Mark Mancari News

Maple Leafs coach Ron Wilson apparently has reached a boiling point with his team's even-strength play.

The Florida Panthers are making up for a sluggish start. Michael Frolik scored twice, Dominic Moore and Rostislav Olesz had a goal and an assist each, and Tomas Vokoun made 26 saves in the Panthers 6-2 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday night.

' agenda Saturday included waking up in Portland, Maine, heading off for a morning practice with the AHL Pirates and boarding a bus bound for Bridgeport, Conn.

Greetings from HSBC Arena, where the Portland Pirates will serve as the home team tonight.

The Portland Pirates welcomed the Rochester Americans into HSBC Arena and snapped the Amerks 11-game winning streak with a 6-3 win Thursday night.

One of the most recognizable voices in Buffalo Sabres history is joining the team's Hall of Fame.

With goalie Jhonas Enroth on recall to the Buffalo Sabres, the Portland Pirates turned to AHL rookie J.P. Lamoureux Friday night at Cumberland County Civic Center.

OTTAWA a ' The potential for mayhem was on the fringes all night. Indeed, the possibility of it probably contributed to the overflow crowd of 20,040. But for the most part, the Ottawa Senators and Buffalo Sabres played hockey Saturday night.

We spend an awful lot of time trying to negotiate with our gut feelings. Whether it's wanting the Bills to beat the Saints, but feeling like they won't, or knowing you're going to eat too much for dinner, but telling yourself you won't, we have to fight our instincts on occasion.

Both city university hockey teams are off to the United States as part of their exhibition schedules this week.

The Buffalo Sabres signed restricted free agent forward Mark Mancari to a one-year contract Saturday.

Warning: The Buffalo Sabres have the rest of the NHL right where they want them.

Buffalo Sabres training camp starts Saturday morning, and the biggest question is will Drew Stafford be in attendance? The answer is a resounding "I don't know." Sabres General Manager Darcy Regier and Neil Sheehy, Stafford's agent, had identical responses today regarding whether the restricted free agent would be signed before the Sabres take the ...

It may be just rookie training camp, but for the Sabres, it may be the start of some players making their way to the roster.A The team opened camp for the young players Tuesday at the Amherst Pepsi Center.A 30 players, mostly draft picks and Portland players, took the ice.

Tyler Myers is so tall, Sabres coach Lindy Ruff jokes that he keeps his skates on whenever he has a chat with the young defenseman.

Ice hockey players are back, and the Sabres rookies were on the ice at the Amherst Pepsi Center to kick off a rookie training camp that will culminate with the veterans joining them on the ice.

Darcy Regier says he tried. The Buffalo Sabres general manager made calls this summer, trying to make trades to better his organization or give players a fresh start.

Andy Strickland has reported the St. Louis Blues bought out the contract of veteran defenseman Jay McKee, who had just one year left on a four-year, $16 million deal.

The Sabres have extended qualifying offers to three restricted free agents, Drew Stafford, Clarke MacArthur, Pat Kaleta, Mark Mancari and Andrej Sekera.

It's all but certain Marek Zagrapan has joined Barrett Heisten and Artem Kruikov on a very dubious list.