Montour (2), Dostie (2), Greenhalgh (2), Llord and Billy Dee (1).  It seems that the Bandits are a

Zachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576048669519983317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896934901626160101.post-79561822033529467372009-02-02T05:03:00.001-08:002009-02-02T05:03:04.697-08:00

I know that this post is very, very, very delayed in coming but things happen.  Things will be changing around here due to the fact that I have signed on to be a contributing writer over at Die By The Blade.   This means that all Sabres stuff will be heading over there and everything else will stay here.  Hence, Dueling Sabres will keep the name but have nothing to do with the Sabres.  We will

Zachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576048669519983317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896934901626160101.post-82914136590680371952009-01-29T10:21:00.001-08:002009-01-29T10:21:26.238-08:00

        The Bandits travel to Edmonton tonight to take on the Rush and complete the Buffalo sweep of the city.  This will be the first matchup between these two teams.  This is the Rush’s fifth ye ar in the league.  Both of these teams can be extremely dangerous.  Bob Hamley completely overhauled the Rush after he became their head coach and GM last season.  He continues to tinker with

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This game had loss written all over it.  Second half of a back-to-back series, scoring an insane amount of goals the night before, and playing against a team that is fresher than the Sabres.  The Sabres didn’t disappoint on this claim either losing to the Flames 5-2.  After the Bertuzzi goal went in early in the third period you had to know and feel that the Sabres were not going to claw back

Zachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576048669519983317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896934901626160101.post-39851342570063496762009-01-28T13:15:00.001-08:002009-01-28T13:15:53.147-08:00

  The Sabres cruise into Calgary tonight, riding high after that 10-2 crushing of the Oilers last night.  Things are probably not going to be as rosy tonight.  As we mentioned in the Oilers review, the Sabres are 2-5-2 in the second half of back to back games.  That record goes down to 1-4-2 when that second game is on the road.  They face a Flames team that has not played since the all-star

Zachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576048669519983317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896934901626160101.post-84040466826947928222009-01-28T05:39:00.001-08:002009-01-28T05:39:56.135-08:00

The Sabres came out on their first game of their four game road trip with a bang.  Stafford scored 10 seconds in the first and the Sabres never looked back, crusing to a 10-2 win.  West coast games are always fun for me due to the fact that it gives me an excuse to stay up late.  Its even more fun when the game you stay up for is incredibly entertaining.  The Oilers looked really, really sloppy

Zachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576048669519983317noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896934901626160101.post-30057879405153916162009-01-27T12:59:00.001-08:002009-01-27T13:46:07.769-08:00

A couple of interesting Youtubes featuring Sabres prospects surfaced this weekend.  First, we direct you to Corey Tropp (drafted by the Sabres in the 3rd round of the 2007 Draft).  Tropp clubbed a Michigan player during the Michigan State/Michigan game over the weekend.  Second Youtube comes from a Lethbridge/Medicine Hat game featuring first round selection Tyler Ennis.  Ennis is the one you

Zachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576048669519983317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896934901626160101.post-69123309240660917342009-01-27T10:14:00.001-08:002009-01-27T10:14:07.681-08:00

      The Sabres travel to Edmonton for the first time since 2006.  A lot has happened since 2006 for both of these teams.  The major one though is Kevin Lowe.  We all remember Lowe very well as the GM who tried to steal Vanek away from us, forcing us to pay way too much money for him.  Honestly, can we thank him now?  Is anyone taking a look at the three signings we could have had that

Zachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576048669519983317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896934901626160101.post-40519442373424291822009-01-26T17:28:00.001-08:002009-01-26T17:31:54.435-08:00

It makes complete sense to live blog an all-star game where Rory Fitzpatrick is a captain and Mike Ryan is an all star, both play for the Planet USA All-Star team.  The only representative from the Portland Pirates is Mark Mancari who will play for the Canadian All-Stars. 1st Period - At least the fanfare behind the AHL All-Star game is not as crazy as it is with the NHL All-Star game.  This

Zachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576048669519983317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896934901626160101.post-84998801250516712762009-01-23T06:39:00.001-08:002009-01-23T06:39:08.567-08:00

So after taking a week off from blogging due to the fact that my life is just too busy to blog, here are some thoughts from the past week. - The Sabres always seem to get too much sun while going on the Florida road trip.  Usually though, they lose in Sunrise while kicking the crap out of Tampa.  This time it was the other way around.  Considering the Tampa game was the second game of the two,

Zachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576048669519983317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896934901626160101.post-1541161061845379062009-01-18T18:24:00.001-08:002009-01-18T18:24:11.939-08:00

The Sabres continued their home winning streak against the Hurricanes on Saturday beating them 3-1.  Playing a predictable type of Sabres game, the team ended up holding on to the 3-1 lead by allowing Ryan Miller to do most of the work. Miller stopped 36 of 37 including a barrage of shots in the third period.  It looked that the Sabres just ran out of steam after making the quick stop home from

Zachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576048669519983317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896934901626160101.post-73115410751915862572009-01-17T12:00:00.001-08:002009-01-17T12:00:53.279-08:00

      It is really hard to write about this Sabres team when of the last two games you have seen a total of twenty minutes of game play.  The Sabres are coming off their comeback win against the Stars while the Hurricanes are on a four-game losing streak.  Lindy Ruff had this quote about the ‘Canes "One that's going well or one that's desperate to win a game," Ruff said today at HSBC

Zachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576048669519983317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896934901626160101.post-12329431542990094472009-01-17T10:18:00.001-08:002009-01-17T10:18:36.182-08:00

The Bandits/Knighthawks game last night was an absolute blowout.  The Knighthawks showed they are a bigger mess last night and need something to come together if this team is going to be competitive at all.  The Bandits won 23-6 last night at the Bank and the main reason for the collapse by the Knighthawks was just their lack of defense. This 17 goal difference was the worst loss in Knighthawk

Zachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576048669519983317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896934901626160101.post-71470374822073135872009-01-16T14:21:00.001-08:002009-01-16T14:21:14.011-08:00

It is the battle between the ageless wonder and the great one tonight in the HSBC Arena.  For being a fan that never got a chance to see Gary Gait in action during his first tour of duty, this is a special night for me to see two great legends in action. Tavares passed Gait in the final category, all time goal scorer, on January 19, 2008 against the New York Titans.  Right now Tavares has 625

Zachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576048669519983317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896934901626160101.post-33131245220120022172009-01-13T09:31:00.001-08:002009-01-13T09:31:52.064-08:00

When a commissioner of a league resigns from the league in the middle of the season, it never bodes well for the state of the league.  Therefore, warning bells went off on Saturday when the NLL announced that Jim Jennings was stepping down from his post as the commissioner.  According to Jennings and the NLL, this was in the works for a few months and is not a sign of things to come for the

Zachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576048669519983317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896934901626160101.post-20830316862513586072009-01-13T09:21:00.001-08:002009-01-13T09:21:25.348-08:00

I know this is late in coming, but I just finished watching the Bandits/Rock game from Saturday.  The Bandits did defeat the Rock 8-6 for the first time since 2006 in the Air Canada Center.  Which is a good thing because we face the Rock twice on the road.  The major shining light was the play of Ken Montour and the Bandits defense.  Montour stepped up to the plate when it counted the most,

Zachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576048669519983317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896934901626160101.post-93342615278484772009-01-12T13:32:00.001-08:002009-01-12T13:32:32.828-08:00

The Sabres dropped at least one point in Detroit on Saturday after the Red Wings scoring two quick goals within the last three minutes of the third period.  Ryan Miller tried to keep the listless Sabres in this game as well, but the Wings had gotten to him too much towards the end of the game. Miller faced 48 shots total against the Wings, 23 of those coming in the third period.  This comes

Zachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576048669519983317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896934901626160101.post-10688488155096262722009-01-10T14:26:00.001-08:002009-01-10T14:26:58.510-08:00

  The Bandits head to Toronto tonight to face  their Canadian nemeses the Toronto Rock.  The Bandits have not beaten the Rock at the Air Canada Center since 2006.  The Rock play a very defensive style that always seems to stifle the Bandits.  The Bandits have shown that they are in mid season form in their win over the Wings last Saturday night.  The Bandits defense came to play in that

Zachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576048669519983317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896934901626160101.post-51659492571530721272009-01-10T09:41:00.001-08:002009-01-10T09:41:23.294-08:00

  The Sabres are heading into Detroit tonight to face the  always tough Red Wings.  This is the first of two games against Detroit this year thanks to flex scheduling.  The second matchup will be April 6th in Buffalo.  The Sabres come off an interesting two point performance in which Ryan Miller kept the Sabres in the game all night.  Outshot 44-33 and outworked for the first two periods, the

Zachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576048669519983317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896934901626160101.post-11563003376741120722009-01-10T06:10:00.001-08:002009-01-10T06:10:14.525-08:00

My apologies for the lack of activity in the last week here.  The new year started and so did other things.  So now that the minor things are out of the way, I can focus on the more important things:  the winning streaks of the Sabres and the Bandits. Since I left, the Sabres have started a new year winning streak with wins against the Maple Leafs, Bruins, Senators and Rangers.  The team has

Zachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576048669519983317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896934901626160101.post-68098245632338650802009-01-02T08:13:00.001-08:002009-01-02T08:13:07.902-08:00

I am not one for writing long poetic season previews, especially when it comes to the NLL, due to the fact that I cannot possibly know enough about every team to give them their due.  So in this case, I will have a key question that each team will have to answer to make their runs at the Champions Cup.  Eastern Conference Boston Blazers:  Can they overcome their expansion status to be

Zachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576048669519983317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896934901626160101.post-45687144321713360052009-01-01T12:42:00.001-08:002009-01-01T12:42:10.365-08:00

Besides sitting here watching what is turning out to  be a fairly entertaining Winter Classic, there is another hockey game on tonight.  The Sabres head to the Air Canada Center tonight to start the New Year off correctly against the Maple Leafs.  The Sabres have had their fair share of looking relatively inspiring in 2008, starting the year losing their first seven games of the year and

Zachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576048669519983317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896934901626160101.post-30253557717073725462008-12-31T14:09:00.001-08:002008-12-31T14:09:21.864-08:00

There have been two outdoor games in the history of the NHL.  The first was in 2003 featuring the Edmonton Oilers and the Montreal Canadiens.  The second, obviously, was last year’s Winter Classic.  What happens to teams that lose the outdoor game.  The Edmonton Oilers lost the Heritage Classic on home ice 4-3 to the Canadiens.  They then turned around and lost their next four games of the

Zachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576048669519983317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896934901626160101.post-13059641345472271852008-12-29T13:45:00.001-08:002008-12-29T13:45:31.993-08:00

The Buffalo News is reporting that Paul Gaustad could possibly play tommorrow.  Gaustad has missed the past five games and was centering a line with Ales Kotalik and Adam Mair today in practice. While Gaustad doesn’t bring a lot to the scoresheet, he does bring the toughness this teams doesn’t show.  With Mair and Gaustad, they bring a good grinding fourth line that does its job. Gaustad can

Zachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576048669519983317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896934901626160101.post-69256995113014526852008-12-29T10:07:00.001-08:002008-12-29T10:07:26.538-08:00

Two games after the holiday break, the Sabres sit in eighth place in the conference tied with the Carolina Hurricanes and three points behind the Pittsburgh Penguins.  Here is the Sabres schedule in the next month: December 29th – vs. Washington January 1st – at Toronto January 3rd – at Boston January 6th – vs. Ottawa January 9th – vs. Rangers January 10th – at Detroit January 14th – at

Zachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576048669519983317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896934901626160101.post-74072004866479189052008-12-26T13:46:00.001-08:002008-12-26T13:46:30.332-08:00

Now there are two.  Paul Gait was named the Knighthawks coach today after coach Paul Suggate resigned from the team on Wednesday.  This could actually work for the Knighthawks because of the relationship of the Gait brothers.  Gary Gait was a coach for the Colorado Mammoth when they won the title against the Bandits in 2006.  Now Paul Gait has the chance to match his brother in Championship

Zachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576048669519983317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896934901626160101.post-24809188293428578202008-12-25T12:44:00.001-08:002008-12-25T12:44:21.870-08:00

I figured while I was working today, I would check in and say Merry Christmas.  And wonder why are you reading this post to begin with. 

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Knighthawks coach, Paul Suggate, has resigned from the head coaching position.  This is two weeks before the Knighthawks start the season.  In losing their two top scorers and their head coach just before the season starts, the Knighthawks are heading into a tailspin and fast.  It will be interesting to see how the Knighthawks react to start the season.  With all the change and a new coach only

Zachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576048669519983317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896934901626160101.post-196692877239260022008-12-22T07:40:00.001-08:002008-12-22T10:15:30.224-08:00

Heading into tonight’s game against the Penguins got me thinking about something.  Is there a real reason as to why the schedulers lump certain sets of teams together?  The Sabres have played the Penguins four times in the last seven weeks.  They have also played the Devils three times in the last seven weeks. This will be the last game of season against the Penguins and we won’t play the Devils

Zachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576048669519983317noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896934901626160101.post-38001563249832028662008-12-20T11:40:00.001-08:002008-12-20T11:40:27.578-08:00

The Sabres travel to Montreal tonight winners of five of their last seven.  The Sabres beat the Kings last night 5-0 behind the strong play of Ryan Miller and the weak play of the Kings goaltenders.  The Canadiens beat the Flyers on Thursday night and have that critical extra day of rest. For the Sabres, it would not surprise me to see Patrick Lalime in net tonight.  With the back to back games

Zachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576048669519983317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896934901626160101.post-36952434729769898292008-12-20T06:27:00.001-08:002008-12-20T06:27:18.341-08:00

but really how bad the Kings are.  The Sabres pulled out a 5-0 victory against the Kings on Friday night.  This puts them at 3-0 in the third jerseys this season.  Screw the schedule they are on and just make them the home jersey this season.  Jason LaBarbera allowed 4 goals on 15 shots before he was pulled for Jonathan Quick.  The Sabres had a total of 23 shots on goal and put 5 of those in

Zachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576048669519983317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896934901626160101.post-55094725113998956962008-12-17T10:08:00.001-08:002008-12-17T10:09:43.875-08:00

The Sabres are coming off a hard fought win against the Devils in New Jersey on Saturday in which they played for a full 6o minutes and was able to put home the win 4-2. The Devils are coming off a bad shootout loss to Jason Blake and the Maple Leafs last night in Toronto. Scott Clemmensen was in net for the Devils facing 27 shots and stopping 25. Clemmensen should be in net for the Devils

Zachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576048669519983317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896934901626160101.post-57030924871783676572008-12-17T05:26:00.001-08:002008-12-17T05:26:04.878-08:00

The Devils head into Buffalo tonight after losing to the Toronto Maple Leafs last night in a shootout.  To make matters worse, they lost to a spin-a-rama by Jason Blake.  Watch the mastery:

Zachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576048669519983317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896934901626160101.post-50192532106464342552008-12-16T11:31:00.000-08:002008-12-16T11:41:22.618-08:00

No this is not something that has to do with New Jersey, though ironically they are the next opponent. This has to do with the Pittsburgh Post Gazettes Hockey Jersey Bill of Rights.This is probably the perfect list that I won't actually list here because a lot of the headings won't make sense unless you actually read the article. But this list does need to exist because a lot of these things

Zachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576048669519983317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896934901626160101.post-17987773843910468982008-12-16T09:41:00.000-08:002008-12-16T09:43:03.694-08:00

John Vogl of the News has updated us on the status of the Sabres' practice today. He finished off with this little nugget:Defenseman Teppo Numminen skipped today's practice for a routine checkup on his heart, which had a valve replaced last year.Nothing makes me laugh more than routine checkup on the heart. Can we please give this guy a break at some point of the season? Or just run him into

Zachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576048669519983317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896934901626160101.post-50881013636680869112008-12-16T05:11:00.000-08:002008-12-16T05:21:12.396-08:00

Not only have the Knighthawks lost John Grant Jr. for the season but they announced yesterday that they have also lost Scott Evans for the season as well. Evans will be out for the season with an ACL injury.This hurts the Knighthawks in the way that their first and second ranked goal scorers are going to be on the bench for the 2009 season. Of the 197 goals that the Knighthawks scored, 91 were

Zachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576048669519983317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896934901626160101.post-65721356189823200782008-12-15T11:13:00.000-08:002008-12-15T11:16:30.056-08:00

Mike Harrington at the Buffalo News is reporting that Craig Rivet will be out for at least two weeks with an injured shoulder that he injured during the Montreal game on the 29th. Paestch should be able to fill in for a while but don't be surprised to see Weber called up from Portland because at some point Numminen will need a break. He has played in every game so far this season and at the age

Zachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576048669519983317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896934901626160101.post-74003674875161526642008-12-15T05:21:00.000-08:002008-12-15T05:31:11.008-08:00

At roughly this time last year, the Sabres had just come off a home and home sweep against the hated Flyers. They were rooted in fifth place in the Conference and the whole area was riding high with the Winter Classic coming to town. The Sabres were 19-14-1 at this point in the season last year. The wheels came off the bus after that. The Sabres went on a 10 game winless streak and could

Zachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576048669519983317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896934901626160101.post-9179742385109605552008-12-14T06:38:00.001-08:002008-12-14T06:49:31.956-08:00

The Sabres win the second game of a back to back series for the first time last night, beating the Devils 4-2. It was the battle of the backups with Lalime in net for the Sabres and Kevin Weekes in net for the Devils. Thomas Vanek was the player of the game again, as he has been all season for the Sabres, scoring his 23rd and 24th on the season.Lalime played a much better game than he had

Zachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576048669519983317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896934901626160101.post-62900991838134216322008-12-13T06:43:00.000-08:002008-12-14T13:01:57.506-08:00

The Chicago Shamrox announced Friday that they have "suspended" operations for the 2009 season. This means that the NLL will again have 12 teams this season, 6 in the East and 6 in the West. The players for the Shamrox have been dispersed with goaltender Anthony Cosmo being taken first overall to the Boston Blazers. I'll have more later on the Bandits selections.With the dispersal draft, the

Zachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576048669519983317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896934901626160101.post-72622824646645845392008-12-13T06:27:00.000-08:002008-12-13T06:43:06.722-08:00

They can't be the Laffs if they actually win the game. The Sabres played a good first period and a half and then let the game slip away from them at the end of the game. Ian White's game winner in the third period set off what was another disappointing effort by the Sabres. There were too many chances that the Sabres passed up including a wide open net that Stafford missed to give the game away

Zachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576048669519983317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896934901626160101.post-70820698584890151252008-12-11T06:20:00.001-08:002008-12-11T06:25:35.520-08:00

The Bandits announced yesterday that Tavares has signed a new three year deal. This will take Tavares through the year 2011. He will be 43 when the contract finishes.Tavares has been a staple for the Bandits since starting with the team in 1992. He is the all time leading scorer for the NLL and still has the scoring touch with 87 points on the season. That led the Bandits.Honestly, it just

Zachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576048669519983317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896934901626160101.post-48658537529868882322008-12-11T04:56:00.001-08:002008-12-11T05:04:49.004-08:00

After what was a dismal November, the Sabres had to come out and feast on what was going to be an easy December. They are doing just that. The Sabres came back from two down in the first to beat the Lightning 4-2. Thomas Vanek was the star of the show again with two goals, one on the power play. Drew Stafford started the scoring on the power play late in the first period and Pominville put in

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Puck Daddy yesterday had a good interview with Brian Jennings, Executive Vice President of Marketing for the NHL. In this part of the interview, they brought up the good point of honoring Wrigley with the singing tradition. As most of you probably know, during the seventh inning stretch at Wrigley, they sing Take Me Out To the Ballgame. The NHL sounds like they are going to replicate this

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The NLL is an ever changing league with many small franchises either ready to collapse or to start up. We find this is always the case and apparent today.The Chicago Shamrox have stated a deadline of Wednesday to find a buyer of the team or the team will fold. If the team folds, the schedule will obviously have to be revised and the players will be dispersed in a disperal draft. The dispersal

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WGR is reporting today that the Sabres are possibly for sale and that there are a couple of interested parties but no names were released.Does this concern me, sort of. I would like to see the Sabres stay in Buffalo just as I would like to see the Bills stay here as well. They were one of the main reasons why I stayed in the area. I won't hit the panic button until names are confirmed yet.Hat

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This isn't necessarily a post about the Sabres but more of a post about me. For the last week, the way the Sabres have played haven't really gotten the creative juices flowing. The Sabres put together to rather uninspiring games against the Predators and the Panthers. But last night, the spark of Gerbe at least found something as they beat the Lightning 4-3.By no means is Gerbe the answer for

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In what is going to probably be another terrible game played by a terrible team, there is a bright spot. Nathan Gerbe will make his NHL debut in Tampa tonight. I'm very sorry that we may waste talent like Gerbe on a team like this. Enjoy another loss to a crappy team. Can you tell I'm a little bitter.

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The Carolina Hurricanes have scheduled a press conference at 11:30 am today to presumably announce that they are firing head coach Peter Laviolette. Laviolette, the winningest American born coach, will be replaced by former Hurricanes coach Paul Maurice.Today is just a day of stupidity. The Avery situation first and now this. The Hurricanes have been looking for a reason to fire Laviolette for

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Sean Avery was quickly suspended before the Calgary game last night because of a comment he made during the morning skate. Here it is:Its a good way to stir up more emotions from the Flames because it was obviously directed at Dion Phaneuf. The league stepped in though and suspended Avery indefinitely for "content detrimental to the league." Good god boys, I think the man can backup his own

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NLL Insider announced today that forward Brett Bucktooth is going to be out for the season after suffering a complete tear in the rotator cuff during summer ball. This is the second preseason that we have found that a player will be out for the season before he even starts to play. Last year it was Sean Greenhalgh that tore his ACL during training camp and was out for the season.It will be

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This game was far from entertaining and so much so that I quit watching it at the second period mark. So I missed all the goals in the game during the third period. From what I saw though, the Sabres were just skating to hit their spots and not so much trying to do much. They really had no energy and just tried not to lose the game. Which always loses games. Not much else to say on this one.

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The NHL has released the 2009 Winter Classic commercial and it isn't half bad. It debuted last night on Football Night in America and should be running from now until Jan. 1st. The CBC will use the same commercial and it will start on December 15th.Being a huge Harry Carey fan, I really like the look of the spot and the classic feel it has. The NHL may have something here.

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The Sabres are finishing up a rough little stretch with four games in six days with tonight's game against the Nashville Predators. The Sabres need to finish off this stretch with a win against a fairly similar Nashville Predator team. Both teams are hovering around .500 at this point in the season and both are looking to start December off strong. The Sabres have won two of their last three

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I haven't done one of these in a very long time so here goes nothing. Keep checking in for constant updates throughout the game.7:09 - Nothing is better than going through the Four Habs Fans blog to read up on the Montreal side of things. If you have never checked out that blog, be sure to do so, just don't do it at work.7:10 - Patrick Lalime starts in net. This should be an interesting game

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Bob Hamley came to the Edmonton Rush last year with one goal, to win championships. He has done some major retooling to the lineup last year. Hamley added Lindsey Plunkett, Mike Hominuck, Dan Teat, Ian Crashley, Matt King, Andy Secore, Chris Seller, Andrew Biers, Spencer Martin, Tim O'Brien, Greg Hinman, Steve Dietrich, Chris Levis, and Ryan McNish since he has gotten to Edmonton. He has

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The Sabres put together another well played 60 minutes against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday night. Paul Gaustad and Drew Stafford becomes the heroes of the game with two goals from each. Gaustad scored each, including the game winner, from his knees. On the Penguins side, Crosby had two goals against Miller with Malkin getting an assist on each of those goals. The Sabres put together

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In news that shouldn't surprise anyone that pays attention to hockey news every day, the Leafs have signed Brian Burke as their General Manager, replacing interim GM Cliff Fletcher. Ever since Burke left the Ducks, the speculation by the Toronto media has been that Burke would take over for Fletcher.Burke has a couple of Stanley Cups with the Anaheim Ducks and has been credited with turning that

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As we are recovering from hopefully good food and terrible afternoon games I just have one note that Honk if you love justice beat me to. I am thankful that Macy's and Rick Astley have a good sense of humor to Rick Roll THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. Here is the Youtube to prove it. And honestly, I somewhat actually enjoy the song.

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The Sabres played a really inspired game last night against the surging Bruins. After the debacle that happened last week, its good to see that the team played for a full sixty minutes in front of the home crowd. It is also good to see that Derek Roy has found his scoring touch again. Granted those goals were more of the garbage type, with the first one being a gifted turnover and the second

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Some NLL news:The NLL has officially announced that they will use instant replay this season. The only reviewable things are going to be whether goals have crossed the goal line and whether a player is in the crease. Coaches will have a chance to force a replay once a half by throwing a challenge flag. If the coach is incorrect, they will lose a timeout. Rochester GM Regy Thorpe has signed a

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The Maple Leafs have sent Carlo Colaiacovo and Alex Steen to the St. Louis Blues for Lee Stempniak. Stempniak has 3 goals and 13 points in 14 games while Steen has 2 goals and 4 points in 20 games and Colaiacovo has one assist in 10 games.The Blues got fleeced on this one just due to the fact that Colaiacovo is always injured and Stempniak is a much better player than he probably played in St.

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Comment From Zach]Looking forward to this weekend, the Sabres could pick themselves up with two good home stompings. The Flyers are going to be without Briere on Friday and the Islanders could be interesting after the beatdown we gave them on the Island. There could be hope for this team after this weekend.This was the comment I made Thursday during the Inside the NHL chat with Bucky Gleason.

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The Sabres coughed up another beauty of a game on Wednesday night against the Bruins. The Sabres scored four goals in the first period and subsequently lost the game 7-4. Tonight, they take on the much hated Flyers at 7:30 at the Bank. Good news about tonight is the benching of Maxim Afinogenov and the bringing up of Mark Mancari. Mancari is second in the AHL this season in total points with

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It is with a heavy heart that I write this. Tom Borelli passed away today due to the injuries he suffered during the fall at All-High Stadium. He was the Bandits beat reporter and the first sportswriter inducted into the National Lacrosse League Hall of Fame. The League honored him in 2007 and the best media reporter award is named after Borelli. We send our best regards to Borelli's family

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That about sums it up. I'm glad to see that all of the Buffalo sports teams can play defense. Im heading to the Flyers game on Friday and for the first time in a while, I am just not looking forward to it.The Blue Footed Booby of the game goes to Hank Tallinder, who just played marvelosly on that first Boston goal. He could have put it in the net for them too.Go Bulls.

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Since the blog has been dark for the last few days now seems like the best time to bring out the preview column. The Sabres have struggled as of late losing two heartbreaking games this weekend, 6-1 to the Blue Jackets and 5-2 to the Penguins. The Sabres can try and get back on track tonight on the road against a Bruins team that has been red hot as of late. The Bruins have gone 6-0-1 in their

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Bucky is reporting today that Ales Kotalik could spend some time on the sidelines due to a hamstring injury that he suffered against the Jackets on Friday. This could put him out for two weeks.In saying that, the Sabres could bring someone up from Portland to fill in for Kotalik and the lucky winner just may be Mark Mancari. Mancari is tied for second in the league in points with 26 in 13 games

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Barry Melrose was on CBC during Hockey Night in Canada on Saturday explaning his side of the story in the whole situation. He had some interesting things to say on the whole situation. "I think the players didn't want to play for me," he said." You don't have to be Kreskin to figure that out. I demand players play hard and play with passion and courage. If you don't do that, I let you know. I'm

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The Sabres have gone 3-5-1 in their last nine games after going 6-0-2 in their first eight games. Last night was probably the hardest game to swallow after giving up 4 goals in the last ten minutes of the game to lost to the Penguins 5-2. Malkin scored one goal and had three assists while Jordan Staal had two goals on the night. The Sabres were playing a really good game going into the third

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Watched half of the first period and saw everything that I needed to see. This game was not going to get any better. They hung on to beat the Blues after posting a three goal lead in the first five minutes of the games. Tonight, they looked like almost every game they played last season. Really, really uninspired. They were looking to pass first shoot later and Patrick Lalime is starting to

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The perks of having real time information on the all-star game voting is that I can do this post every week instead of having to wait for Versus to release the numbers every week. Here is what the starting lineups look like if voting ended today.Western ConferenceForwardsBrendan Morrow (42524 votes)Mike Ribero (42422 votes)Mike Modano (27862 votes)DefensemanNicolas Lidstrom (38858 votes)Stephane

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That game actually left me more underwhelmed than anything else. When a team puts up 3 goals in the first five minutes of the game and slowly lets the opponent back in to a one-goal game that is the sign of a so-so team. The first period of that game looked really good. Mair, Connolly, and Pominville all scored, Peters looked alright in his two fights and Miller let in a goal that really could

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We here at Dueling Sabres have decided to keep the general public informed on where your favorites stand in All-Star Voting. Voting opened today and will run through January 2nd. Right now, here are your starters:Western ConferenceBrenden Morrow (7354 votes)Mike Ribero (7343 votes)Brad Boyes (4689 votes)Brent Burns (4396 votes)Keith Yandle (4020 votes)Luongo (5655 votes)Eastern ConferenceSaku

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Kudos to Sabres Not Slugs and Puck Daddy for these references.Larry Quinn was on WGR before one of the games this weekend. During his interview he had this great nugget:Quinn was on WGR today and Bulldog asked him about the new 3rd jerseys, and what could happen if they sell well, well received, etc.. Quinn confirmed that the team is in talks to potentially make the 3rds our PRIMARY jersey for

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It looks that Peters will be playing on Wednesday against the Blues. He has been playing on a line with Mair and Gaustad. This means that Kaleta is going to see the press box with Stafford. It also may seem that Jay McKee may not play on Wednesday. He was the seventh defenseman in Blues practice. Coach Andy Murray looks like he was trying to send a message to McKee but it will be interesting

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Yesterday we featured the petition to keep the roof open at the Rogers Center for the Bills game in Toronto. Today's petition deals with the Canadiens and their centennial celebration.It seems that William Shatner has a huge following in Canada, quite possibly being Canada's most famous actor. And a few fans want to see Shatner perform the Canadian and American national anthems some time during

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10:59 Good morning. Just spent a few minutes adding up the stats for Mark Mancari, Tim Kennedy and Nathan Gerbe for their first nine games in Roch---, er, Portland. Anybody have a calculator? Nine games, 20 goals, 45 points combined. And the Sabres think they have a tough decision because Jochen Hecht is coming back and they wondering if the should waive Matt Ellis or send down Patrick Kaleta or

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After a fairly uneventful Sabres weekend which saw them lose both games, once in overtime and once in regulation, there really isn't much to talk about. The Sabres just didn't seem to have that extra step against the Bruins and penalties killed them against the Thrashers. So, I'm moving on.The NHL has released the top 10 sellers on shop.nhl.com for the month of October. Top 10 Selling Items On

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The Sabres are coming off a good win against the ailing Devils on Monday night. They also should be rested and healthy heading into the back to back weekend against the Thrashers and the Bruins. The Thrashers are coming into this game on a high themselves having a third period comeback to beat the Islanders on the Island last night 4-3.The Sabres are getting healthier as well with Jochen Hecht

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Hecht skating today, Connolly is not. Shocking, hardly.

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Most Devils fans were alright with the performance that backup Kevin Weekes had against the Sabres last night. He stopped 28 of 30 shots including an onslaught of 19 of 20 in the first period.They probably aren't going to deal with the fact that he just may be the starting goaltender for the next three months.The Devils announced today that the elbow bruise that held Brodeur out of Monday's game

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Ryan Miller, Thomas Vanek, Derek Roy, and Teppo Numminen have made the all-star ballot for the 2009 All-Star Game in Montreal. This seems almost too ridiculous that the ballot has started for the all-stars of the season with only about 15 games for each team this season. All-star voting opens next week on the 12th. With the new initiative of real-time all star results, a Vote for Rory campaign

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2:30 Hello everyone. Sorry we had to push it back a few hours. I needed to be at the morning skate to make sure that Barry Melrose was, in fact, coaching the Tampa Bay Lightning. Fire away. 2:33 Well, it's still there. I thought that style disappeared in the 1980s. Actually, it did. Some people didn't get the message. Melrose is a good guy, though, mullet and all. We media types stick together ..

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The Sabres may get another break tonight as they face the Devils in Newark. Martin Brodeur suffered an elbow injury and will not play tonight for the Devils. In his place will be Kevin Weekes who will be playing his first game of the season. Weekes has never really had good luck against the Sabres, going 5-10-2 in 19 games with a career 3.37 GAA and .883 SV%. The Sabres are coming off a solid

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Thursday and Saturday night were the exact opposite for the Sabres in terms of result, effort, and overall play. The Lightning came into the Bank on Thursday and absolutely wiped the Sabres clean with their 5-2 win. On Saturday, Ryan Miller got his first shutout of the season as the Sabres just out hustled and out played the Ovechkin less Capitals.The effort the Sabres put forth against the

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“We don’t lose two at home,” center Derek Roy said. “That’s one of our mottos all season long.”Thats basically all you have to know about the mindframe the Sabres are in heading into tonight's game against the Mulleted One. Coming off of last Monday's drubbing against the Senators, the Sabres have to focus on beating one of the worst teams to start the season this year. The Lightning are 2-3-3

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Since we are mainly a sports blog, it is nice to be able to inject a little class into this blog. Since I am probably as fashionable as Harold Green, we have found the solution to your fashion problems. Here is Sean Avery answering some of the tough questions.In this cash-strapped period, who or what are the best "bang for your buck" designers/labels?-Stan Yes, it's true that we are in a

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This according to TSN. This could be much worse from the rumblings that we have heard but honestly it shouldn't have been that big of a deal. Here are some quotes from Mair about the situation:When asked what he was trying to communicate to the Senators, he said, "We don't play those guys until January, so I wanted to wish them a Happy Halloween."What did they say back?"I think they said Merry

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This clip is from the hallways after the Sens/Sabres game on Monday Night.I didn't think that this is a big deal but apparently the NHL is looking into the footage and Mair could very likely get suspended a handful of games for this. Another thing that the Sabres need is a center that will miss time. Hopeful Gaustad or Connolly will come back soon to relieve the lack of depth at center.

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Lets just say that now. This game can be forgotten as quickly as it was played. Unfortunately we lost to the Senators which is always depressing but honestly after they went down 4-0 I started watching the Monday Night Football game.Bucky has a great article out in the News today about the World Juniors. Here is the end of it:Sen. Charles Schumer was quick to jump on board with the world

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I know I am late to the game with this post but USA Hockey did officially announce that Buffalo will be hosting the 2010 World Junior Championships. This is great news for the Buffalo area because of the massive amount of people that will be visiting the area for all of the games in the two weeks that games are.The main point to this post is the ticket information that was announced. Currently,

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11:25 Good morning! The sun is shining, the Sabres are winning and the Bills are winning. Could this be the year one of them finally wins .... OK, I'll stop there.11:27 [Comment From frank]Nice and toasty here in south carolina11:28 Good. I can stay at your house for three or four days of golf and a little R&R. Wait, there's nothing relaxing about golf. 11:29 [Comment From anxious fan]When

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The Sabres face off at the Bank tonight against the much hated Senators. The Senators come into this game struggling going 2-5-1 in their first eight games. The main problem with this team is they have issues on both offense and defense. Their offense is scoring 2.75 goals per game which is 19th in the league while they allow 3.12 goals per game which is 16th in the league. Goalie Martin

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The Sabres travel into Denver tonight to take on the suddenly hot Avalanche at the Pepsi Center. The Avalanche have gotten on a hot streak as of late, winning their last four after dropping their first three. The main reason for this streak is the solidified play of their goaltending. After having their top goaltender, Jose Theodore, leave for free agency they promote backup goaltender Peter

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The Sabres ended pulling another game out of their asses with a Derek Roy overtime winner last night in Minnesota. The Sabres came from two goals down again to beat the Wild 4-3. The Sabres dug another hole in Minnesota in almost the same way they dug a hole against the Bruins on Tuesday. The Sabres jumped out to an early one goal lead on an another pretty goal by Drew Stafford. The Wild came

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The Sabres faceoff with the Wild tonight at the Xcel Center in St. Paul. The Sabres will be missing captain Craig Rivet who will be out of the lineup for at least two weeks with minor knee surgery. This means that seventh defenseman Nathan Paetsch will be in the lineup to replace Rivet. Paestch has been a streaky player in his time in Buffalo. His rookie season in 2006 was his standout season

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The Sabres have announced that captain Craig Rivet is going to be out for the next two weeks after having arthroscopic knee surgery today. This could be a huge blow for the Sabres as Rivet was the heart of this team. Between his play during the first six game and the Islanders fight, Rivet put it all on the line in the first six games and his presence will probably be missed.Most likely, Jason

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The L.A. Times put out the list of the Top 10 Richest Sports Owners. The data came from the Forbes 400 list so these owners would be of American Teams.1. E. Stanley Kroenke and Ann Walton Kroenke. Stan owns the Avalanche and Nuggets2. Mark Cuban. Owner of the Dallas Mavericks3. Malcolm Glazer. Owner of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers4. H. Wayne Huizenga. Owner of the Miami Dolphins5. Michael

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