Sabres
FUTURE SABRES: JT COMPHER
By Warren Kozireski
Joseph Taylor Compher is experiencing a bit of a sophomore slump at the University of Michigan, but one could almost have predicted it.
The second round draft choice by Buffalo (35th overall) in the 2013 entry draft, the then ...Sanborn native Tom McCollum recalled by the Detriot Red Wings
Tom McCollum, Sanborn, has been recalled by the Detriot Red Wings. The 25 year-old goaltender got the call on January 12 to join the NHL team when starting netminder and All-Star Jimmy Howard was put on injured reserve after suffering ...FUTURE SABRES: JUSTIN BAILEY
By Warren Kozireski
Justin Bailey had ties to Buffalo before he even realized that hockey was his calling instead of following in his father, former Buffalo Bills linebacker Carlton’s footsteps. He and his mother lived in the same condo complex as ...
Amateur
Around the Associations
AMHERST YOUTH HOCKEY
Congratulations are in order for the championship win by the Girls 16U team, who won the Sarah Backstrom 21st Annual Memorial Hockey Tournament in Erie, PA. This team is coached by Darren Palaszewski.
BUD BAKEWELL BRUINS
The Bud Bakewell Bantam ...BILL GRAY’S REGIONAL ICEPLEX TO HOST NYSAHA CHAMPIONSHIPS THIS WEEKEND
Over 1,400 ice hockey players and family members will come together this weekend for the New York State Amateur Hockey Association State Championship Tournament this weekend. The annual championship event is taking place at Bill Gray’s Regional Iceplex and ...Varsity Chiefs Play in First Niagara Center Championship
The Iroquois Chiefs hockey team played in the championship game at the First Niagara Center last Monday night. Led by Head Coach Dale Reinig, Coach Ed Stenzel and General Manager Chuck Giambra, the team earned their first appearance in Super ...
College
College Club: ACHA, NCHA prepare for Nationals
By Michael Mroziak
The season is winding down for college club hockey, with the American Collegiate Hockey Association and National Collegiate Hockey Association preparing to host their respective national championship tournaments in early March.
The ACHA’s Division 1 tournament and NCHA tournament ...COLLEGE REPORT
By Warren Kozireski
BROCKPORT
The Golden Eagles entered the final weekend of the regular season in a race to host a first round playoff game for the first time since the 2009-10 season. That would mean a third or fourth place finish ...Canisius Hockey Drops Regular-Season Finale at Air Force
The Canisius College hockey team couldn’t overcome a slow start as Air Force eased to a 4-1 victory on Saturday in the regular-season finale. The Griffs, who had already secured the second seed for the Atlantic Hockey Tournament, dropped to ...
High School
“Raiding” the HarborCenter
St. Francis brings the Midwest Prep League (all of it) to Buffalo
By Michael Mroziak
It hasn’t taken long for word of one of Western New York’s newest attractions to travel beyond the region. Already gaining high praise in its inaugural winter, ...SECTION V
By Warren Kozireski
Fairport, independent McQuaid and Pittsford were ranked among the top-ten in the Jan.6 New York State Sportswriters poll with Webster Thomas, Rush-Henrietta, Geneseo/Livonia/Dansville and the Greece Thunder right on their heels as the stretch run commenced in Section ...Section VI
by Matthew Ondesk
Dougherty mature beyond his years
“I really had to learn how to grow up and take care of myself. Just had to rely on myself, you can’t really rely on anybody else. You have to take care of your ...
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (May 2, 2011) — Seven Western New York hockey players were among the 90 players aged 15 and 16 selected in the United States Hockey League’s 2011 Futures Draft on April 19, with three players from the Buffalo ...ECC’s Frijol And Lyness Named First Team All NJCAA All American
Nicholas Friol and Todd Lyness were both named first-team selections to the 2011 NJCAA All-America hockey team, announced by the NJCAA. Friol, a sophomore forward from Orchard Park, N.Y., was also the most valuable player at the 2011 NJCAA Championships where ...Buffalo Sabres Agree To Terms With Marcus Foligno
BUFFALO, NY (May 25, 2011) – Buffalo Sabres GM Darcy Regier announced today that forward Marcus Foligno has agreed to terms on a three-year entry level contract. Foligno was selected by Buffalo in the fourth-round (104th overall) of the 2009 ...