17/10/11 - 23/10/11

Montreal Canadiens 4 - 2 Buffalo Sabres

Despite a decent last week, it was generally expected that the first of the Northeast division games would not go Buffalo's way, and it was Jason Spezza's scoring touch that put the Habs up for good - he scored twice, his fourth and fifth of the season so far, and provided Olli Jokinen with a third for a 3-0 lead. Jay McClement and Martin Legault both opened their accounts this year with their first goals, but the attempted comeback stuttered and stalled completely when Pascal Leclaire was pulled at the end of the third period and Joni Pitkanen sealed the victory with an empty netter. The Amerks had a little better luck, but still fell 3-2 to the Hamilton Bulldogs.

Buffalo Sabres 4 - 2 Phoenix Coyotes

Likewise, this game was over almost before it had begun, with three goals in the first twenty-five minutes doing a lot of damage to the hapless Yotes. Rick Nash opened the game up with a goal in the eleventh minute and set up Martin Havlat to expand the margin to two, while Robert Nilsson waited until the second frame to score his first of the year. Bobby Ryan and Niklas Hagman were on hand for Phoenix to pull the game back in the opening minutes of the third period, but there was to be no love for them here; it wasn't an empty net goal, but Marian Hossa made do by scoring on a late powerplay to send the Sabres fans home happy. The Amerks fell to another defeat, being shut out by Dustin Butler and the Utah Grizzlies 4-0.

Detroit Red Wings 3 - 2 Buffalo Sabres

Once again, one of the teams involved got off to a flying start, and it was Devin Setoguchi's turn - his two goals in the first period gave him six for the season, and he also provided the assist for Ryan Stoa's short-handed goal in the second. Stoa's goal cancelled out Sid Sorensen's, and even though Rick Nash added another, there was never going to be any joy in this game, as the Red Wings came out pissed after being bested by St. Louis earlier in the week. Similarly, the Amerks found themselves facing a Grand Rapids Griffins team that was just different class, and were, unsurprisingly, locked down in a 2-0 defeat.

Current Record: Buffalo - 2-3-0-2, 6 points
Rochester - 1-6-0-0, 2 points
Player of the Sim: Sid Sorensen - 1 goal + 3 assists = 4 points