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Corey Tropp was injured Oct. 15. ©2013, Dan Hickling, Olean Times Herald
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Portland Pirates, Rochester Americans, Rolston, Schaller, Tropp, Vanek, Washington Capitals
Bill Hoppe     Olean Times Herald
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BUFFALO – Sabres prospect Corey Tropp, thought to be done for the season after suffering ligament damage in his right knee playing for Rochester opening night, made a surprising return to the Americans’ lineup Friday in their 4-1 home loss to the Toronto Marlies.

Tropp damaged the medial collateral ligament and anterior cruciate ligament Oct. 15 after scoring twice in the Amerks’ 6-5 win over the Syracuse Crunch.

The 23-year-old winger underwent surgery later in the fall. He had an assist Friday.

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Corey Tropp hasn't played since opening night. ©2013, Dan Hickling, Olean Times Herald
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Rochester Americans, Tropp
Bill Hoppe     Olean Times Herald
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BUFFALO – Sabres prospect Corey Tropp, thought to be done for the season after suffering ligament damage in his right knee playing for the Rochester Americans opening night, will return to the lineup tonight, WHTK’s Rob Sanderson reports.

Tropp damaged the medial collateral ligament and anterior cruciate ligament Oct. 15 after scoring twice in the Amerks’ 6-5 win over the Syracuse Crunch.

The 23-year-old winger underwent surgery later in the fall.

Tropp played 34 NHL games last season, compiling three goals, eight points …

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Jason Pominville (front) and Thomas Vanek began skating together regularly last season. ©2013, Dan Hickling, Olean Times Herald
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Adam, Carolina Hurricanes, Hodgson, Leino, NHL Lockout, Pominville, Rochester Americans, Roy, Ruff, Tropp, Vanek
Bill Hoppe     Olean Times Herald
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BUFFALO – Early in the second period of the Sabres’ 2-1 win Monday, Thomas Vanek knocked Nikolai Kulemin down in his own zone, grabbed the loose puck and zoomed down the left wing into Toronto territory on a three-on-two break.

Vanek then laid a perfect pass over to Jason Pominville, almost without looking, as he stopped at the top of the left circle. Cody Hodgson, meanwhile, was roaring to the crease with a defender, giving Pominville an open look at the …

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Mark Mancari re-signed with the Sabres in July. ©2012, Dan Hickling, Olean Times Herald
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Brennan, Foligno, Free Agency, Hodgson, Leggio, Mancari, NHL Lockout, Pegula, Rochester Americans, Rolston, Tropp
Bill Hoppe     Olean Times Herald
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BUFFALO – You can’t turn down a one-way contract, Mark Mancari said. No way. Not when you’ve been making around $50,000 most of your career in the minors.

So when the Vancouver Canucks guaranteed him $525,000 as free agency opened in 2011, the high-scoring winger left the Sabres organization after six seasons.

“You go. You don’t think too much about it,” Mancari said Tuesday inside the First Niagara Center prior to the Rochester Americans’ 3-1 win over the Hamilton Bulldogs. “You take …

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Corey Tropp was injured late in Friday's season-opening win. ©2012, Dan Hickling, Olean Times Herald
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NHL Lockout, Rochester Americans, Rolston, Tropp
Bill Hoppe     Olean Times Herald
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BUFFALO – Corey Tropp, a ferocious third-year winger who became a Sabres regular late last season, will likely miss the rest of the 2012-13 campaign after suffering ligament damage in his right knee.

Tropp told the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle he damaged the medial collateral ligament and anterior cruciate ligament Friday late in the Rochester Americans’ 6-5 season-opening AHL win over the Syracuse Crunch.

The MCL can heal through rehabilitation. He’ll eventually need ACL surgery, the paper reported.

“It’s kind of worst-case scenario,” …

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Mark Pysyk blocks a shot in his professional debut Friday. ©2012, Dan Hickling, Olean Times Herald
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Adam, Foligno, French Connection, Girgensons, Hodgson, Leopold, Mancari, Martin, McCormick, NHL Lockout, Perreault, Pysyk, Rankin, Robert, Rochester Americans, Schedule, Stafford, Tropp, Varone
Bill Hoppe     Olean Times Herald
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ROCHESTER – The 42nd opening night in Buffalo Sabres history would’ve been “huge,” winger Drew Stafford said, even “amazing.” New seasons breed hope and optimism, and if the NHL lockout wasn’t in its 28th day, both would be sweeping through Buffalo right now.

The club was scheduled to host Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins tonight inside a capacity First Niagara Center.

The Sabres, healthy and stocked with offseason reinforcements, might’ve been considered a chic Eastern Conference contender again. Their dizzying late-season …

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Marcus Foligno established himself as a top NHL talent late last season. ©2012, Dan Hickling, Olean Times Herald
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Adam, Gerbe, Grigorenko, Hodgson, Mancari, Miller, NHL Lockout, Pominville, Pysyk, Regier, Rochester Americans, Rolston, Tropp, Vanek
Bill Hoppe     Olean Times Herald
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BUFFALO – They’re back for another unexpected AHL run, kicked to the minors again by the NHL lockout.

Marcus Foligno dominated at times during his late-season recall, compiling six goals and 13 points in a rollicking 12-game stretch. By mid-March, the winger had become a star and a Sabres fan favorite.

Center Cody Hodgson, meanwhile, established himself as a regular last year, scoring 19 goals while setting a league record for road appearances.

Both would be virtual locks to make the big club …

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Cody Hodgson will return to the Sabres after the lockout ends. ©2012, Janet Schultz, Olean Times Herald
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Adam, Armia, Biega, Boychuk, Catenacci, Crawford, Flynn, Foligno, Gauthier-Leduc, Girgensons, Grigorenko, Hodgson, Knapp, Legault, Lieuwen, MacKenzie, Makarov, McNabb, NHL Lockout, Parker, Porter, Pysyk, Rochester Americans, Sundher, Szydlowski, Tarnasky, Tropp, Varone
Bill Hoppe     Olean Times Herald
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BUFFALO – With an NHL lockout likely hitting at midnight tonight, the Sabres loaned 20 AHL-eligible players, including forwards Marcus Foligno and Cody Hodgson, to the Rochester Americans on Friday.

Also assigned were: forwards Luke Adam, Riley Boychuk, Brian Flynn, Zemgus Girgensons, Jacob Lagace, Jonathan Parker, Kevin Sundher, Shawn Szydlowski, Corey Tropp, Phil Varone; defensemen Alex Biega, Nick Crawford, Jerome Gauthier-Leduc, Matt MacKenzie, Brayden McNabb, Mark Pysyk; goalies Connor Knapp and Nathan Lieuwen.The Sabres also sent forwards Kevin Porter and Nick …

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Thomas Vanek last hit the 40-goal mark in 2008-09. ©2012, Dan Hickling, Olean Times Herald
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Ellis, Foligno, Gerbe, Kaleta, Leino, Pominville, Stafford, Tropp, Vanek
Bill Hoppe     Olean Times Herald
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BUFFALO – Five years after the Sabres matched the astonishing seven-year, $50 million offer sheet Edmonton awarded winger Thomas Vanek, the star expected to score 40 goals annually and flirt with 50 has averaged just 32 a season.

At times, Vanek still utterly dominates the game like few players can these days. See the beginning of 2008-09, the end of 2009-10 and the start of his past one season for proof.

For long stretches, however, the Austrian’s barely an above-average scorer, even …

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Marcus Foligno had six goals and 13 points during his latest recall. ©2012, Micheline Veluvolu, Rochester Americans
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Brennan, Foligno, McNabb, Rochester Americans, Tropp
Bill Hoppe     Olean Times Herald
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BUFFALO – The Rochester Americans’ playoff push got a big boost Friday, as the Sabres assigned rookie wingers Marcus Foligno and Corey Tropp to their 11th-place AHL affiliate.

Foligno and Tropp had secured regular NHL roles recently, impressing during the Sabres’ run at the postseason, which ended with Thursday’s 2-1 loss in Philadelphia.

The Amerks, two points behind eighth-place Houston for the final Western Conference playoff spot, have five games remaining. They play tonight in Hamilton and Sunday in Glens Falls.

It’s possible …

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