Ales Kotalik News

The Rangers agree to terms with former Sabres winger Ales Kotalik on Thursday. The Rangers added some scoring punch Thursday by agreeing to terms with free agent winger Ales Kotalik, who split last season between Buffalo and Edmonton.

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The hands were frozen in ice long before Ales Kotalik ever came to Edmonton. He had all but forgotten how to score in Buffalo, finding net just five times in his last 33 games with the Sabres.

Stay relaxed, but be intense. Don't let the losses eat away at you, but don't shrug them off.

The Buffalo Sabres signed slick-skating Tim Connolly to a two-year, $9 million contract extension today, ending trade speculation involving the playmaking center.

In his first appearance since breaking the NHL victory record, Martin Brodeur made 35 saves in the New Jersey Devils' 4-0 win over the Minnesota Wild on Friday for his 101st shutout, just two behind Terry Sawchuk's mark.

The Edmonton Oilers have posted at least one point for five games in a row. They hope to claim two in a second consecutive contest for the first time in a month when they visit the last-place Colorado Avalanche on Thursday night.

Henrik Lundqvist, who made his 60th start of the season, stopped Andrei Kostitsyn on Montreal's first attempt after making 26 traditional saves.

Trying to make a good first impression with your new teammates isn't easy when you haven't scored in a month.

Considering the temperature was hovering around the minus-30 C mark when the Edmonton Oilers landed at the International airport early yesterday morning, the two newest members of the club must have wondered ...

Leave it to Sabres General Manager Darcy Regier to embrace his custom and show up 20 minutes late for a news conference Wednesday in HSBC Arena.

There wasn't time for preliminaries. Ales Kotalik just slipped into his new No. 21 jersey and headed out for his first game with the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday.

Mike Harrington, who covers the Sabres as the beat reporter for The Buffalo News , and Helene Elliott, who writes a sports column for the Los Angeles Times , gave The Cult of Hockey a quick overview of what ...

Dominic Moore couldn't practice today as he waits for his work visa. He should have it straightened out by tomorrow's game so you'll likely see the new #17 take the ice.

In the days leading to the trade deadline, Ales Kotalik admitted he knew the Buffalo Sabres would be dangling his name because he was heading into unrestricted free agency.

BUFFALO, N.Y. : Sabres coach Lindy Ruff was afraid that the changes Buffalo made at the NHL trade deadline might be a distraction.

Ales Kotalik slipped into his new jersey, the one with the number 21, then headed out for his first spin with the Oilers.

There goes the shootout The second round pick the Sabres sent to Toronto was no their own as they traded Ales Kotalik to the Edmonton Oilers for their second-round pick.

This news is better than virtually any deal the Buffalo Sabres could make before Wednesday's NHL trading deadline.

The Buffalo Sabres have sent winger Ales Kotalik to the Edmonton Oilers for a second-round draft pick, according to TSN and SportsNet.