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Lindy Ruff says Josh Norris will miss “a significant amount of time,” but is still being evaluated.
11.10.2025 16:03 — 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 10 📌 1Amerks kick off their 70th season with a 4-3 win against the Marlies.
11.10.2025 01:47 — 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Tyler Kopff is hit along the wall by Matt Benning. Brendan Warren immediately steps up for him and drops the gloves with Benning. Kopff heads to the room.
11.10.2025 01:24 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Borya Valis pulls the Marlies within 4-3.
11.10.2025 01:19 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Logan Shaw scores for the Marlies to narrow it to 4-2.
11.10.2025 00:48 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Radim Mrtka with the pass to spring Warren, for his first AHL point.
11.10.2025 00:43 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Brendan Warren sprung on a breakaway and roofs it. 4-1 Amerks.
11.10.2025 00:39 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Borya Valis with a tap-in for the Marlies to cut it to 3-1.
11.10.2025 00:34 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 03-0 Amerks. Tyler Kopff snipes one on a 2-on-1 for his first career AHL goal.
11.10.2025 00:25 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Rosén 2, Marlies 0. Strikes quickly for another power-play goal just over a minute into the second.
11.10.2025 00:16 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Rosén opens the scoring with a one-timer from the right circle on the power play. 1-0 Amerks
10.10.2025 23:51 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Amerks' lineup:
Wahlberg-Helenius-Rosén
Fiddler-Schultz - Östlund - Neuchev
Kuntar-Leschyshyn-Joshua
Kopff-Slaggert-Warren
Novikov-Metsa
Jones-Komarov
Rathbone-Mrtka
Levi
Leinonen
Amerks warming up. Devon Levi led them out.
10.10.2025 22:31 — 👍 13 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
👋🏻 from Rochester for the Amerks’ season opener.
10.10.2025 22:21 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Lindy Ruff said Josh Norris is being evaluated and they’ll know more later today. New injury but similar to his last one.
Owen Power is going on the trip to Boston, could possibly play.
Zach Benson is being discharged todaybut won’t play. Target for him is Wednesday.
Lines:
Zucker-Kulich-Thompson
Quinn-McLeod-Tuch
Krebs-Danforth-Doan
Malenstyn-Kozak-Geertsen
Greetings from Harborcenter.
Josh Norris, Zach Benson and Owen Power are absent as practice gets going.
The Sabres have recalled Josh Dunne from Rochester.
10.10.2025 15:33 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Lindy Ruff didn't have an update on Josh Norris, who left the game late in the third.
Zach Benson was admitted to the hospital after the injury from taking a puck to the face yesterday resulted in something unexpected. Ruff expects him to be discharged tomorrow.
Final: Sabres fall 4-0
10.10.2025 01:43 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Empty-net goal for the Rangers. 4-0
10.10.2025 01:34 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0J.T. Miller makes it 3-0 with 2:49 to go in the third.
10.10.2025 01:33 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 02-0 Rangers. Carson Soucy from just inside the left circle.
10.10.2025 01:27 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Sabres kill off the penalty. Still trail 1-0 with just under eight and a half minutes to go.
10.10.2025 01:20 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Sabres unsuccessful on the power play. Then, about 30 seconds later, Danforth called for hooking. Rangers to the power play.
10.10.2025 01:18 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Sabres to the power play. Cuylle sits for tripping.
10.10.2025 01:13 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Sabres short-handed four seconds into the third period. Thompson off for high-sticking.
10.10.2025 01:00 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0After 40: Rangers still leading the Sabres 1-0. Shots on goal are 24-21 for Buffalo.
10.10.2025 00:41 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0A bit of a kerfuffle at the Rangers net after old friend Will Borgen objects to Zucker trying to put a puck past Shesterkin.
Ends with Borgen getting a penalty for roughing. Sabres to the power play.
Looks like Ruff has tweaked the left side on the forward lines.
Zucker is now with Norris and Thompson, Quinn with Kulich and Tuch, Krebs with McLeod and Doan.
