Block M's Buffalo Sabres (NHL 12)

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Sabres Blank Devils; Force Game 7 EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ -The offense was on, Al Montoya was on, the Sabres were on. Knowing a big performance was needed the Sabres gave just that. Buffalo scored on their first shot of the game and never looked back. Joel Armia, Tyler Ennis and Ryan Parent all scored to push the lead to 4-0 and Thomas Vanek scored his second of the game to pour salt in the wound with just eight seconds left. Vanek's second goal pushed the dominating performance to 5-0. After giving up 13 goals in the four games of this series, Al Montoya has shut down the Devils. Montoya has allowed just one goal in the past two games which have been must wins for the Sabres. Montoya stopped 25 shots in the shutout victory that forces the series back to Buffalo for an epic game seven encounter. Last year Buffalo went to a game seven at home against Winnipeg but lost in overtime. With an overtime win in game six of their Eastern Conference semi-final, Winnipeg now awaits either Buffalo or New Jersey in the Eastern Conference Finals. May 13th, 2014 - Game Six F Buffalo Sabres (3-3) 5 New Jersey Devils (3-3) 0 Scoring Summary 1st Period 1:02 Thomas Vanek (4) Regehr, Myers 1st Period 6:54 Joel Armia (3) Cammalleri, Pominville 3rd Period 12:05 Ryan Parent (1) Lee, Nielsen 3rd Period 16:15 Tyler Ennis (2) Regehr, Armia 3rd Period 19:52 Thomas Vanek (5) Foligno, Nielsen   NHL Playoff Scores 4 May 12th, 2014 (OVERTIME) #1 Winnipeg vs #5 NY Rangers Winnipeg wins 4-2 3 2 May 13th, 2014 (OVERTIME) #4 San Jose vs #7 Detroit Detroit wins 4-2 1 5 May 13th, 2014 #2 Buffalo vs #3 New Jersey Series tied 3-3 0

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All The Way Back! Buffalo Wins Game 7 BUFFALO, NY - Could this be the year? People of Buffalo are thinking it is after seeing their Sabres come all the way back from a 3-1 series deficit to eliminate the New Jersey Devils in Game Seven. Another hot performance from goaltender Al Montoya blanked the Devils well into the third period. Long enough to allow a 2-0 lead to be established by the Sabres. Thomas Vanek continued to do what he does best and scored early on in the game to give Buffalo the edge early. After a scoreless second period, early in the third Christian Ehrhoff would enter the zone with possession of the puck and skate into the corner. Mike Cammalleri would float back to the blue line as the defenders followed Ehrhoff. Ehrhoff noticed this and found Cammalleri, who blasted a slap shot past Devan Dubnyk to put the Sabres up 2-0. Al Montoya took his shutout all the way into the final minute when David Clarkson would score to give New Jersey 40 seconds to try and tie, and try they did. Al Montoya was required to make several saves in the finals seconds, with two pucks trickling just wide of the net as Buffalo sent New Jersey home and set up a rematch with the Winnipeg Jets in the Eastern Conference Finals. May 15th, 2014 - Game Seven F New Jersey Devils (3-4) 1 Buffalo Sabres (4-3) 2 Scoring Summary 1st Period 14:30 Thomas Vanek (6) Regehr, Pominville 3rd Period 2:56 Mike Cammalleri (6) Ehrhoff 3rd Period 19:20 David Clarkson (3) Tedenby, Tallinder   NHL Playoff Scores 2 May 15th, 2014 #2 Buffalo vs #3 New Jersey Buffalo wins 4-3 1

[johnnyrocks]

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My prediction is that its a Canuck V Buffalo in the Stanley Cup. Vancouver just smashed Colorado and took revenge on LA.

This is a nice match up if you ask me. Winnipeg V Buffalo. A rematch I think right? Shows some goodness here haha.

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2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals 2 4 0 4             4 2 4  1 3 4 4 2 4 3 2 4 4 3 4 1  4 3 2 4

[Block M]

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My prediction is that its a Canuck V Buffalo in the Stanley Cup. Vancouver just smashed Colorado and took revenge on LA.

This is a nice match up if you ask me. Winnipeg V Buffalo. A rematch I think right? Shows some goodness here haha.

Yessir, a rematch from last years playoffs. Pavelec is always tough to score on so I am not as giddy about this match up as I was rounds one or two. Last years Stanley Cup, this seasons Presidents' Trophy....Winnipeg is on a roll. This will be a tough series.

[johnnyrocks]

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Yessir, a rematch from last years playoffs. Pavelec is always tough to score on so I am not as giddy about this match up as I was rounds one or two. Last years Stanley Cup, this seasons Presidents' Trophy....Winnipeg is on a roll. This will be a tough series.

Don't worry about Winnipeg.

You've made history already, got past round 2 and round 3 since I think over 5 years ago. Look accomplishment! Let's win this baby, and head to the SCF!

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Monster 2nd Period Puts Jets Up WINNIPEG, MB - It looked promising for the Buffalo Sabres. Jason Pominville put the team ahead 1-0 just two minutes into the series. Cody Hodgson made it 2-0 six minutes in and Buffalo looked to be in control. Until the second period that is. The defending Stanley Cup Champions responded in a huge way with three goals in a matter of five minutes in the second period. Goals from Bryan Little, Evander Kane, and Kyle Wellwood provided what would be the knockout punch as a deflated Sabres team was unable to manage many quality scoring chances the rest of the way. The Buffalo Sabres lose the first game of a series for the first time in two years with the loss. May 17th, 2014 - Game One F Buffalo Sabres (0-1) 2 Winnipeg Jets (1-0) 3 Scoring Summary 1st Period 1:52 Jason Pominville (4) Hodgson, Vanek 1st Period 5:52 Cody Hodgson (4) Unassisted 2nd Period 2:34 Bryan Little (2) Ladd 2nd Period 5:48 Evander Kane (5) Wheeler, Byfuglien 2nd Period 7:03 Kyle Wellwood (2) Unassisted   NHL Playoff Scores 3 May 17th, 2014 #1 Winnipeg vs #2 Buffalo Winnipeg leads 1-0 2 6 May 17th, 2014 #7 Detroit vs #8 Vancouver Vancouver leads 1-0 3

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Winnipeg Blasts Buffalo In Game 2 WINNIPEG, MB - Game one was a close game that could have gone either way, game two was not the same story. The Winnipeg Jets jumped out to a 3-0 lead before Nathan Gerbe scored to cut the lead to 3-1 in the second period. As the third period started it was absolutely vital for Buffalo to get the next goal but Alex Burmistrov had other plans putting Winnipeg ahead 4-1 in the first minute of the final period. Cody Hodgson would put a wicked shot over the shoulder of Winnipeg goalie Ondrej Pavelec to make things interesting at 4-2 with 15 minutes left to play but wouldn't find the back of the net again. Bryan Little put in an empty netter to extend the score to 5-2 as Winnipeg took a 2-0 series lead with the series heading to Buffalo for game three. May 19th, 2014 - Game Two F Buffalo Sabres (0-2) 2 Winnipeg Jets (2-0) 5 Scoring Summary 1st Period 0:54 Bryan Little (3) Ladd, Burmistrov 2nd Period 1:50 Andrew Ladd (5) Little, Bogosian 2nd Period 4:45 Alex Burmistrov (3) Little, Ladd 2nd Period 13:42 Nathan Gerbe (1) Upshall, Nielsen 3rd Period 0:52 Alex Burmistrov (4) Ladd, Byfuglien 3rd Period 5:00 Cody Hodgson (5) Pominville, Vanek 3rd Period 19:37 Bryan Little (4) Burmistrov, Byfuglien   NHL Playoff Scores 5 May 19th, 2014 #1 Winnipeg vs #2 Buffalo Winnipeg leads 2-0 2 4 May 19th, 2014 #7 Detroit vs #8 Vancouver Vancouver leads 2-0 2

[johnnyrocks]

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Vancouver looks poised to the cup once again. Come on Buffalo! Come back from a 2-0 deficit!!!

BELIEVE!

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Sabres Strike Back At Home BUFFALO, NY - Buffalo needed to answer after falling behind 2-0 in the series and did with a big 6-3 victory in game three. Goals from Thomas Vanek, Jason Pominville, and Frans Nielsen put the Sabres ahead 3-1 midway through the game but the Winnipeg Jets would storm back with a pair of goals from defensemen Dustin Byfuglien and Zach Bogosian. With nearly 13 minutes left in the game it was tied but Buffalo would control every second of the remainder of the game with Frans Nielsen's second goal of the game, a Christian Ehrhoff blast, and an empty net goal from Jason Pominville. This victory sets up a pivotal game four for Buffalo with the opportunity to even the series before things shift back to Winnipeg. May 21st, 2014 - Game Three F Winnipeg Jets (2-1) 3 Buffalo Sabres (1-2) 6 Scoring Summary 1st Period 4:27 Thomas Vanek (7) Hodgson 1st Period 17:28 Evander Kane (6) Little, Antropov 2nd Period 6:05 Jason Pominville (5) Myers 2nd Period 8:45 Frans Nielsen (2) Upshall, Gerbe 2nd Period 19:57 Dustin Byfuglien (1) Burmistrov 3rd Period 7:03 Zach Bogosian (1) Burmistrov, Byfuglien 3rd Period 10:10 Frans Nielsen (3) Lee, Parent 3rd Period 19:39 Christian Ehrhoff (2) Unassisted 3rd Period 19:52 Jason Pominville (6) Vanek, Regehr   NHL Playoff Scores 6 May 21st, 2014 #1 Winnipeg vs #2 Buffalo Winnipeg leads 2-1 3 2 May 21st, 2014 (OVERTIME) #7 Detroit vs #8 Vancouver Vancouver leads 2-1 1

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Jets Dominate Their Way To 3-1 Lead BUFFALO, NY - The Winnipeg Jets took back control of the series with a dominating victory in game four to put them one win away from returning to the Stanley Cup Finals. The game went scoreless into the end of the first period but two quick Winnipeg goals before the break set the tone. Goals from Marc-Andre Bergeron and Chris Thorburn was the first goal of the playoffs for each player. Early in the second period Blake Wheeler extended the lead to 3-0 with his ninth goal of the post season. Thomas Vanek would respond later in the period with his eighth of the playoffs but it would be the only goal of the game for the Sabres. A third period goal from Zach Bogosian gave Winnipeg the 4-1 victory as they take a 3-1 series lead. May 23rd, 2014 - Game Four F Winnipeg Jets (3-1) 4 Buffalo Sabres (1-3) 1 Scoring Summary 1st Period 16:55 Marc-Andre Bergeron (1) Hodgson 1st Period 19:53 Chris Thorburn (1) Fehr, Byfuglien 2nd Period 6:05 Blake Wheeler (9) Burmistrov, Bergeron 2nd Period 8:43 Thomas Vanek (8) Pominville, Hodgson 3rd Period 11:42 Zach Bogosian (2) Wellwood, Wheeler   NHL Playoff Scores 4 May 23rd, 2014 #1 Winnipeg vs #2 Buffalo Winnipeg leads 3-1 1 2 May 23rd, 2014 #7 Detroit vs #8 Vancouver Vancouver leads 3-1 1

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End Of The Road WINNIPEG, MB - The Winnipeg Jets will return to the Stanley Cup Finals to defend their championship from last year after another dominating victory over the Buffalo Sabres. After Sabres rookie Luke Adam tied the game early in the second the Jets took over. Two goals in 18 seconds deflated the Sabres and have the Jets a 3-1 lead. Just a few minutes later Nikolai Antropov extended the lead to 4-1 in the second period. Thomas Vanek edged the Sabres a little closer with an early third period goal but as was the case the entire series, Winnipeg would be next to respond instead of Buffalo. Bryan Little pushed the lead to 5-2 which was too much to overcome as Buffalo was sent home for the second year by the Winnipeg Jets. May 25th, 2014 - Game Five F Buffalo Sabres (1-4) 2 Winnipeg Jets (4-1) 5 Scoring Summary 1st Period 10:47 Evander Kane (7) Wheeler, Bogosian 2nd Period 2:44 Luke Adam (2) Ehrhoff, Cammalleri 2nd Period 5:21 Kyle Wellwood (3) Bogosian 2nd Period 5:39 Eric Fehr (3) Byfuglien, Thorburn 2nd Period 11:45 Nikolai Antropov (5) Little, Stuart 3rd Period 1:07 Thomas Vanek (9) Pominville, Hodgson 3rd Period 6:14 Bryan Little (5) Bergeron, Enstrom   NHL Playoff Scores 5 May 25th, 2014 #1 Winnipeg vs #2 Buffalo Winnipeg wins 4-1 2 4 May 25th, 2014 #7 Detroit vs #8 Vancouver Vancouver leads 3-2 3 5 May 27th, 2014 #7 Detroit vs #8 Vancouver Vancouver wins 4-2 2

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2013-2014 Regular Season Stats Skaters GP G A P +/- C Luke Adam 22 1 3 4 -4 C Joel Armia 41 6 14 20 -3 LW Riley Boychuk 30 2 2 4 -8 LW Mike Cammalleri 82 22 43 65 17 D Kyle Cumiskey 82 11 20 31 0 D Christian Ehrhoff 82 8 24 32 2 RW Tyler Ennis 82 36 36 72 25 LW Marcus Foligno 27 1 5 6 8 LW Nathan Gerbe 82 7 11 18 -6 C Cody Hodgson 72 19 48 67 26 RW Patrick Kaleta 82 9 5 14 -1 C Maxim Lapierre 82 7 18 25 0 D Brian Lee 80 2 18 20 -27 D Brayden McNabb 6 1 4 5 2 D Tyler Myers 72 16 35 51 24 C Frans Nielsen 82 8 21 29 9 D Ryan Parent 69 4 2 6 16 D Dennis Persson 76 4 5 9 3 RW Jason Pominville 82 29 48 77 8 D Robyn Regehr 82 13 24 37 34 D Drew Schiestel 4 0 2 2 0 D Alexander Sulzer 69 4 4 8 -3 RW Scottie Upshall 72 9 10 19 -2 D Alexander Sulzer 82 30 36 66 13 Goalies GP GAA W L G Ryan Miller 30 2.39 14 15 G Al Montoya 54 2.52 28 22 G Mike Smith 56 2.64 26 21 2014 Playoff Stats Skaters GP G A P +/- C Luke Adam 10 2 0 2 -1 C Joel Armia 17 3 8 11 1 LW Mike Cammalleri 18 6 4 10 1 D Kyle Cumiskey 18 1 3 4 0 D Christian Ehrhoff 18 2 5 7 -2 RW Tyler Ennis 18 2 4 6 -2 LW Marcus Foligno 18 0 1 1 -1 LW Nathan Gerbe 18 1 3 4 -2 C Cody Hodgson 18 5 8 13 3 RW Patrick Kaleta 9 0 0 0 0 C Maxim Lapierre 18 0 1 1 -2 D Brian Lee 18 2 3 5 2 D Tyler Myers 18 2 7 9 2 C Frans Nielsen 18 3 3 6 -2 D Ryan Parent 16 1 1 2 1 D Dennis Persson 5 0 0 0 -2 RW Jason Pominville 18 6 8 14 9 D Robyn Regehr 15 0 7 7 3 RW Scottie Upshall 18 0 3 3 -3 LW Thomas Vanek 18 9 7 16 5 Goalies GP GAA W L G Al Montoya 18 2.35 10 9

2013-2014 NHL Stat Leaders (Final) NHL Stat Leaders End of Regular Season G   Rick Nash, Columbus 46 A   Brad Richards, New York 73 P   Brad Richards, New York 97 GAA   Antti Niemi, San Jose 1.94 S%   Johnathan Quick, Los Angeles .929 W   Antti Niemi, San Jose 44

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Winnipeg Jets Repeat As Champions! WINNIPEG, MB - The second time is so much sweeter. Winnipeg hoisted the Stanley Cup for the second time in two seasons, but this time on home ice. The Jets dominated the NHL the entire regular season and made things look easy in the playoffs never going farther than six games. In the Stanley Cup Finals the Jets ended the Cinderella run of the Vancouver Canucks who were buried in the standings much of the season only to make it into the playoffs on the last day of the regular season. As the eight seed Vancouver upset Los Angeles in the first round, swept Colorado in the second round, edged the Detroit Red Wings in the Western Finals but were no match for Winnipeg in the Finals being beat 4-1. Just as last year winger Blake Wheeler won the Conn Smythe as the most valuable player throughout a long playoff run. 2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals 2 4 0 4 2 4 4 1 4 1   4 2 4  1 3 4 4 2 4 3 2 4 4 3 4 1  4 3 2 4

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Block M Fired; Lands With Edmonton BUFFALO, NY - Buffalo owner Terrence Pegula wants more. More wins, more success, and more glory and he feels Block M is not the man to guide the franchise to that. So today he informed Block M that he would not be renewing his three year contract and he should seek other employment. In three years with Block M as GM the Sabres won one Northeast Division Championship and went to the playoffs twice but were eliminated by Winnipeg both times. The Sabres amassed a regular season record of 133-89-24 in the last three years. Four teams were interested in hiring Block M as their new GM. Those four being Colorado, Pittsburgh, Edmonton, and Ottawa. In the end Block M decided he wanted to move out west to a team with a bright future and the east decision was Edmonton. Block M and Edmonton agreed to a four year deal. Work beings right away with the 2014 NHL Entry Draft later this month.