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The Key to Winning in Hockey Is, Obviously, Coaching Changes

It's not exactly a national secret that hockey teams tend to go through coaching changes about as often as a high school kid goes through a change of clothes (speaking on personal experience, that's about once per year). As we begin the conference finals, it's probably worth pointing out that three of the four teams taking...

The Flyers Are Going to Pittsburgh

Newsmakers in the NHL is a weekday morning attempt to clear yesterday's rebounds and look to the day ahead.Rangers 4, Flyers 3: With a win on Sunday -- or a loss in overtime -- the Philadelphia Flyers could have secured the No. 4 seed and home ice advantage in the opening round of the Eastern Conference playoffs. Instead,...

Jarkko Ruutu Suspended 2 Games for Trying to Eat Andrew Peters' Hand

During Tuesday night's game between the Ottawa Senators and Buffalo Sabres, we showed you some video of Jarkko Ruutu taking a bite out of Andrew Peters during a first period altercation. In what can only be described as confusing, maybe even a little ridiculous, Peters received the only penalty on the play, picking up a...

The Ice Sheet: Malkin is Marvellous

Every day from Monday to Saturday, The Ice Sheet will take a look at the biggest stories in the league that happened on the ice and elsewhere the night before.With all of the talk about Alexander Ovechkin winning the Hart Trophy and the Art Ross trophies in a High School cakewalk, most people haven't quite noticed another...

A No-Brainer Rule Change

One of the most sensible rules changes in the NHL 2.0 reboot has been the one that prohibits defensive players from making a line change if their team is guilty of icing the puck. (You didn't think I was going to mention that asinine regulation that treats a puck over the glass with the same level of punishment as a...

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04/13/12 Regier, Ruff Will Remain With Sabres Next Season Source: Sports Business Daily Sabres President Ted Black said Wednesday that GM Darcy Regier and head coach Lindy Ruff are "safely entrenched in their positions," although the team missed the playoffs for the third time in five seasons and sixth in 10, according to John Vogl of the BUFFALO NEWS.
04/12/12 Owner says Buffalo Sabres moving forward with Lindy... Source: Erie Times-News - Erie PA Quickly putting aside the disappointment of missing the playoffs, the Buffalo Sabres are already turning their focus to how to improve next season.
04/11/12 Ruff declines Canada job Source: Edmonton Sun - Edmonton - AB - Canada Lindy Ruff, the longtime Buffalo Sabres coach, reportedly declined an invitation from Hockey Canada to coach at the world hockey championship.
04/11/12 NHL notes: Ruff declines Canada job Source: The London Free Press - London ON - Canada Lindy Ruff won't coach Canada at the world hockey championship next month in Helsinki.
04/11/12 : buffalo sabres lindy ruff darcy regier derek roy... Source: SceneDaily BUFFALO, N.Y.âBuffalo Sabres president Ted Black says the team is already looking ahead on how to rebound from this year's disappointing finish.