BillsSabresB.C.T. Fan
07-18-2008, 04:42 PM
The last two Stanley Cup champions will be coming to HSBC Arena this season to meet the Buffalo Sabres. Four teams that haven't been here since at least 2006 Vancouver, San Jose, Los Angeles and Phoenix — are also on the home schedule.
But Patrick Kane and Brian Campbell are not. That's the one major downer on the team's 82- game slate for the 2008-09 season, announced Thursday by the National Hockey League.
The Sabres' lone meeting with the Chicago Blackhawks will be Jan. 14 in the United Center. That means Buffalo fans won't get their second look at Kane, the South Buffalo native who won the Calder Trophy last season as the NHL's rookie of the year, and won't get a first chance to get reacquainted with longtime defenseman Brian Campbell. He signed a free agent deal with the Hawks earlier this
month after getting traded to San Jose by the Sabres in February.
The Sabres will host 2008 Cup champion Detroit on April 6 and 2007 champ Anaheim, featuring Williamsville native Todd Marchant, on Feb. 24.
Under the NHL’s new formula, they play six games (three home, three away) against the Northeast Division, four games (2-2) against the other 10 teams in the Eastern Conference, two games against West at-large opponents Detroit, Anaheim and Phoenix, and one game against the West’s other 12 teams.
Here’s a look at the schedule’s key points:
http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/sabresnhl/story/394299.html
But Patrick Kane and Brian Campbell are not. That's the one major downer on the team's 82- game slate for the 2008-09 season, announced Thursday by the National Hockey League.
The Sabres' lone meeting with the Chicago Blackhawks will be Jan. 14 in the United Center. That means Buffalo fans won't get their second look at Kane, the South Buffalo native who won the Calder Trophy last season as the NHL's rookie of the year, and won't get a first chance to get reacquainted with longtime defenseman Brian Campbell. He signed a free agent deal with the Hawks earlier this
month after getting traded to San Jose by the Sabres in February.
The Sabres will host 2008 Cup champion Detroit on April 6 and 2007 champ Anaheim, featuring Williamsville native Todd Marchant, on Feb. 24.
Under the NHL’s new formula, they play six games (three home, three away) against the Northeast Division, four games (2-2) against the other 10 teams in the Eastern Conference, two games against West at-large opponents Detroit, Anaheim and Phoenix, and one game against the West’s other 12 teams.
Here’s a look at the schedule’s key points:
http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/sabresnhl/story/394299.html