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  • Byron, Myers, Ennis to join WJC hopefuls

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    2007 sixth round pick Paul Byron with be joining 2008 first rounders Tyler Myers and Tyler Ennis at Team Canada’s summer camp for the 2009 World Junior Championships. Forty-five players will gather at the University of Ottawa for the five-day camp, the first chance for head coach Benoit Groulx and his staff to get a…

  • 3/28 Recap: Kennedy clicks; Allard goes hard

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    Tim Kennedy scored a power play goal and added an assist as Michigan State opened the NCAA tourney with a 3-1 win over Colorado College. The defending champion Spartans got on the board when a dangling Kennedy scooped up a loose puck, and calmly slid it to his backhand past CC netminder Richard Bachman. Freshman…

  • Five fight for Frozen Four

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    Five Buffalo Sabres prospects will take the ice in the NCAA Tournament. Without an overdrawn explanation, let’s take a look at the field of sixteen: EAST – Albany Michigan vs Niagara St. Cloud State vs. Clarkson WEST – Colorado Springs Colorado College vs. Michigan State (Tim Kennedy, Corey Tropp) Notre Dame vs. New Hampshire MIDWEST…

  • 3/16 Recap: Kennedy, Tropp get unlikely break

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    In CCHA tourney play, wingers Tim Kennedy and Corey Tropp were each held scoreless as #3 seed Michigan State was ousted by #6 Northern Michigan, 3-2. Tropp, on a break with Kennedy and Justin Abdelkader, missed an opportunity by clanging one off the post in the middle period. The NMU win sends the ‘Cats to…

  • 3/15 Recap: Gerbe gains; Eno, Eidsness exit

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    Someday the Sabres will achieve synergy in all facets of the organization. On a night when the top club gave Toronto a licking to boost their playoff hopes, a few members of the prospect stable had their seasons derailed by key losses. Not all was bad, though. One name in the “good” column is that…

  • 3/14 Recap: Bye week good for Gerbe, Biega, Kennedy

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    In the opening game of their Hockey East quarterfinal series, Nathan Gerbe scored the final two Eagle goals as Boston College cruised past Providence, 5-1. Gerbe scored his 25th when a Benn Ferriero shot went wide, bouncing off the end boards to the waiting winger at the right side of the Friars cage. He later…

  • 3/1 Recap: Kennedy, Brennan stay warm

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    In Sweden, Jhonas Enroth made 36 saves as SSK fell out of the elitserien race with a 2-1 loss to Linkopings. With the 2006 2nd round pick pitching a shutout in his last start, SSK coach Leif Stromberg bucked his rotation to stay with the hot hand. Tied at one entering the third, SSK poured…

  • 2/29 Recap: Byron extends; Breault and Kennedy keep going

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    In the Q, Paul Byron ran his point-streak to ten games with an assist in Gatineau’s 7-0 dismantling of Shawinigan. Byron has 18 points during the tear, and is averaging 1.26 points per game this season. The Ottawa native was given a game misconduct after a second period incident that reportedly involved him “going after…

  • 2/23 Recap: Breault goes 1-2-3 for B-C

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    2006 pick Benjamin Breault scored his 28th goal of the year and added a pair assists in Baie-Comeau’s 6-3 win over Quebec. Breault, whose goal came while being down a man, was named the game’s first star with his three point night. He now has 63 points in 54 games as the top-line pivot for…

  • 2/22 Recap: Gogulla passes in the clutch

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    In DEL play, Philip Gogulla continued to rack up assists with two more in Cologne’s 5-4 OT win over Duisburg. Down 4-2 with under three minutes to play, Gogulla picked up the primary helpers as the Sharks rallied with two goals in 1:40 to force the extra session. The Dusseldorf-born left wing furthered his career…