Author Archive for Steve Bukowski
Currently a college sophomore in Erie, Pennsylvania. Born and raised in Buffalo, New York and a passionate sports fan- raised on Sabres hockey, Bills football, and Yankees baseball. Studying to be a high-school history teacher, where he plans on wearing a hockey jersey every casual Friday.
Sabres Rout Phoenix, Grab East Lead- Is the Blue and Gold Back?
The Buffalo Sabres have managed to not only excite and energize their fanbase, but they have astonished and proved critics wrong during this season. After failing to make the playoffs for the past two seasons, it seems like the Sabres have truly turned things around 180 degrees. If the Sabres have anything to prove, it’s going [...]
Buffalo Sabres Need a Star
Okay, let me rephrase my title. “Buffalo Sabres Need a Star [Who Isn't a Goaltender or Defenseman]“. First and foremost, I would like to say that I am incredibly pleased with the way that the Sabres season has gone thus far. Buffalo is atop the Northeast Division and 3rd in the Eastern Conference, and boasts [...]
Sabres Extend Win Streak to 3: Down Rangers, 3-2
Holding off a late-game surge by the Rangers, the Buffalo Sabres were able to extend their winning streak to 3 and capture sole possession of the Northeast Division lead. The Sabres now have 40 points, Boston has 38, Ottawa 36, Montreal 34, and Toronto is bringing up the rear with 27 points. Scoring at Madison [...]
Sabres Snap Capitals’ Win Streak: Buffalo 3, Washington 0
The Sabres knew that tonight they were going up against the league leader- Washington had been riding a 6 game winning streak, and were looking to add #7 tonight at HSBC Arena. The Capitals were denied that chance and were instead on the wrong side of a 3-0 shutout win for the Buffalo Sabres. Ryan [...]
Buffalo Regains Division Lead, Stuns Montreal 6-2
In a huge divisional match-up, the Buffalo Sabres lit up the Montreal Canadiens 6 times en route to a 6-2 win over the Habs at HSBC Arena in Buffalo, New York. Buffalo opened the scoring a little more than 2 minutes into the game with Clarke MacArthur’s eighth goal of the season. Pominville and Roy [...]
Buffalo Back on Top
Thanks to a current 3-game winning streak, the Buffalo Sabres have reclaimed the top spot in the Northeast Division. The Sabres’ wins over Philadelphia (4-2), Carolina (5-1), and Toronto (3-0) have given the Sabres 6 points, good for a total of 32 points coming out of November. Boston is one point behind with 31 (however, [...]
Going Wild: Latendresse Traded to Minnesota
Just a heads up to my fellow Montreal Canadiens fans: tsn.ca reports that Guillaume Latendresse has been traded to the Minnesota Wild for Benoit Pouliot. http://www.tsn.ca/tradecentre/story/?id=299611
Sabres at the Quarter Mark
Despite dropping 3 straight games against Florida, Boston, and Ottawa, the Buffalo Sabres have retained their lead in the Northeast Division- barely. Ottawa is one point behind; Boston is tw0; Montreal is three. Boston and Ottawa both play tonight, and the blue-and-gold faithful will nodoubt be rooting for the Capitals and Blues to defeat Buffalo’s [...]
Pick His NHL Team!
I was poking around the NHL fan site when I came across this- a website made by a guy with no NHL team to root for. He’s opened up voting, blog rolls, and comments to have fans of the 30 NHL teams win him over and choose who to follow. Here is the link (to [...]
Buffalo Sabres: Are They For Real?
As a member of what was once called “The Most Tortured Fan Base in Professional Sports”, I am again watching the Sabres with what we Buffalonians like to call “cautious optimism”. As the Bills continue their downward spiral, fans are gravitating to the Sabres- so far, they’ve given us a reason to cheer. There is [...]
Spoiled Oil: Buffalo 3 Edmonton 1
Oilers fans: On the bright side, at least it wasn’t the 10-2 rout that Buffalo handed Edmonton last year. Actually, this was an interesting game to watch between what seemed like two evenly-matched teams (although the standings would beg to differ). Buffalo scored once per period, with Drew Stafford, Steve Montador, and Jochen Hecht (empty [...]
Hurricane Headaches and Heartbreaks
If any NHL city should be declared a disaster area, Raleigh, North Carolina absolutely tops the list. It almost seems unfair that this team has fallen so far after a Cinderella run to the Eastern Conference Finals last year. Caniacs’ high hopes have been mercilessly dashed thus far, only about 15 games into this new [...]
A Month in Review (October 2009)
To mark the end of the first month of NHL hockey, I’d like to take this time and write a little something about each team, and my general thoughts heading into November. October has proven to be an eventful month full of shocks, surprises, excitement, and disappointment. I’m sorry that all teams won’t get equal [...]
The Myers Debate
Buffalo’s game at New Jersey this coming Wednesday [Oct 28] marks the end of rookie defenseman Tyler Myers’ nine-game trial period with the Buffalo Sabres. The Buffalo News ran an article on the topic today, and stated that GM Darcy Regier is waiting until the last moment to make the decision, in order to make [...]
Sabres’ Intro Video 09-10
In an effort to mix things up a little bit around the boards, I’m posting the Buffalo Sabres’ intro video for this season. AC/DC and Sabres hockey? I simply couldn’t ask for more. http://sabres.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp?catid=916&id=49436 That’s the video from SabresTV- for those of you who know the entire song, the Arena actually pulses white light with [...]
Buffalo De-Claws Panthers, 5-2
For those of you who watched this game, let me be the first to admit that had Clemmensen not let 2 goals in within the first two minutes of the game, this game would have been much closer. Not just by the score margin [therefore, it would have been 3-2], but on terms of effort [...]
Sabres Send Paille to Boston
In a stunning move on October 20th, the Buffalo Sabres traded Forward Daniel Paille to the Boston Bruins for a third-round draft pick. A fourth-round draft pick is conditional on Paille’s scoring of 16+ goals in Boston for the remainder of this season. This is all we know for now. Personally, I’m a little blind-sided. [...]
Confessions of an [ex?] Habs Fan
When I started to become a Canadiens fan three years ago, I ignored the criticism I received for liking two teams in the same division. I made it clear that my primary team was, and always would be, the Buffalo Sabres. Most couldn’t comprehend why I began to love the Habs, but I knew that [...]
Buffalo Glides Past Isles, 6-3
The Buffalo Sabres cruised to their 4th win in a row by stomping the New York Islanders, 6-3. The high point of this game, in my opinion, was Tyler Myers, Buffalo’s rookie defensman, first goal in the NHL. He scored the first goal of the game, giving Buffalo the lead. The Sabres would lead 2-0 [...]
Buffalo Clips the Wings, Downs Detroit 6-2
Was I the only one who was pleasantly surprised…okay, and maybe a little shocked…to witness the Buffalo Sabres completely overpower the Red Wings? Honestly, I couldn’t be happier. The Sabres’ win streak extends to three, with all three wins over Western Conference teams [Phoenix, Nashville, Detroit]. In an effort to keep this easy, I now [...]
