Bill Hoppe

Buffalo

Reporter at Buffalo News

Contributor at WBFO-FM (Buffalo, NY)

Covering the Buffalo Sabres for the Times Herald. Email me at [email protected].

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Levi looks back on being one 28 goalies to blank Ovechkin

1 week ago | niagara-gazette.com | Bill Hoppe

Buffalo Sabres goalie prospect Devon Levi considers himself fortunate. In his one career appearance against Alex Ovechkin, the greatest goal scorer in NHL history never landed his wicked one-timer on net. “I’m one of the lucky ones,” joked Levi, who has spent most of this season starring for the Rochester Americans. kAm~? }@G] aa[ a_ab[ {6G: >256 ae D2G6D :? 9:D `dE9 DE2CE 7@C E96 $23C6D[ 2 c\b @G6CE:>6 C@25 =@DD E@ ~G649<:?’D (2D9:?8E@? r2A:E2=D]k^Am kAm~G649<:? C68:DE6C65 7@FC D9@ED @?
Sabres prospect Devon Levi feels ‘lucky’ to earn Budweiser can by holding Alex Ovechkin goalless

1 week ago | buffalohockeybeat.com | Bill Hoppe

Buffalo Sabres goalie prospect Devon Levi considers himself fortunate. In his one career appearance against Alex Ovechkin, the greatest goal scorer in NHL history never landed his wicked one-timer on net. “I’m one of the lucky ones,” joked Levi, who has spent most of this season starring for the Rochester Americans. On Nov. 22, 2023, Levi made 26 saves in his 15th start for the Sabres, a 4-3 overtime road loss to Ovechkin’s Washington Capitals. Ovechkin registered four shots on goal that night.
No timetable set for Sabres D Power's 'serious' lower-body injury

1 week ago | niagara-gazette.com | Bill Hoppe

BUFFALO – Sabres defenseman Owen Power suffered what appears to be a serious injury when Florida Panthers center Carter Verhaeghe fell on his left leg in Saturday’s 3-2 shootout loss, coach Lindy Ruff said. “Don’t really have a time frame yet, but it looks to be (serious),” Ruff said of Power’s lower-body injury prior to Tuesday’s game against the Toronto Maple Leafs at KeyBank Center. kAm!@H6C’D D62D@?[ @7 4@FCD6[ :D @G6C] #F77 D2:5 E96 J@F?8DE6C H@F=5 36 6G2=F2E65 282:?
Sabres’ Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen shines loss to Maple Leafs: ‘He was dialed in’

1 week ago | buffalohockeybeat.com | Bill Hoppe

BUFFALO – So much for that late-season optimism the Sabres had been generating. Suddenly, they’ve lost four straight games. Not that they’ve been performing poorly, mind you. No, they’ve led in three of those contests and lost once in a shootout. They haven’t been finding ways to win like they did beginning in mid-March.
Sabres’ Connor Clifton adds first goal to stat line featuring more than 200 hits

1 week ago | buffalohockeybeat.com | Categories Byram |Bill Hoppe

BUFFALO – By his 71st appearance, Sabres defenseman Connor Clifton couldn’t get that goose egg attached to his name out of his head. As a defenseman the Sabres value for his gritty play, they don’t expect him to produce much offense. Still, he wanted to score at least one goal this season. “I was thinking about it, trying to get that zero to one,” he said prior to Tuesday’s game against the Toronto Maple Leafs at KeyBank Center.
Owen Power’s injury appears to be serious; Sabres to make recall

1 week ago | buffalohockeybeat.com | Bill Hoppe

BUFFALO – Sabres defenseman Owen Power suffered what appears to be a serious injury when Florida Panthers center Carter Verhaeghe fell on his left leg in Saturday’s 3-2 shootout loss, coach Lindy Ruff said. “Don’t really have a time frame yet, but it looks to be (serious),” Ruff said this morning in KeyBank Center. Ruff said Power, 22, will be evaluated again today and later this week. He doesn’t know if surgery will be needed.
Miller focusing on next phase of life after being honored by Amerks

1 week ago | niagara-gazette.com | Bill Hoppe

ROCHESTER – Right now, Buffalo Sabres legend Ryan Miller is busy interviewing goalie prospects and writing reports, his final preparations for the NHL Draft. Later this month, Miller, 44, will be in Texas watching prospects at the World Under-18 Junior Championship. kAm%96D6 52JD[ |:==6C[ H9@ C6E:C65 :? a_a`[ H@C<D 2D 2 8@2=:6 D4@FE 2?5 56G6=@A>6?E 4@249 7@C E96 $2? y@D6 $92C<D] xE’D 2 ;@3[ 8:G6?
Sabres legend Ryan Miller happy in role as goalie scout and development coach with Sharks

1 week ago | buffalohockeybeat.com | Bill Hoppe

ROCHESTER – Right now, Buffalo Sabres legend Ryan Miller is busy interviewing goalie prospects and writing reports, his final preparations for the NHL Draft. Later this month, Miller, 44, will be in Texas watching prospects at the World Under-18 Junior Championship. These days, Miller, who retired in 2021, works as a goalie scout and development coach for the San Jose Sharks. It’s a job, given his long and successful career and cerebral approach to hockey, he seems perfectly suited for.
Sabres prospect Konsta Helenius shows confidence by scoring hat trick, nifty goal for Rochester

1 week ago | buffalohockeybeat.com | Bill Hoppe

ROCHESTER – Buffalo Sabres prospect Konsta Helenius has bounced back from a 13-game goal drought in emphatic fashion, recording his first hat trick for the Americans before scoring arguably the most dynamic goal of his rookie season. To wit: in Friday’s 4-2 loss, the slick center unleashed a hard backhander after cutting to the slot from the right circle – “Made a little dangle,” he said – with Laval Rocket defenseman William Trudeau hectoring him and two opponents behind him.
Thomas Vanek possessed special ability similar to Sabres star Tage Thompson’s

1 week ago | buffalohockeybeat.com | Bill Hoppe

BUFFALO – Twice earlier this week, Sabres coach Lindy Ruff was asked if winger Tage Thompson’s dynamic ability to shoot the puck and finish reminded him of anyone. The first time, Ruff acknowledged he couldn’t offer a good answer. But after reflecting and putting more thought into it, he had a name ready. “I’d probably put Thomas Vanek in that category,” Ruff said prior to Tuesday’s 3-0 win over the Carolina Hurricanes at KeyBank Center.