Posts About "Ralph Krueger"
Krueger Fills Out Sabres' Coaching Staff
June 17th, 2019 The Buffalo Sabres overhaul behind the bench continues. Less than a month after hiring Ralph Krueger as head coach, the sixth to serve in that role in the last eight seasons, the team announced Mike Bales and Don Granato will be joining the Sabres staff as assistant coaches. Also, assistant coach Steve Smith will be retained. Assistant...
Skinner's Contract Overshadows New Sabres Coach's Arrival
June 5th, 2019 BUFFALO, N.Y. — Rather than focus on what's gone wrong in the past, new Sabres coach Ralph Krueger arrived in Buffalo intent on building a better future with the underperforming team he inherited. Most important, Krueger expressed confidence that leadi...
Why Krueger Went Bar Hopping in Buffalo
May 20th, 2019 Coffee and beer. In the simplest form, it’s what separates Dan Bylsma from Ralph Krueger. Two years ago, after another disappointing season, then-Buffalo Sabres general manager Tim Murray suggested that then-Sabres head coach Dan Byslma needed to “grab a cup of coffee and start talking to all his roster of millionaire players.”...
Coaching Colleagues Expect Krueger to Thrive & Adjust With Sabres
May 17th, 2019 Mike Babcock and Ralph Krueger's relationship goes back to 2004 and countless conversations since about coaching in the NHL. The Toronto Maple Leafs coach just wishes Krueger hadn't join ed the rival Buffalo Sabres to make his job more difficult. "It d...
Krueger Steps Into Sabres Hot Seat
May 16th, 2019 Make no bones about it, the Buffalo Sabres are at a seminal moment in their history. The franchise is turning to their sixth head coach since Terry and Kim Pegula purchased the franchise in 2011. The team is on the heels of a soul-crushing season in which they frittered away a 10-game win streak and missed the playoffs. They now own...
NHL News & Notes: Krueger, Heponiemi & More
May 15th, 2019 In today's News & Notes, the Buffalo Sabres have hired Ralph Krueger as their new head coach, the Florida Panthers have signed Aleksi Hopniemi to a three-year entry-level contract and the Pittsburgh Penguins have signed Kasper Bjorkqvist to an entry-level contract. Sabres Hire Krueger as Coach The Sabres would make arguably...
