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NHL teams balance progress, draft lottery as Bedard in play

Mar. 25, 2023 02:50 AM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Columbus Blue Jackets general manager Jarmo Kekalainen knows if the season ended today, his team could have the best odds to land who many consider the next generational talent in the NHL. He is also keenly aware that the odds remain higher not to win the NHL’s...

Tuch has 2 goals, assist as Sabres beat Devils 5-4

Mar. 24, 2023 22:51 PM EDT

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Alex Tuch had two goals and an assist as the Buffalo Sabres beat the New Jersey Devils 5-4 on Friday night. Dylan Cozens and Jack Quinn each had a goal and an assist, Tage Thompson scored his 44th goal, and JJ Peterka had two assists to help the Sabres snap a...

President approves Vermont disaster help for December storm

Mar. 22, 2023 12:11 PM EDT

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — President Joe Biden has approved a federal disaster declaration for eight Vermont counties hit by a December storm that left tens of thousands of people without power during the Christmas holiday week. On Tuesday Gov. Phil Scott and the three members of the...

Athenex: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

Mar. 20, 2023 08:16 AM EDT

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Athenex Inc. (ATNX) on Monday reported a loss of $34.2 million in its fourth quarter. On a per-share basis, the Buffalo, New York-based company said it had a loss of $4.28. Losses, adjusted to account for discontinued operations and to...

Swayman stops 26 shots in Bruins' 7-0 rout of Sabres

Mar. 19, 2023 18:05 PM EDT

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Goalie Jeremy Swayman and the league-leading Boston Bruins had unfinished business to address before entertaining thoughts of finally going home following a week on the road. In a five-game trip that began with losses in Detroit and Chicago to mark Boston’s...

Sabres sign Northeastern goalie Levi to 3-year contract

Mar. 17, 2023 15:12 PM EDT

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Sabres signed goalie Devon Levi to a three-year entry level contract Friday, less than a week after the 21-year-old’s junior season ended at Northeastern. Levi won the Mike Richter Award as college hockey’s top goalie last season, and is once...

AP source: Bills rework Allen, Miller deals to get under cap

Mar. 13, 2023 23:02 PM EDT

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills have worked their way under the salary cap in time for the free-agent signing period by freeing up more than $30 million in space after restructuring the contracts of quarterback Josh Allen and edge rusher Von Miller, a person with direct knowledge of...

Panarin scores in OT, Rangers beat Sabres 2-1

Mar. 11, 2023 21:10 PM EST

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Igor Shesterkin bailed out the New York Rangers by stopping 32 shots to force overtime, and Artemi Panarin scored a power-play goal 2:02 into the extra period for a 2-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday night. Patrick Kane scored his second goal in four...

Buffalo fires men's basketball coach Jim Whitesell

Mar. 11, 2023 11:41 AM EST

Jim Whitesell is out as the University at Buffalo men’s basketball coach after his first losing season in four years on the job, the school announced Saturday. “We felt it was necessary to make a change in leadership of our men’s basketball program,” athletic director Mark...

Sass trades goal crease to oversee Bills new stadium project

Mar. 10, 2023 16:33 PM EST

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Kimberly Sass has traded in her goal crease for a construction hat and a football. The recently retired goalie, who won a National Women’s Hockey League championship with the Metropolitan Riveters in 2018, has been hired as project manager to represent the...