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SkateZilla
03-20-2006, 02:41 PM
(Last Updated 3.20.06 05:00 PM EST)
My Notes:
Ruff (Coach) - Out, Family
Mair (RW)- Doubtful, Head
Connolly (C)- Questionable, Knee
Hecht (C)- Questionable, Knee


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FINAL

Buffalo
Sabres - 0
(GP-66, 44-17-5, 93 pts, Win % .721) (23-8-3 Home, 21-9-2 Away, 8-2-0 Last 10)
(Div:2nd, Con: 4th, Lg:4th), (GF-231, GA-189)
Special Teams : Power Play = 21.6% (86 For 398, 2nd), Penalty Killing 85.6% (301 For 351, 3rd)


Atlanta
Thrashers - 5
(GP-65, 32-29-6, 70 pts, Win % .524) (18-13-4 Home, 14-16-2 Away, 7-3-0 Last 10)
(Div:3rd, Con:9th, Lg:19th), (GF-220,GA-226)
Special Teams : Power Play = 19.1% (85 For 446, 6th), Penalty Killing 80.0% (332 For 415, 25th)


Goalies:
BUF-Miller (25-9-2, 0 SO, 2.47 GAA), Biron (18-6-3, 0 SO, 2.87 GAA)
ATL-Lehtonen (15-12-0, 1 SO, 2.74), Dunham (4-4-1, 1 SO, 2.79 GAA)




1st Period Scoring:
15:47-ATL-I. KOVALCHUK (43), Assists : M. SAVARD (57), R. PETROVICKY (11) - Ev - 5 On 5
19:31-ATL-P. BONDRA (17), Assists : A. SUTTON (13) - Ev - 5 On 5

2nd Period Scoring:
07:57-ATL-V. KOZLOV (20), Assists : P. BONDRA (17), A. SUTTON (14) - Ev - 5 On 5
11:53-ATL-S. MCCARTHY (3), Assists : V. KOZLOV (36), I. KOVALCHUK (41) - PP - 5 On 4
13:47-ATL-J. MODRY (7), Assists : B. HOLIK (12), J. SLATER (8) - PP - 5 On 4

3rd Period Scoring:
NONE

Shots On Goal (by Period)
Team: 1st-2nd-3rd-OT
BUF: 03+05+12- Total : 20
ATL: 08+12+03- Total : 23

BUF-Biron: 2/08, 3/12, 0/03 - 5/23
ATL-Lehtonen: 0/03, 0/05, 0/12 - 0/20

Power Plays (by Period)
Team: 1st-2nd-3rd-OT
BUF: 0 For 5, 0 For 0, 0 For 1 - Total : 0 For 06 ( 00%)
ATL: 0 For 3, 2 For 4, 0 For 3 - Total : 2 For 10 ( 20%)

Penalties In Minutes (by Period)
BUF: 3 For 06, 5 For 10, 5 For 18 - Total : 13 For 34
ATL: 5 For 10, 1 For 02, 2 For 04 - Total : 08 For 16


3 Stars:
1. V. Kozlov (ATL)
2. B. Holik (ATL)
3. P. Bondra (ATL)

Officials:
Referee: Greg Kimmerly
Referee: Dennis LaRue
Linesman: Angelo D'Amico
Linesman: Dan Schachte
SabreEleven
03-20-2006, 05:15 PM
I'd like to see these guys come out with fire in their eyes.
BlackMetalNinja
03-20-2006, 05:42 PM
I'd probably pee my pants if I saw something that scary!
pyrrhonist
03-20-2006, 06:04 PM
I sure hope the team is pissed at how poorly the other night, and take it out on the Thrashers tonight. I would love nothing more than to see Buffalo decimate Atlanta. :up:
pyrrhonist
03-20-2006, 06:46 PM
2-0 already!?! :rolleyes: :mad:

Unfortunately I'm at work until 5:30pm (PST), so I have zero clue if that score is due to Biron playing poorly, the team being flat again, or what. :down:
SABuffalo786
03-20-2006, 07:28 PM
Absolutely humiliating.

Miller, now.
BlackMetalNinja
03-20-2006, 07:30 PM
This is probably the worst game I've seen all year... At least with Ottawa there is some level of excuse for getting killed, but Atlanta is nowhere good enough to be doing this to us right now. I sure hope this little slump comes to a real quick end.
SkateZilla
03-20-2006, 07:44 PM
Well

if it means anything,

this is our 2nd game without RUff on teh bench,

so the understudy obviosuly dont know what he's doing,

seeing he benched Vanek for 32 minutes again ottawa..
JD
03-20-2006, 07:52 PM
skate your blaming it on ruff not being there??

im sorry, but that post was down right ******ED.

the team is slow, constant giveaways..they have no willpower to win right now..it is a joke, worst performance this season.

it really is embarassing.
YardRat
03-20-2006, 08:38 PM
Ruff was on the bench for the Ottawa game, wasn't he?
SkateZilla
03-20-2006, 08:47 PM
Ruff was on the bench for the Ottawa game, wasn't he?

Nope
SkateZilla
03-20-2006, 08:49 PM
skate your blaming it on ruff not being there??

im sorry, but that post was down right ******ED.

the team is slow, constant giveaways..they have no willpower to win right now..it is a joke, worst performance this season.

it really is embarassing.

The Understudy is letting stuff slide, and benching players for too long for stupid ****.

When Ruff comes back, he's gonna go ballistic..
Dr. Lecter
03-20-2006, 09:45 PM
You sure he was not there for Ottawa?
Dr. Lecter
03-20-2006, 09:50 PM
According to today's Buffalo News Ruff did coach the team Saturday and was the one who decided to bench Vanek due to turnovers.
hammerbillsfan
03-20-2006, 10:07 PM
Ouch e mama! :horror:
SabreEleven
03-20-2006, 10:22 PM
No fire in their eyes, but they did have tutu's on their hips :cynic:
pyrrhonist
03-20-2006, 10:41 PM
Had I been able to continue to post from work, I would've asked "Who's going to be the first to try and make an excuse for how #*@!$ Buffalo has played lately", but I see that came rather quickly. It isn't Ruff's fault this team has played like crap lately, it is there own. Some used the "Ottawa is faster" line for Saturday, but what's the excuse tonight? Sure, Kovalchuk & Hossa are better offensive players than anyone on Buffalo, but the team as a whole isn't as good as the Sabres are.

This blows. :down:
SkateZilla
03-20-2006, 10:50 PM
Had I been able to continue to post from work, I would've asked "Who's going to be the first to try and make an excuse for how #*@!$ Buffalo has played lately", but I see that came rather quickly. It isn't Ruff's fault this team has played like crap lately, it is there own. Some used the "Ottawa is faster" line for Saturday, but what's the excuse tonight? Sure, Kovalchuk & Hossa are better offensive players than anyone on Buffalo, but the team as a whole isn't as good as the Sabres are.

This blows. :down:

No Effort until its too late,


UNLESS!,

They are setting up Carolina and Ottawa to believe tehy can slack for the first 2 periods..

MIND GAMES!.. lmao doubt it


simply put, they got to slack, from winning , same thing happened against S.J a while ago.. reulting in an identical 5-0 loss..
pyrrhonist
03-20-2006, 10:53 PM
But even the Sharks are better than the Thrashers. Although there was no excuse for how lazy Buffalo played that night, either.
hammerbillsfan
03-20-2006, 10:56 PM
Thrashers are smelling a playoff spot now, they just wanted it more tonight. :hockey:
pyrrhonist
03-20-2006, 11:02 PM
Thrashers are smelling a playoff spot now, they just wanted it more tonight. :hockey:

What's Toronto's excuse all the times they've played Buffalo, then? :beers:
hammerbillsfan
03-20-2006, 11:06 PM
What's Toronto's excuse all the times they've played Buffalo, then? :beers:
Our players just suck.
Slower than dirt, they suck major ass.
I knew their sloppyness (management) sticking with older players would catch up with them sooner or later. :sigh:

Their ****tyness drives me to drink. :beers:
sabreshockey096
03-21-2006, 12:18 AM
that was some ****ty hockey but i was representing


i am on the right


http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b97/FiveBoltMain/kisscam.jpg
hammerbillsfan
03-21-2006, 12:19 AM
:rofl:
SabreEleven
03-21-2006, 03:56 AM
So, Did you kiss him?
Dr. Lecter
03-21-2006, 07:23 AM
Yeah, did you two smooch? We won't judge.
Makaveli
03-21-2006, 09:00 AM
Our players just suck.
Slower than dirt, they suck major ass.
I knew their sloppyness (management) sticking with older players would catch up with them sooner or later. :sigh:

Their ****tyness drives me to drink. :beers:

whoa man its just 2 games, it might not even be a little slump, maybe just 2 bad games, the players know that they need to really pick it up after the game against the Thrashers especially, I'm sure next game we'll come out stonger than ever!
sabreshockey096
03-21-2006, 10:48 AM
man ive been on that kiss cam 3 times like that! twice with buffalo and once with new jersey
pyrrhonist
03-21-2006, 10:56 AM
whoa man its just 2 games, it might not even be a little slump, maybe just 2 bad games

Dude, hbf was talking about the Leafs! Look at the post of mine he quote replied to. :up:
Makaveli
03-21-2006, 04:00 PM
lol my bad, nevermind then, I was wondering why someone would react that way to the Sabres haha
JD
03-21-2006, 06:25 PM
Yeah good job on that one skate... ruff was behind the bench for the ottawa game get your head out of your ass, sometime i think u really think u kno it all. do us all a favor and quit posting.
SkateZilla
03-21-2006, 06:42 PM
Yeah good job on that one skate... ruff was behind the bench for the ottawa game get your head out of your ass, sometime i think u really think u kno it all. do us all a favor and quit posting.

he left immedately after the game, and the understudy didnt have a practice for the stuff ruff prolly said too


who cares,

following our last 5-0 loss we went on a 13-2-1 Tear
PUCKER
03-21-2006, 10:25 PM
This is NOT the time to fall apart. :sadwalk:
PUCKER
03-21-2006, 10:29 PM
that was some ****ty hockey but i was representing


i am on the right


http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b97/FiveBoltMain/kisscam.jpg

Thats you? Nice pic! :smile:
JD
03-21-2006, 11:18 PM
Pucker is hitting on you.
PUCKER
03-21-2006, 11:45 PM
Pucker is hitting on you.

Am not. :biggrin: