BfloGirlSports: December 2016 Buffalo Sabres schedule

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• Thursday, December 1 – v. New York Rangers – 7 p.m.
• Saturday, December 3 – v. Boston – 1 p.m.
• Monday, December 5 – at Washington – 7 p.m.
• Tuesday, December 6 – v. Edmonton – 7 p.m.
• Friday, December 9 – v. Washington – 7 p.m.
• Tuesday, December 13 – v. Los Angeles Kings – 7 p.m.
• Friday, December 16 – v. New York Islanders – 7 p.m.
• Saturday, December 17 – at Carolina Hurricanes – 7 p.m.
• Tuesday, December 20 – at Florida Panthers – 7:30 p.m.
• Thursday, December 22 – v. Carolina – 7 p.m.
• Friday, December 23 – at New York Islanders – 7 p.m.
• Tuesday, December 27 – at Detroit – 7:30 p.m.
• Thursday, December 29 – v. Boston – 7 p.m.
• Saturday, December 31 – at Boston – 1 p.m.

2015-16 Rochester Americans schedule

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All Amerks home games are played at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester except for the game on December 30, being played at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo.

• Friday, October 9 – v. Lake Erie Monsters – 7:05 p.m.
• Saturday, October 10 – v. Utica Comets – 7:35 p.m.
• Friday, October 16 – at St. John’s IceCaps – 6 p.m.
• Saturday, October 17 – at St. John’s IceCaps – 6 p.m.
• Wednesday, October 21 – at Utica – 7 p.m.
• Friday, October 23 – v. Toronto Marlies – 7:05 p.m.
• Sunday, October 25 – v. Syracuse Crunch – 5:05 p.m.
• Friday, October 30 – at Springfield Falcons – 7 p.m.
• Saturday, October 31 – at Portland Pirates – 3 p.m.
• Sunday, November 1 – at Hartford Wolf Pack – 5 p.m.
• Friday, November 6 – v. Binghamton Senators – 7:05 p.m.
• Friday, November 13 – at Lehigh Valley Phantoms – 7:05 p.m.
• Saturday, November 14 – at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins – 7:05 p.m.
• Sunday, November 15 – at Hershey Bears – 5 p.m.
• Wednesday, November 18 – v. Toronto – 7:05 p.m.
• Friday, November 20 – v. Bridgeport Sound Tigers – 7:05 p.m.
• Saturday, November 21 – at Toronto – 5 p.m.
• Wednesday, November 25 – v. Syracuse – 7:05 p.m.
• Friday, November 27 – v. St. John’s – 7:05 p.m.
• Saturday, November 28 – at Binghamton – 7:05 p.m.
• Friday, December 4 – v. Toronto – 7:05 p.m.
• Saturday, December 5 – at Albany Devils – 5 p.m.
• Wednesday, December 9 – v. Utica – 7:05 p.m.
• Friday, December 11 – at St. John’s – 6 p.m.
• Saturday, December 12 – at St. John’s – 6 p.m.
• Wednesday, December 16 – at Utica – 7 p.m.
• Friday, December 18 – v. Hartford – 7:05 p.m.
• Saturday, December 19 – v. Albany – 7:35 p.m.
• Saturday, December 26 – v. Utica – 7:05 p.m.
• Sunday, December 27 – v. Hartford – 5:05 p.m.
• Wednesday – December 30 – v. St. John’s at the FNC – 7:05 p.m.
• Saturday, January 2 – at Bridgeport Sound – 7 p.m.
• Sunday, January 3 – at Providence Bruins – 5:05 p.m.
• Friday, January 8 – v. Hershey – 7:05 p.m.
• Saturday, January 9 – at Binghamton – 7:05 p.m.
• Sunday, January 10 – v. Syracuse – 5:05 p.m.
• Wednesday, January 13 – at Albany – 7 p.m.
• Friday, January 15 – v. Binghamton – 7:05 p.m.
• Saturday, January 16 – at Binghamton – 7:05 p.m.
• Monday, January 18 – v. Syracuse – 3:05 p.m.
• Friday, January 22 – at Grand Rapids Griffins – 7 p.m.
• Saturday, January 23 – at Grand Rapids – 7 p.m.
• Wednesday, January 27 – v. Syracuse – 7:05 p.m.
• Friday, January 29 – v. Binghamton – 7:05 p.m.
• Saturday, January 30 – at Utica – 7 p.m.
• Friday, February 5 – at Syracuse – 7 p.m.
• Saturday, February 6 – at Binghamton – 7:05 p.m.
• Friday, February 12 – v. Albany – 7:05 p.m.
• Saturday, February 13 – at Albany – 5 p.m.
• Sunday, February 14 – at Hartford – 3 p.m.
• Friday, February 19 – v. Portland – 7:05 p.m.
• Saturday, February 20 – at Syracuse – 7 p.m.
• Sunday, February 21 – v. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton – 5:05 p.m.
• Thursday, February 25 – at Lake Erie – 7 p.m.
• Saturday, February 27 – at Toronto- 3 p.m.
• Friday, March 4 – v. Springfield – 7:05 p.m.
• Saturday, March 5 – v. Toronto – 7:35 p.m.
• Friday, March 11 – v. Utica – 7:05 p.m.
• Saturday, March 12 – at Syracuse – 7 p.m.
• Sunday, March 13 – v. Binghamton – 5:05 p.m.
• Wednesday, March 16 – v. Lehigh Valley – 7:05 p.m.
• Saturday, March 19 – at Binghamton – 7:05 p.m.
• Sunday, March 20 – v. Providence – 5:05 p.m.
• Wednesday, March 23 – v. St. John’s – 7:05 p.m.
• Friday, March 25 – v. St. John’s – 7:05 p.m.
• Saturday, March 26 – at Syracuse – 7 p.m.
• Tuesday, March 29 – at Utica – 7 p.m.
• Friday, April 1 – v. Grand Rapids – 7:05 p.m.
• Saturday, April 2 – at Syracuse – 7 p.m.
• Sunday, April 3 – v. Grand Rapids – 5:05 p.m.
• Friday, April 8 – v. Binghamton – 7:05 p.m.
• Saturday, April 9 – v. Lake Erie – 7:35 p.m.
• Sunday, April 10 – at Lake Erie – 5 p.m.
• Friday, April 15 – v. Albany – 7:05 p.m.
• Saturday, April 16 – at Toronto – 5 p.m.
• Sunday, April 17 – at Toronto – 3 p.m.

Find out more about the team and purchase tickets at www.amerks.com. 

2015-16 Buffalo Sabres schedule

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• Thursday, October 8 – v. Ottawa Senators – 7 p.m.
• Saturday, October 10 – v. Tampa Bay Lightning – 1 p.m.
• Monday, October 12 – v. Columbus Blue Jackets – 3 p.m.
• Thursday, October 15 – at Florida Panthers – 7:30 p.m.
• Saturday, October 17 – at Tampa Bay – 7 p.m.
• Wednesday, October 21 – v. Toronto Maple Leafs – 7 p.m.
• Friday, October 23 – v. Montreal Canadiens – 7 p.m.
• Saturday, October 24 – v. New Jersey Devils – 7 p.m.
• Tuesday, October 27– at Philadelphia Flyers – 7 p.m.
• Thursday, October 29 – at Pittsburgh Penguins – 7 p.m.
• Friday, October 30 – v. Phildelphia – 7 p.m.
• Sunday, November 1 – at New York Islanders – 7:30 p.m.
• Thursday, November 5 – v. Tampa Bay – 7 p.m.
• Saturday, November 7 – v. Vancouver Canucks – 1 p.m.
• Tuesday, November 10– at Tampa Bay – 7:30 p.m.
• Thursday, November 12 – at Florida – 7:30 p.m.
• Saturday, November 14 – v. San Jose Sharks – 7 p.m.
• Tuesday, November 17 – v. Dallas Stars – 7 p.m.
• Thursday, November 19 – at St. Louis Blues – 8 p.m.
• Saturday, November 21 – at Dallas – 8 p.m.
• Monday, November 23 – v. St. Louis – 7 p.m.
• Wednesday, November 25 – v. Nashville Predators – 7 p.m.
• Friday, November 27 – v. Carolina Hurricanes – 7 p.m.
• Saturday, November 28 – at Nashville – 8 p.m.
• Tuesday, December 1 – at Detroit Red Wings – 7:30 p.m.
• Friday, December 4 – v. Arizona Coyotes – 7 p.m.
• Sunday, December 6 – at Edmonton Oilers – 8 p.m.
• Monday, December 7 – at Vancouver – 10 p.m.
• Thursday, December 10 – at Calgary Flames – 9 p.m.
• Saturday, December 12 – v. Los Angeles Kings – 7 p.m.
• Monday, December 14 – at Detroit – 7:30 p.m.
• Tuesday, December 15 – v. New Jersey – 7 p.m.
• Thursday, December 17 – v. Anaheim Ducks – 7 p.m.
• Saturday, December 19 – v. Chicago Blackhawks – 1 p.m.
• Saturday, December 26 – at Boston Bruins – 7 p.m.
• Monday, December 28 – v. Washington Capitals – 7 p.m.
• Wednesday, December 30 – at Washington – 7 p.m.
• Thursday, December 31 – v. NY Islanders – 6 p.m.
• Saturday, January 2 – v. Detroit – 1 p.m.
• Tuesday, January 5 – v. Florida – 7 p.m.
• Friday, January 8 – at Chicago – 8:30 p.m.
• Sunday, January 10 – at Winnipeg Jets– 3 p.m.
• Tuesday, January 12 – at Minnesota Wild – 8 p.m.
• Friday, January 15 – v. Boston – 7 p.m.
• Saturday, January 16 – v. Washington – 7 p.m.
• Monday, January 18 – at Arizona– 9 p.m.
• Wednesday, January 20 – at Colorado Avalanche – 9 p.m.
• Friday, January 22 – v. Detroit – 7 p.m.
• Monday, January 25 – at New York Rangers – 7 p.m.
• Tuesday, January 26 – at Ottawa – 7:30 p.m.
• Wednesday, February 3 – at Montreal – 7 p.m.
• Thursday, February 4 – v.  Boston – 7 p.m.
• Saturday, February 6 – at Boston – 7 p.m.
• Tuesday, February 9 – v. Florida – 7 p.m.
• Thursday, February 11 – at Philadelphia – 7 p.m.
• Friday, February 12 – v. Montreal – 7 p.m.
• Sunday, February 14 – v. Colorado – 12:30 p.m.
• Tuesday, February 16 – at Ottawa – 7:30 p.m.
• Friday, February 19 – at Columbus – 7 p.m.
• Sunday, February 21 – v. Pittsburgh – 12:30 p.m.
• Wednesday, February 24– at Anaheim – 10:30 p.m.
• Friday, February 26 – at Los Angeles– 11 p.m.
• Saturday, February 27 – at Florida – 3 p.m.
• Tuesday, March 1 – v. Edmonton – 7 p.m.
• Thursday, March 3 – v. Calgary – 7 p.m.
• Saturday, March 5 – v. Minnesota – 1 p.m.
• Monday, March 7 – at Toronto – 7:30 p.m.
• Tuesday, March 8– v. New York Rangers – 7 p.m.
• Thursday, March 10 – at Montreal – 7:30 p.m.
• Saturday, March 12 – v. Carolina – 1 p.m.
• Wednesday, March 16 – v. Montreal – 7 p.m.
• Friday, March 18 – v. Ottawa – 7 p.m.
• Saturday, March 19 – at Toronto – 7 p.m.
• Tuesday, March 22 – at Carolina – 7 p.m.
• Saturday, March 26 – v. Winnipeg – 1 p.m.
• Monday, March 28 – at Detroit – 7:30 p.m.
• Tuesday, March 29 – at Penguins– 7 p.m.
• Thursday, March 31 – v. Toronto – 7 p.m.
• Saturday, April 2 – at NY Rangers – 7 p.m.
• Tuesday, April 5 – at New Jersey – 7 p.m.
• Friday, April 8 – v. Columbus – 7 p.m.
• Saturday, April 9 – at NY Islanders – 7:30 p.m.

Get more information about the season at sabres.nhl.com. 

December 2014 in review

Let me first say I’m sorry to all of you who wanted a white Christmas – for me, such a concept is overrated! I was completely happy to see temperatures creeping up on the 60s on Christmas Eve – it makes my life a little easier.

Of course, things got a little dicey on New Year’s Eve, when everyone wanted to be outside watching the ball drop (or guitar if you were in Niagara Falls). I stayed in, wondering if work was in my future…

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December was all about the holidays – getting together with family, decorating, gifting, indulging (for which I need to get back on track in January!) and lots of time off from work. One of my indulgences was going to see Lorrie Morgan at the Seneca Allegany Casino at the beginning of the month – because the package included a casino buffet! After lunch, I ate nothing…

Then I got to meet one of my all-time favorite Buffalo Sabres, Clint Malarchuk, at a book signing at Barnes & Noble – check that out here.

I also made it to my fourth movie of the year – which is unheard of, it used to be one movie every four years – when I went to see the third installment of The Hobbit, which I pre-gamed for by watching the first two in the series, and post-gamed with the Lord of the Rings trilogy on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. This sudden onslaught on movies I want to see continues in 2015 with a new Terminator film, the final Hunger Games installment and the new Star Wars franchise (at least!).

I also got to see my little cousin and future all-star play hockey for the first time – for someone who just started skating in September, I’m impressed!

Future all-star!

And finally, I got to the Botanical Gardens for the Poinsettia Show – so much color and too many decorating ideas!

Sports Shorts – August 21, 2014

The era of Derek Jeter is coming to an end soon…going to Yankees games will never be the same without “the Captain.” I was blessed to see the “Core Four” play, and hopefully Jeter, Jorge Posada, Mariano Rivera and Andy Pettitte will be recognized together in Monument Park.

Thanks Captain!
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While Terry Pegula has yet to put a winning hockey team on the ice, he’s certainly bringing hockey to Buffalo in a big way. Harbor Center will host the 2015 and 2016 NHL Combine, and the First Niagara Center will once again host the USA Hockey Prospects Game in September – there are also rumors of will also be an Erie Otters game at the FNC this season - October 22.

I can’t wait for Harbor Center to open – I’m looking forward to checking out the new (716) restaurant and the Sabres-themed Tim Hortons!

Dear NFL – PLEASE give the Bills to Terry Pegula!!

For local auto racing fans, the fiasco at Lancaster…er, Elegant Builders Raceway Park is almost as bad as Bills ownership scenarios. Hopefully calmer heads will prevail and we can at least see the annual Tommy Druar-Tony Jankowiak Memorial 110 run where it should be – EBRP. Then we can look forward to 2015 and a new beginning! (Hey, maybe Terry Pegula has a few extra dollars… J)

****ETA - calmer heads have prevailed! The US Open is a go - read all about it here!

Three races till the Chase, one til the Countdown and two left in the IndyCar season – this is one of the best times to be a racing fan! One of NASCAR’s biggest stories is the number of drivers without a win yet this season – at the forefront, Matt Kenseth, who went from seven wins last year to winless in 2014. In the NHRA, John Force is once again a hot topic as he keeps going rounds and winning Wallys – the thought that this legend may be sidelined next year due to loss of sponsorship is unthinkable. The compacted IndyCar Series season has kept it in the sports page more regularly this season – last year, there were a few breaks of three or so weeks at a time, allowing fans to forget about the series.