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Flanked by boisterous hockey fans of the cityâs beloved NHL franchise inside the Seneca Sports Lounge at KeyBank Center, Buffalo Sabres General Manager Kevyn Adams waited at a podium to announce the next foundational player for his roster rebuild.
Adams wasnât willing to tip his hand ahead of the NHL Draft, no matter how many scouts and analysts unanimously predicted who would be the fourth No. 1 pick in Sabres history. This event included more suspense than the one in 2018, when everyone in the hockey world knew that Rasmus Dahlin was headed to Buffalo.
In the end, Adams announcement during the ESPN2 broadcast was the one everyone anticipated, as the man spearheading the Sabresâ push to snap a 10-year playoff drought made it official by selecting University of Michigan defenseman Owen Power.
Red Wings give Jeff Blashill another chance
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The news we were expecting early next week and then were expecting the team to drop in a Friday news dump finally gave the announcement on their coaching future.
UPDATE: #RedWings executive vice president and general manager Steve Yzerman today announced that Jeff Blashill has agreed to a contract extension to remain head coach of the Red Wings.
The short version aside from the tweet is that they’ve also parted ways with Dan Bylsma, the special teams coach for yet another year of feckless power play for the Wings.
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Keeping Score: UMass lives up to the standard
Published: 4/16/2021 8:21:04 PM
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Garrett Wait’s shot heard ’round the Commonwealth hit the back of the net at 12:13 a.m., and it rocketed the UMass hockey program into another galaxy. The national championship game two nights later was like the USA versus Finland, except coach Greg Carvel didn’t need to pull a Herb Brooks and remind his players, “If you lose this game you’ll take it to your bleeping graves.”
Thus ends the myth that UMass couldn’t win without Cale Makar, could never break the stranglehold that Boston schools have on Hockey East, that if Toot Cahoon couldn’t win nobody could …
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