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Providence Bruins Ready For Playoff Battle

Chris Quattrucci | April 20, 2018

With 12 games remaining in the regular season, it looked like the Providence Bruins were set to play the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in the first round of the Calder Cup playoffs.…

Categories AHL, Other Leagues, Providence Bruins

Phantom’s Hoping Home Is Where the Wins Are

Matt Sitkoff | April 19, 2018

The Lehigh Valley Phantoms start their journey for the Calder Cup on Friday against the Providence Bruins. The Phantoms had the second-most wins (47) and second-most points (104) in the…

Categories Lehigh Valley Phantoms

Flyers’ Monday Must Read: Pivotal Game 4

Matt Sitkoff | April 16, 2018

On Monday, The Hockey Writers will take stock of everything that happened in the Philadelphia Flyers organization. What were the results of the games played and the impact it had…

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Flyers’ Monday Must Read: The Battle of PA

Matt Sitkoff | April 9, 2018

On Monday, The Hockey Writers will take stock of everything that happened in the Philadelphia Flyers organization in the previous week and how to use it to look forward to…

Categories Philadelphia Flyers

Phil Varone Leads the AHL

Matt Sitkoff | March 21, 2018

The Lehigh Valley Phantoms organization has not had a player lead the AHL in points since Peter White did it in their first two seasons: 1996-97 and 1997-98. This season,…

Categories Flyers Prospects, Lehigh Valley Phantoms

Preview: Senators Look to Bounce Back at the Pond

Jesse Zhang | December 11, 2016

The Ottawa Senators will be playing their second game in two straight afternoons as they visit the Anaheim Ducks today at the Honda Center. The Senators are coming into this…

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Sabres, Senators Agree to Minor-League Trade

Michael Straw | February 27, 2016

The trades continue ahead of the February 29th NHL Trade Deadline as the Buffalo Sabres and Ottawa Senators have agreed to a seven-player deal on Saturday night. The Sabres have…

Categories Buffalo Sabres, NHL News, Ottawa Senators, Sabres Transactions, Senators Transactions, Trade Deadline

The Post-Trade Deadline Buffalo Sabres

Tim Olewniczak | March 10, 2015

The Buffalo Sabres were very active during the 2015 NHL Trade Deadline. With the club in the NHL’s basement, GM Tim Murray sold off parts to contenders in exchange for…

Categories Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Continues to Prove They’re Really Bad

Mark Shiver | January 9, 2015

Buffalo conjures up images of cold and snow and Bills football. For hockey fans, the Buffalo Sabres are front of mind as well. Lately, Buffalo in hockey parlance has come…

Categories Buffalo Sabres, Carolina Hurricanes

Is Varone’s Two-goal Night Enough for Sabres to Give Him Another Shot?

Alex Busch | January 9, 2015

Not only have the Buffalo Sabres hovered around the bottom of the National Hockey League’s standings for the second season in a row, but the injury bug has forced the…

Categories Buffalo Sabres, NHL Prospects

Four Rochester Americans Worthy of a Call Up to the Buffalo Sabres

Tim Olewniczak | November 30, 2014

After Sabres forward Drew Stafford left Friday’s game against the Montreal Canadiens, the Buffalo Sabres made a call up for Rochester Americans’ forward Tim Schaller. While he was a -1 in the…

Categories Buffalo Sabres

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