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An ugly loss for hapless Sabres
Buffalo Sabres, Sports
BILL HOPPE Olean Times Herald 
Oct 14, 2014
BUFFALO — Three straight losses. Two goal scorers. One hapless Sabres team barreling toward another lottery pick. Five days into the new campaign, the...
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Sabres get 2016 NHL Draft
Buffalo Sabres, Sports
BILL HOPPE Olean Times Herald 
Oct 14, 2014
BUFFALO — The Sabres officially have the 2016 NHL Entry Draft. They plan to bid on an NHL All-Star game. The team has already secured the league’s sco...
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No surprise: Gionta named Sabres captain
Buffalo Sabres, Sports
BILL HOPPE Olean Times Herald 
Oct 08, 2014
BUFFALO — For five years, Josh Gorges watched Brian Gionta closely. Gionta’s Stanley Cup ring offered him instant credibility in the Montreal dressing...
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Sabres: Reinhart earns roster spot … for now
Buffalo Sabres, Sports
BILL HOPPE Olean Times Herald 
Oct 07, 2014
BUFFALO — This could just be a brief, low-risk experiment. The Sabres have nine regular-season games to evaluate top prospect Sam Reinhart before the ...
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Reinhart finds net as Sabres cruise
Buffalo Sabres, Sports
BILL HOPPE Olean Times Herald 
Oct 02, 2014
BUFFALO — Seven minutes, 10 seconds into the third period Wednesday, with the Sabres up four goals against the Washington Capitals, top prospect Sam R...
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Sabres’ Reinhart running out of time
Buffalo Sabres, Sports
BILL HOPPE Olean Times Herald 
Oct 01, 2014
BUFFALO — A goal or even a little more assertiveness tonight would greatly boost top prospect Sam Reinhart’s chances of making the Sabres right out of...
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Sabres expect big year from healthy Foligno
Buffalo Sabres, Sports
BILL HOPPE Olean Times Herald 
Sep 30, 2014
BUFFALO — There have been some glimpses of future stardom during Marcus Foligno’s short career. For brief stretches, the Sabres winger will showcase t...
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Meszaros getting opportunity with Sabres
Buffalo Sabres, Sports
BILL HOPPE Olean Times Herald 
Sep 29, 2014
TORONTO — Coach Ted Nolan noticed a little smirk on Andrej Meszaros’ face following the defenseman’s recent Buffalo Sabres debut. Meszaros had just sk...
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Sabres’ Grigorenko impressive in early going
Buffalo Sabres, Sports
BILL HOPPE Olean Times Herald 
Sep 23, 2014
BUFFALO — The Sabres have a slew of shiny new prospects in their arsenal competing for jobs this training camp. No. 2 pick Sam Reinhart’s gunning to m...
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A new focus for Sabres’ Kaleta
Buffalo Sabres, Sports
BILL HOPPE Olean Times Herald 
Sep 19, 2014
BUFFALO — Ten months away from the team he loves so dearly changed him. No, Sabres winger Patrick Kaleta hasn’t gone soft. But getting banished to the...
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Plenty of decisions ahead for Nolan, Sabres
Buffalo Sabres, Sports
BILL HOPPE Olean Times Herald 
Sep 18, 2014
BUFFALO — If you love roster battles, the next three weeks of Sabres training camp should be fun. About 34 players have a legitimate chance to crack t...
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Sabres’ Nolan anxious to get season started
Buffalo Sabres, Sports
BILL HOPPE Olean Times Herald 
Sep 17, 2014
HAMBURG — Following the most trying season in franchise history, Ted Nolan found some time to recharge this summer. Not a lot, however. The Sabres coa...
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Benoit’s hockey path leads him to Buffalo
Buffalo Sabres, Sports
BILL HOPPE Olean Times Herald 
Sep 09, 2014
BUFFALO — Andre Benoit never stayed on a straight path to the NHL. The Sabres defenseman zig-zagged, even backtracked, all across the globe before ear...
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Sabres’ Ennis delighted with new deal
Buffalo Sabres, Sports
BILL HOPPE Olean Times Herald 
Jul 23, 2014
BUFFALO — The setting made Tyler Ennis reflect on a career that almost never started. The slick Sabres center was about to skate at Callingwood Recrea...
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Sabres show their faith in Ennis
Buffalo Sabres, Sports
BILL HOPPE Olean Times Herald 
Jul 18, 2014
BUFFALO — The five-year, $23 million commitment illustrates the Sabres’ strong belief in Tyler Ennis, their leading goal scorer and No. 1 center. At 2...
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Leaving Kings wasn’t hard for Fasching
Buffalo Sabres, Sports
BILL HOPPE Olean Times Herald 
Jul 17, 2014
BUFFALO – NHL teams kept asking Hudson Fasching the same question during pre-draft interviews last year. Each time, the Sabres prospect gave them a we...
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