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All rights reserved. en-us 126 15 http://sports.yahoo.com http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/sp/b/ysp_logo_rss.gif Latest news and information about the Buffalo Sabres. http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/teams/buf http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12e3jvq3e/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/thn-yahoo-nhl-awards-most-151500341--spt.html THN and Yahoo! teamed up to vote on a collection of awards, which we will be sharing the results of throughout this week, starting with Alex Ovechkin as MVP Mon, 13 May 2013 08:15:00 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,05cbfd87-379d-3492-806a-e0afa469d674-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13h532r17/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/learned-pittsburgh-penguins-rid-marc-andre-fleury-135451781.html Mon, 13 May 2013 06:54:51 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,89bfe4bc-6ee3-320e-a9c4-840640ab8bfd-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12ge8da8n/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/wild-lament-early-exit-note-200644398--nhl.html ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Making the playoffs for the first time in five years should count as progress. For the Minnesota Wild, that step forward wasn't firm enough. Sat, 11 May 2013 13:06:44 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,ca70073e-53c8-3fbe-8b05-c7add1ffd167-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=126vrs1cn/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/why-boston-bruins-town-185400122.html COMMENTARY | Wednesday, April 17, was the first time any professional sporting event took place in Boston since the marathon bombings. It was the Bruins taking on the Buffalo Sabres in front of a packed TD Garden, who were ready to show just how 'Boston Strong' they were. If what happened during the anthem that night doesn't show just how much Boston is a Bruins town, nothing will. Fri, 10 May 2013 11:54:00 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,332c1369-a74d-365f-961e-06bbfa1c6b33-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12l2qott0/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/ap-source-sabres-fire-assistants-215940627--nhl.html BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- The Sabres fired assistant coaches James Patrick and Kevyn Adams on Thursday in the first moves made by newly promoted head coach Ron Rolston. Thu, 09 May 2013 15:32:14 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,f2b59807-9a54-3f80-8430-dac55e6c76ef-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12fbfn8fh/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/major-changes-loom-canucks-002117294--nhl.html VANCOUVER (AP) -- Major changes loom after the Vancouver Canucks, who came within a victory of winning the Stanley Cup two years ago, bowed out early for the second consecutive spring. Wed, 08 May 2013 17:21:17 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,4450b2bd-6588-3ede-9fed-b6980a8b3d75-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12r904hnh/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/another-practice-pominville-progresses-194014677--nhl.html ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Minnesota Wild right wing Jason Pominville returned to the lineup Tuesday for Game 4 of the Western Conference playoff series against Chicago. Tue, 07 May 2013 19:02:37 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,66be7ffe-ffd9-39ad-9e8f-8ee9fa23d719-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12l5i5q26/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/buffalo-sabres-hire-rolston-head-131031702--nhl.html BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- After the Buffalo Sabres fired Lindy Ruff in February, they planned on an extensive offseason coaching search. Tue, 07 May 2013 11:43:30 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,a9ed31df-025d-3686-8bd2-f3e0b289651f-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12viubi2o/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/sabres-appoint-rolston-head-coach-interim-stint-171347947.html (Reuters) - Ron Rolston was appointed head coach of the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday, having filled the role on an interim basis after long-time coach Lindy Ruff was fired in February. Previously in charge of Buffalo's American Hockey League affiliate, the Rochester Americans, Rolston becomes the 16th head coach for the Sabres after guiding the team to a 15-11-5 record in 31 games since replacing Ruff. The 46-year-old also spent seven seasons as head coach with USA Hockey's national team development program and led the U.S. ... Tue, 07 May 2013 10:13:47 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,5b28f9b0-a20e-30c2-b631-5d00f4c70684-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=133tndar1/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/nhl-sabres-appoint-rolston-head-coach-interim-stint-171101963.html May 7 (Reuters) - Ron Rolston was appointed head coach of the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday, having filled the role on an interim basis after long-time coach Lindy Ruff was fired in February. Previously in charge of Buffalo's American Hockey League affiliate, the Rochester Americans, Rolston becomes the 16th head coach for the Sabres after guiding the team to a 15-11-5 record in 31 games since replacing Ruff. The 46-year-old also spent seven seasons as head coach with USA Hockey's national team development program and led the U.S. ... Tue, 07 May 2013 10:11:01 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,bbca6ab6-6ef4-3dd5-b1ae-f0e760e1120e-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13idm1tq3/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/buffalo-sabres-name-ron-rolston-head-coach-rebuild-125936718.html Tue, 07 May 2013 05:59:36 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,ff4a428a-dc8c-3bfc-b278-2cc4eac03ed1-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13akg56t8/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/learned-why-letting-them-play-nonsense-nhl-134326733.html Mon, 06 May 2013 06:43:26 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,6f0e8df5-ef1f-36b6-a12d-673316037252-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12ek3d07p/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/canadiens-even-series-1-1-034157319--nhl.html MONTREAL -- Rookie Brendan Gallagher came up with another big playoff game for the Montreal Canadiens and this time Carey Price backed it up with stellar goaltending that outshined Ottawa' s Craig Anderson. Fri, 03 May 2013 20:41:57 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,26d80c94-49fb-34cd-949a-3e61e1b23ae0-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12bqnr30h/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/canadiens-3-senators-1-020117880--nhl.html MONTREAL -- Brendan Gallagher got his second goal in as many games as the Montreal Canadiens scored three times in the second period for a 3-1 win over the Ottawa Senators on Friday night. Fri, 03 May 2013 19:01:17 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,c7e7df1f-5ceb-34a9-a37c-bcec9de55dd7-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=14dovdlb5/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/nhl--eric-gryba-s-controversial-suspension-by-the-nhl-based-on-a-hit-determined-to-be-illegal-010719953.html NHL disciplinarian Brendan Shanahan had to make a call on a body check that was neither clean nor dirty. Fri, 03 May 2013 18:07:19 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,1c054909-a832-3d46-a3db-61e00e31ae55-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13jrt4lau/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/dustin-brown-dirty-lightning-owner-shuts-down-hedge-193925176.html Here are your Puck Headlines: a glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media. • Billy Tucker gets inspired by Lil Caps Fans, who are quite happy that Andy Dufresne crawled through a river of [crap]. If you create Photoshops for a contest see any more examples of these scamps throughout history, email us at puckdaddyblog@yahoo.com . • Bob McKenzie reports it’s a 2-game suspension for Eric Gryba for his hit on Lars Eller. [ @TSNBobMcKenzie ] • Eller is out of the hospital after suffering a concussion and facial fractures. [ PHT ] • Max Pacioretty and Brian Gionta are out for the Montreal Canadiens in Game 2. [ CBC Sports ] • With Danny DeKeyser out for the playoffs with a broken thumb, who replaces him for the Detroit Red Wings? [ MLive ] • Josh Harding gets the start in Chicago for the Minnesota Wild in Game 2. [ Russo ] • Heartwarming story about the Toronto Maple Leafs and a child in need. [ Good News ] • Big news in Canadian media, as TSN SportsCentre personalities Jay Onrait and Dan O’Toole are headed to the new Fox Sports 1 network in the U.S. [ Bell Media , Toronto Sports Media ] • Paul Stastny will captain the USA in the N.I.T. [ NHL.com ] Fri, 03 May 2013 12:39:25 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,4f9a5bbb-d6a8-357f-8a9c-6c3d9798288e-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13i91e158/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/colorado-avalanche-win-nhl-draft-lottery-select-no-005348999.html Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:53:48 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,9378864f-a38a-3b27-a234-b7e74065a754-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12t3ro1h4/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/sabres-gm-regier-cautions-fans-more-suffering-214101189.html BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- Having ownership's backing to continue rebuilding the Buffalo Sabres this offseason, general manager Darcy Regier was short on specifics and guarantees. Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:24:16 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,6a767ee7-44da-39a9-aad5-20aedd7a3cb2-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13i0qkgah/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/darcy-regier-returns-buffalo-sabres-gm-rebuild-may-174038124.html When coach Lindy Ruff was fired this season, Buffalo Sabres fans anticipated a clean sweep of the managerial team that’s led the franchise to the precipice of a rebuild. In other words, many expected general manager Darcy Regier to follow Ruff out to the Buffalo pasture. Not so fast: Sabres team president Ted Black announced on Monday that Regier would return as the team’s general manager, leading Buffalo down a rocky path towards the Stanley Cup contender owner Terry Pegula promised would be the franchise’s only objective. Regier has been the GM in Buffalo since Summer 1997, surviving different ownership regimes and disappointing seasons like the one just completed, which saw Buffalo finish 12th in the East with 48 points in 48 games. “It’s not about the playoffs. It’s about the Stanley Cup,” said Regier at his postseason press conference on Monday. Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:40:38 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,1c6d95f7-c2cc-31d1-bba3-232748dda5f5-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13fhschc4/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/marek-vs-wyshynski-radio-don-cherry-women-eddie-171745844.html LISTEN HERE! It's a Monday edition of Marek vs. Wyshynski beginning at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT, and we're talking about the following and more: Special Guest Star: NHL on NBC/Comcast Sportsnet Chicago/WGN analyst Eddie Olczyk joins us to talk about the Stanley Cup Playoffs. • Don Cherry doesn't believe women belong in the locker room. Why he's sorta right. • Looking at the GM change for the Dallas Stars, the coaching change for the Colorado Avalanche and the Buffalo Sabres deciding not to change their GM. • Previewing the Nos. 3/6 and Nos. 4/5 series in the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Question of the Day: 'Which team has the most to prove in the playoffs?' Tweet or email puckdaddyblog@yahoo.com. Tweet your answers with the hashtag #MvsW to @wyshynski and @jeffmarek . Click here for the Sportsnet live stream or click the play button above! Click here to download podcasts from the show each day. Subscribe to the podcast via iTunes or Feedburner . Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:17:45 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,4b300533-b012-3666-bf33-2f3cb28374f5-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13p19d880/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/nhl-draft-lottery-panthers-avalanche-hold-top-percentages-155724703.html The results of #SuckForSeth and #NotWinningForMacKinnon will be revealed on Monday night as the NHL holds its draft lottery at 8 p.m. ET. Broadcast on TSN in Canada and NBC Sports Network in the U.S., this year's lottery will be the first time all 14 non-playoff teams will have a shot to select No. 1 overall. In year's past, winning the lottery meant a team would move down four spots, which didn't always mean choosing the top pick (Hello, 2011 New Jersey Devils). Thanks to this new change, the Edmonton Oilers have a shot to pick first overall for the fourth consecutive draft. With representatives from each team in the house for Monday night's lottery, here are the percentage chances for the 14 clubs involved: Florida Panthers 25.0% Colorado Avalanche 18.8% Tampa Bay Lightning 14.2% Nashville Predators 10.7% Carolina Hurricanes 8.1% Calgary Flames 6.2% Edmonton Oilers 4.7% Buffalo Sabres 3.6% New Jersey Devils 2.7% Dallas Stars 2.1% Philadelphia Flyers 1.5% Phoenix Coyotes 1.1% Winnipeg Jets 0.8% Columbus Blue Jackets 0.5% While the number of ping pong balls is greatest for the Panthers, remember that those 2011 Devils had just a 3.6 percent chance of winning that lottery. Join us at 8 p.m. ET for a Puck Daddy live chat as we find out who has the right to draft Seth Jones, Nathan MacKinnon and Jonathan Drouin. Follow Sean Leahy on Twitter at @Sean_Leahy Mon, 29 Apr 2013 08:57:24 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,942ee27a-fc77-3276-b10b-5c9efcd36297-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13ik6ha91/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/learned-want-fun-hockey-play-favorites-stanley-cup-133535929.html Hello, this is a feature that will run through the entire season and aims to recap the weekend’s events and boils those events down to one admittedly superficial fact or stupid opinion about each team. Feel free to complain about it. The thing that's great about the Stanley Cup Playoffs is that any team can knock off any other one, regardless of seeding or apparent quality. A seven-game series is short, obviously, but it seems as though the NHL produces more postseason upsets on a regular basis than baseball, basketball or football. But this year, I don't care about any of that. I want the favorites to lay waste to the competition with displays of power both horrible and impressive, so that they can meet for what could be the most entertaining Cup Final in years. The Chicago Blackhawks and Pittsburgh Penguins are the runaway best teams in the League this year and with good reason: They're deep everywhere and very, very good at everything. Playing each other for the best trophy in sports would produce by far the most attractive hockey in these playoffs. Just think about it: Both teams' first two lines might be the best top-six groups in the sport, with the Penguins having bolstered theirs at the deadline, and the Blackhawks having entered the season with theirs. They're just so deep up front. Pittsburgh has 11 players with 20 or more points this season; Chicago nine. Their D corps are likewise both very deep, though you'd probably prefer to have Joel Quenneville's guys than Dan Bylsma's. In net, Corey Crawford's numbers obviously stand out this season, but it wasn't so long ago that his save percentage was below league average, and that leads one to suspect he's more or less at Marc-Andre Fleury's level overall, which is to say slightly above average. I understand that it's not fun to root for the clear No. 1 seeds who were the only teams to break 70 points in the standings, but they're the heavy favorites for a reason. Pummeling eight- and five-seeds and four-seeds isn't the most exciting path to the Final, and all the romanticizing of the underdog story from the Kings last season shows exactly why. But when you don't have a rooting interest, fans should want to see the most interesting hockey possible, and Blackhawks/Penguins is most certainly that. I'm willing to sit through a mediocre, unsurprising first three rounds if the Final is a classic. A fully operational Penguins team taking on the Presidents' Trophy-winning Blackhawks are all anyone should ever want or need out of these playoffs, because it would be absolutely gorgeous. Mon, 29 Apr 2013 06:35:35 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,bd0ebdac-13a6-31af-9c93-5e4d158c0466-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12od4toua/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/sabres-g-miller-uncertain-future-buffalo-203025492.html BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- His season over, Ryan Miller will be getting on a flight home to Southern California next week. Where he heads after that is anyone's guess. Sat, 27 Apr 2013 14:15:37 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,22fd6cc3-b1b7-3074-a570-e2a832caa480-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13ju5m8og/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/sabres-vanek-rebuild-long-probably-makes-sense-both-183007971.html Sat, 27 Apr 2013 11:30:07 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,e2d79cde-97d1-387e-8d40-3d6a04b10bfa-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=14tmg2pkv/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/nhl--nhl-power-rankings--penguins-flying-high-to-end-season--flames--avs--panthers-stay-comfy-in-the-basement-163110688.html The Penguins end the season by edging out the Blackhawks for top position while the lowly Flames, Avalanche and Panthers look to next season to climb their way out of the basement. Sat, 27 Apr 2013 09:31:10 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,9e046ac1-d082-317e-a248-7c3c0de0a454-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12grvajbi/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/nhl-highlights-fridays-nhl-games-032914533.html April 26 (SportsDirect) - Highlights of Friday's National Hockey League games - - - Sabres 2, Islanders 1 (SO) Ryan Miller denied all three shootout attempts while playing in his 500th career game to make Thomas Vanek's tally in the first round stand up as host Buffalo finished its season with five wins in seven contests. Keith Aucoin scored in regulation and Evgeni Nabokov finished with 21 saves for the Islanders, who ended the regular season with three straight setbacks (0-1-2) against non-playoff teams. ... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 22:11:01 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,58f0f5f4-5e22-341f-9aa6-ff2f4352d791-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=124e15fad/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/sabres-hecht-retires-051032559.html Buffalo Sabres forward Jochen Hecht said after Friday's game that he is retiring from the NHL. Fri, 26 Apr 2013 22:10:32 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,efe1721d-67d4-3222-80b2-2afc4eca7453-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13a6d7gp1/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/nhl-3-stars-eberle-oilers-spoil-wild-first-044804413.html Fri, 26 Apr 2013 21:48:04 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,828a4368-db12-3373-8f60-957234596d95-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12rnh7eoa/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/vanek-lifts-sabres-over-isles-season-finale-021359450.html BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- The previously surging New York Islanders are hitting the skids at the worst possible time. Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:43:21 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,c02bc315-2482-3f93-ab4e-2bf108a7327a-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12ku78l73/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/sabres-win-finale-millers-500th-game-033146873.html BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Goaltender Ryan Miller made the most of his 500th game in a Buffalo Sabres uniform on Friday night. Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:31:46 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,f062b6f8-bdf2-324c-a745-aeef644f30c2-l:1 Mon, 13 May 2013 08:15:00 PDT