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  • Healthy Shipley stoked for camp

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    Good news on the Sabres prospects injury front. After what was feared to be a fractured pinkie turned out to be just a bruise, Owen Sound center Steven Shipley is heading to Buffalo ready to show the Sabres that their choice in fourth rounders was a wise one. Shipley leaves today for Buffalo’s rookie camp.…

  • 9/10 Recap: Kassian gets tricky, heads to Buffalo on high note

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    Zack Kassian scored a hat trick and added an assist Friday to lead short-staffed Windsor to a 5-4 exhibition win over Sarnia. The entire OHL will breathe a sigh of relief beginning Saturday, as the 6’3 power forward will take some momentum to Buffalo for his second NHL training camp. It is expected that Kassian,…

  • 9/6 Recap: Kassian chips in, gets chippy

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    Zack Kassian collected three assists Monday as Windsor won a chippy pre-season contest over Plymouth, 6-2. Perhaps the toughest heavyweight in the entire CHL, the 6’3, 215-pounder also got to tune-up his left hook by pounding Whalers forward Ben Holtom into the ice midway through the third period. Monday’s contest, the second exhibition meeting between…

  • 9/5 recap: Shipley to the shelf

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    SabresProspects has learned that 6’2, 205-pound center Steven Shipley of the Owen Sound Attack could miss the remainder of the pre-season after breaking a finger in the first week of training camp. It’s a tough start for the Sabres 2010 fourth round pick after reporting a day behind schedule. We’ll keep tabs on the injury…

  • 9/3 Recap: Fienhage blazing trail; Kassian on track

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    Corey Fienhage made his WHL pre-season debut on Friday, earning three assists as Kamloops rode a five-goal third period to an 8-3 victory over Chilliwack. Fienhage was a big piece of the winning surge with all three of his helpers coming at even strength in the final frame. Kevin Sundher earned a power play assist…

  • Aaaaand….they're off!

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    The zambonis are tuned up, new sticks have been ordered, and the billets have cleared space. With QMJHL camps breaking ice and the rest of the CHL starting to follow suit, so begins another season of SabresProspects coverage. Finally. Aside from going to LA for the draft, hitting up prospect camp for a few days, doing…