Wednesday, Aug. 19 at 7 pm, the puck, er, rather the ball will be dropped to start the 2020 edition of the 11 Day Power Play Community Shift, dubbed the Big Save. Instead of ice hockey, this year’s event originally slated to run from July 8-19, has evolved into an outside street hockey game held […]

According to multiple reports, the Buffalo Sabres have hired Seth Appert as the Rochester Americans’ new head coach. Appert, 46, spent 11 seasons as the coach of R.P.I. before taking the reigns as the coach of the USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program (NTDP) in 2017. The Sabres are expected to announce the move next […]

Bruce Boudreau, the 2008 Jack Adams Award winner as NHL Coach of the Year, will join the NHL Network as an analyst for the remainder of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Boudreau’s debut will be alongside Jamie Hersch and Ken Daneyko tonight. Boudreau’s Gift of Gab It wouldn’t be out of the question for the NHL […]

The Buffalo Sabres signed forward Brett Murray to a two-year, entry-level contract. The 6-foot-5, 235-pound winger made his professional hockey debut with the Rochester Americans last season tallying 24 points as a rookie. His strong season earned him his new contract. The move is one of the first by first-year general manager Kevyn Adams, who […]

In the history of the Buffalo Sabres, 460 skaters have taken the ice. Of those players, 12 have played just one game. Among them are 10 forwards and two defensemen. Collectively, they racked up one assist (a power play apple), four penalty minutes, a minus-3 plus/minus rating and recorded 12 shots on goal. Presenting the […]

The ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle lived well before hockey ever existed, but his quote, “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts” certainly applies to the Buffalo Sabres’ French Connection. The famous Sabres line, comprised of Gilbert Perreault, Richard Martin and Rene Robert was a point-producing, highlight-making trio from 1972 until the fall […]

Born Nov. 16, 1954 in Osaka, Japan, Taro Tsujimoto was a pint-sized forward at 5-foot-8, 180 pounds. His diminutive size didn’t stop him from putting up 15 goals and 25 points in his draft year. And though his stats won’t lead him to the Hockey Hall of Fame, he is truly a legend. The 1974 […]

Since their founding in 1926, the Chicago Blackhawks (and Black Hawks) have won six Stanley Cup championships. They’re one of the “Original Six” NHL teams along with the Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs, Boston Bruins and New York Rangers. From Bobby Hull, Stan Mikita and Denis Savard to modern day players Patrick […]

Darryl Sittler, the most popular player in Toronto Maple Leafs history, captured the imagination of hockey fans everywhere. In his 15-year NHL career, he scored 484 goals, 637 assists, and 1,121 points in the regular season. And although he scored another 29 goals in the playoffs, his most famous tally came in overtime against Czechoslovakia to win the […]

There will be a day when the pandemic is a distant memory. By that time, it’s likely construction will be wrapped up on Kim and Terry Pegula’s superyacht in Amsterdam. It’s easy to picture the billionaire owners of both the Buffalo Sabres and Buffalo Bills going out for a cruise on their luxury vessel, champagne […]

It’s almost fitting that the Buffalo Sabres 2019-20 season ended this way. With the pandemic blurring days together, with little difference between a Tuesday and a Friday, it feels like Groundhog’s Day. And once again, same day, different year, the Sabres have missed the playoffs. Even with this season’s special 24-team playoff format, where more […]

The Three Musketeers. David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash. The Marx Brothers. History is filled with trios that are simply great together. And that’s definitely true in the NHL. Hockey lines have been labeled as far back as the 1920s when Bun Cook, Frank Boucher and Bill Cook formed the Rangers’ A-Line which was […]

Nate Oliver has conducted hundreds of interviews as a contributor for The Hockey Writers. This time, he was the interviewee. That’s because earlier this week, the NWHL announced that Oliver will take over as general manager of the Buffalo Beauts for the 2020-21 season. “It feels very surreal. It all happened so fast,” said Oliver. […]

While the world has stopped, schools have closed their doors for the rest of the year and all but essential businesses have shut down, cancer doesn’t care. Cancer doesn’t care about social distancing. It won’t temporarily pause and wait until this crisis is over. It’s a deadly disease that has no regard for anyone’s schedule. […]

Mark Messier did it all in a career that spanned 25 NHL seasons over four decades. He’s the only player in NHL history to captain two different professional teams to championships; he won five Stanley Cups with the Edmonton Oilers and one with the New York Rangers—all in a span of ten years. Simply remarkable. […]

The what ifs. The coulda shouldas. The almosts. They’re the lost or forgotten teams of the NHL. Those that have relocated or merged or went belly-up. While some teams have been reincarnated, i.e. the Winnipeg Jets became the Arizona Coyotes, this article focuses on selecting the best player from each team that no longer exists […]

Hockey is played hard and fast. Athletes will hook, trip, face wash and pester to gain a winning edge. Like all sports, hockey has official rules and unwritten rules. It also has a code of respect. And there are many players that blur the lines between the two. Or cross them entirely. They can be […]

Reading through the NHL Collective Bargaining Agreement can be confusing. Often times it is hard to cut through the legal jargon and get to the bottom of what a rule really means. One of the more confusing rules deals with NHL Waiver Rules. This article will break down the various types of waivers and offer […]

The NHL isn’t playing, but the Buffalo Sabres are still keeping busy. Earlier this week, the organization announced they had signed defenseman Mattias Samuelsson to a three-year entry-level contract. The 20-year-old blueliner was a second-round pick in 2018. They also landed forward Dawson DiPietro, a teammate of Samuelsson’s at Western Michigan. He was a college […]

The NHL schedule has been paused. The NBA schedule has been suspended. March Madness is now March sadness. The list of events being cancelled grows daily as the coronavirus continues to wreak havoc on the sports world. While players are being told to self quarantine and fans are being forced to release their passion elsewhere, […]