Month: March 2025

Heralded NHL Young Stars Game Goes Flat

Sharks 4 – Blackhawks 2 For the most part last night’s game was entertaining, until the game was 3-2 and Referee #5 Chris Rooney gave Center Bedard a 10-minute game misconduct penalty for abuse of officials.

It has always been understood that this penalty was called if a player actually put their hands on an official not just hurting their feelings by complaining about an obvious non-call.

Referee Rooney is a seasoned official that calls on average 51.1% power plays during the game in favor of the home team, last night was no different as San Jose was given two power plays to Chicago’s single extra attacker opportunity.

Curious to know what the young man said to Referee Rooney that made him so upset as to issue such a severe penalty during the third period of a one-goal game and why the referee whistled the penalty after the player had left the ice and not immediately after the alleged abuse.

Around the League

Panthers 3 – Maple Leafs 2 / Knights 4 – Blue Jackets 0

Senators 6 – Bruins 3 / Devils 3 – Oilers 2

Flyers 4 – Lightning 3 / Rangers 3 – Wild 2

Penguins 5 – Blues 3 / Kings 3 – Capitals 0

St Patrick’s Day weekend reminder: Sabres start at 12:30 pm tomorrow

Up and down Sabres frustrate fans

Sabres 3 – Red wings 7 The one dominant characteristic of Lindy coached teams is inconsistency, highlighted by the previous game, a win over the Cup champs 3-2, then skate into Detroit and allow seven goals in the very next game.

Additionally, I appreciate when an NHL team creates a good-looking third uniform kit, for example Buffalo’s Black & Red Brawney sweaters, well Detroit’s ridiculous stripe down the middle of their helmets make it seem as if they are wearing some dopey looking football helmets.

It could be that I am biased because the boys just lost by four goals to the Wings, I know Detroit is using the exact helmets every team utilizes, but that stripe has to go, imho, lol.

The Sabres return home for an early Saturday afternoon game during the Ides of March beginning at 12:30, so everyone attending the “Old Neighborhood St. Patrick’s Day Parade” that begins at noon will be able to watch the remainder of the game after the parade.

Buffalo has two St. Patrick’s Day parades, there is one on Sunday similar to what every other city in the country has, and our own Saturday parade that traces the original parade route of early Irish immigrants from over a century ago, and with summer like weather this weekend, it will be packed with revelers.

Bruins are not in hibernation

Bruins 3 – Panthers 2 Boston fans are celebrating after last night’s come from behind victory against the defending Cup champions which keeps Boston in the midst of a three-way tie competing for the last wild card seeding in the Eastern Conference.

Five minutes into the third period the Panthers score 5 on 3 to take a commanding 2-0 lead over their hosts, but with 11 minutes remaining in the game Boston scores three times over an eight-minute span securing another home (19-11-5) victory.

Newest Bruins and former Sabres, Center Mittelstadt and Defenseman Jokiharju combine to assist Boston in scoring their first goal.

Tonight, the Sabres are in Motor City to take on the Eastern Conference Red Wings, a team that is still realistically in reach of the final wild card seeding, just behind Boston, New York, and Montreal in a very tight race to the playoffs.

Last week’s answer: Eddie Shack aka The Clown Prince of Hockey

Buffalo’s Memorial Auditorium began as a Public Works project, it’s first event was a Republican rally, which President of the United States of America signed the approval for the project?

A) JFK

B) FDR

C) Hoover

D) Eisenhower

Buffalo beats Edmonton again

Sabres 3 – Oilers 2 On January 25th in Edmonton Buffalo beat the Oilers 3-2, and just to show it was not a fluke the Sabres beat the Pacific Division playoff bound team by the identical score last night here along the Lake.

Goaltender Luukkonen stopped 32 of 34 shots and positioned himself so well he forced Edmonton to ring four shots overall off the posts and stood tall as the Oilers kept pulling their goaltender during the remaining five minutes of the third period.

Center Thompson scored twice with a great assist from newly acquired Center Norris on the game winning goal, and our new Center also created a sweet set up for RW Tuch who had scored the second goal earlier, but the Oilers goaltender made a terrific save.

Through the Ides of March, the Sabres are in Detroit Wednesday, hosting Nevada on the 15th, then visiting Boston on St. Patrick’s Day.