Author: Buffalo Winter

February 25th, 1978

Sabres 13 – Barons 3 Playing in the Coliseum at Richfield, Ohio 47 seasons ago the Buffalo Sabres fell behind 2-1 with seven minutes remaining in the first period.

Buffalo then proceeded to score the next 10 goals to go up 11-2, putting three of them into the net during the first three minutes of the third period, the Barons put on a brave face scoring their third and final goal to get within eight with five and a half minutes remaining in the game.

Two quick power plays during the final three minutes put Buffalo up 13-3 with 42 seconds to play.

Which Sabres defenseman scored two power play goals in the third period, and earned three assists during the second period?

A) Jim Schoenfeld

B) Jerry Korab

C) Bill Hajt

D) Jocelyn Guevremont

Last week’s answer: Roger Neilson

In the spirit of the 3-way tie between Paper_girl, Oldfan2010, and Anonymous atop the standings, Challenger70 has been given a bye into the TT contest, with their first response considered practice, similar to a backup goaltender receiving a chance to warmup before entering the game.

Capitals Captain leads the number one team in the NHL

Washington 7 – Oilers 3 The Washington Capitals have evolved from the worst team in NHL history to become a Stanley Cup champion and now with a baker’s dozen worth of goals to go, will have the greatest goal scorer of all time.

It was nice to see a father celebrate with his youngest son, fist bumping through the glass and as it turned out they were able to do it three times last night as LW Ovechkin recorded a hat trick skating even closer to the NHL goal scoring record.

The game itself was exciting for the home fans who had to endure the Oilers scoring first on the power play less than two minutes into the first period and heading into the last two minutes of the period with a 1-0 lead.

But within those last few minutes Washington scored twice and with 24 seconds remaining in the first period took the 2-1 lead into the second period.

Edmonton went from bad to worse as the Capitals torch the Oilers for three more goals and the final one coming with 15 seconds remaining in the second period for the 5-1 score heading into the third period.

The Oilers scored to get within three goals but never any closer as the game ended 7-3 with LW Ovechkin scoring the empty netter that triggered a shower of hats and a rink long skate to fist bump his son for the third time.

Sabres overwhelm Blueshirts

Sabres 8 – Rangers 2 Suppress, slay, smash, shatter, any one of these adverbs describe what Buffalo did to New York last night here along the Lake.

After missing 23 games LW Greenway makes an impressive 2 SOG, 6 hits, 1 assist outing in his return, D Dahlin, C McLeod, and C Thompson all scored twice, and G Luukkonen posted a .929% save percentage.

In the three game regular season series between Buffalo and New York the Sabres outscored the Rangers 16-6 while winning twice to take the series 2-1 with a convincing victory last night.

When D Dahlin scored his first of two goals he passed Gold Medal Olympian/Sabres defenseman Mike Ramsey for second place in all-time defenseman scoring (74, 75) for Buffalo.

The Rangers are in the hunt for a wild card but did not seem too enthusiastic in their play last night, whereas the Sabres climbed within four games of breaking even on the season and making up the ground lost by their 13-game winless streak.

Injury Report: Last night Sabres color commentator/announcer/RW Rob Ray while between the benches took a hard shot puck to the face requiring stitches. Lindy teased him a couple of times asking him if he needed to go to the room, Rob laughed and remained until the period ended, received medical attention and was back out to finish the game.

Exciting Overtime Victory

Boston, Massachusetts Here along the Lake there was no exhilaration from winning, nor were there any tears, this was a game that could have gone either way, of course I would have appreciated it more if our team came out on top.

Hockey fans attending or watching elsewhere were treated to some of the best hockey games and finish to an international tournament that was provided by most of the top NHL talent.

This game had some heart-stopping moments for our Northern Cousins as team USA had brilliant chances, one came shorthanded on the only penalty whistled in the game, a breakaway, point blank chances in OT, but Goaltender Binnington was outstanding.

Goaltender Hellebuyck was also playing strong as Canada was crowding the net so much so, that at one point the ESPN announcer quipped that it appeared to be a Canadian team photo.

It was Connor McDavid scoring in overtime for the Canadians victory, left alone near the stick side faceoff circle’s hashmarks to end an enjoyable tournament earning Canada bragging rights.

The United States of America versus Canada

Boston, Massachusetts Both countries have put on their patriotic best as both NYC and Toronto light up their skyline with team colors on both the Empire State Building and the CN Tower.

To be honest I will not feel less American if Canada wins this tournament, I can relate though how much I have enjoyed this tournament watching most of the top talent of the NHL compete, and I mean compete.

Nothing is 100% but most international tournaments for example the World Cup of Hockey did not highlight any donnybrooks, I understand it can get players and fans blood pulsing through their veins but hopefully the players settle this on the ice and not the back alley.

Goaltending is key in tonight’s game; we have already witnessed how low-scoring and tight these contests can become, hopefully all the players are well rested and healed up for this evening’s festivities.

Perdiction: USA 5 – CAN 2