Look, I know that Rene Robert wore No. 14. I know the role he played as one of the “French Connection,” and I know his number is in the rafters.
Still, with all the hockey I watched as a kid I never saw Robert do something as exciting as this:
As for last night, that was definitely the Sabres of last year who showed up. The top-two lines were nearly invisible, and I thought they played their usual soft game of avoiding going into the corners and giving up the puck rather than take a hit to make a play. Unfortunately, our third-and-fourth lines were willing to make those plays, it’s just that they lack the ability to finish them on a consistent basis.
I call it the “Derek Roy Syndrome” and it was out in force last night. Let’s hope they are willing to pay a price tonight.
Think back to Hurricane Katrina, and imagine HSBC Arena filled to capacity with people in
need. Then add the image of a sell-out Ralph Wilson Stadium, doubling that picture.
If the Sabres' morning skate was any indication, rookie goalie Jhonas Enroth will make his NHL debut tonight against the Boston Bruins in TD Garden. Bucky Gleason has the latest from Boston at the Sabres Edge blog.
BuffaloBills.com had a couple of interesting articles up today in support of the Bills improved pass rush this season. The Bills, who were 29th in sacks over the past two seasons, have improved to 18th in the NFL.
You can read more about it here.
In the second related story, DE Chris Kelsay explained that the Buffalo [...]
It may not be “kitten season” yet, but it’s definitely time for last season’s batch of cuties to get spayed or neutered, in order to ward off an even bigger kitty explosion come spring. This semi-annual fundraiser helps “build the kitty for the kitties,” meaning proceeds benefit City Kitty, basically a one-woman cat rescue mission [...]
A chance to view items from the Charles Rand Penney art collection never before displayed in a public museum will be offered during the seventh annual “Museum's Attic” today in the Buffalo Museum of Science.
A chance to view items from the Charles Rand Penney art collection never before displayed in a public museum will be offered during the seventh annual “Museum's Attic” today in the Buffalo Museum of Science.
A surveillance camera posted on a Metro Bus helped Buffalo homicide detectives catch a suspect wanted in the shooting death of a 61-year-old man as he was on his way to a dialysis appointment at about 3 p. m. Aug. 13.
A judge Thursday told Earl “Shakedown” Gill he faces a prison term of 40 years to life for the murder of an elderly Buffalo woman months ago and the rape of a middle-aged woman three years ago.
A Lisbon Avenue woman was convicted Thursday of driving over a woman twice and attempting it a third time behind a convenience store at Doat and Genesee streets at about 2 a. m. Dec. 28.
A minor traffic stop for failure to wear seat belts resulted in the confiscation of $14,000, a rifle and several clips of ammunition Wednesday night on the West Side, according to Operation Impact state troopers.
Installing cameras to catch red-light runners at 50 of Buffalo's most accident-prone spots would cut down on crashes, the city's top law enforcer said Friday.
Dr. Janet H. Sung, president of Windsong Radiology Group of Amherst, will give a ceremonial check for $18,000 to the Buffalo City Mission executive director Stuart Harper at a dinner today at Brookfield Country Club, Clarence.
At the midway point of the 2009 campaign there are a lot of problem areas for the Bills on both sides of the ball, but one problem area from 2008 no longer appears to be one. Buffalo’s pass rush ov...
