buffalonews.com - 12/10/2008
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Buffalo Sabres coach Lindy Ruff said today he was surprised when Ryan Miller told him that referee Tim Peel swore at the Buffalo goaltender during Monday night's game in Pittsburgh. "That would be unusual," Ruff said following today's morning skate. "The referees 99 percent of the time show a ...
sports.yahoo.com - 12/11/2008
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The Buffalo Sabres average 15.8 penalty minutes per
game. Last night, they had 16 PIM in their...
win against the Tampa Bay Lightning , their first game after an NHL referee used naughty language and made goalie Ryan Miller hug his security blanket a ...
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Buffalo media, fans try to keep Ref-Bleep Gate outrage alive
buffalonews.com - 12/9/2008
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buffalonews.com —
The Buffalo Sabres weren't happy with the officiating
during Monday's 4-3 win at Pittsburgh as they dealt...
with nine minor penalties and three two-man disadvantages. Goaltender Ryan Miller called it a "slanted officiating job" today and said the men in ...
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Miller claims ref cursed at him : Sports : The Buffalo News
buffalonews.com - 12/10/2008
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buffalonews.com —
Sabres notebook Miller says official used profanity At
the end of a routine 5 1/2-minute session with...
reporters Tuesday in the Amherst Pepsi Center, Buffalo Sabres goaltender Ryan Miller dropped a bit of a bombshell: The Sabres’ bench minor in the ...
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Miller says official used profanity : Sports : The ...
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Ruff Says The Right Words
KK Hockey —
... this is just that rare occasion, it’s a rare occasion that happened. For the most part, they keep a great handle on it because they take the majority of abuse in the games.”
Calls for comment to Stephen Walkom, the NHL’s officiating supervisor, have not been returned.
“There is no Ryan Miller situation,” Frank Brown, the NHL’s vice president of communications, said in an e-mail to The Buffalo News today.
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"There is no Ryan Miller Situation"
The Goose's Roost —
... Listen, if the NHL says that nothing happened on Monday then I believe them. Why? Because the NHL is always right about everything, and as an infallible governing body it is futile to question it. Nothing ever happens that is out of their control or doesn't fall in their favor. That's just how it is, and the sooner you understand that the sooner we all can get back to enjoying hockey. ...
Puck Headlines: Iowa Chops dancers are actually the Baby Backs?
Puck Daddy —
... Canucks were "dirtier than a Scottish toilet" against the Nashville Predators last night. [KB] Preview: Tampa Bay Lightning at Buffalo Sabres (7 p.m. EST; TV: SUN, MSG). Rick Tocchet hit back hard against Barry Melrose for calling him ownerships' puppet, and spoke with Steven Stamkos about Melrose's scathing comments about not being ready for the show. No Ryan Malone tonight. Referee Bleep-Gate is in full swing for Buffalo; wonder how the officials will react? ...
Buffalo media, fans try to keep Ref-Bleep Gate outrage alive
Puck Daddy —
... Outrage! Something must be done to thwart the rogue element of the Zebra Conspiracy against Buffalo! This is like the NHL's own Tim Donaghy scandal, only with less game fixing and more potty mouthing. Or so Buffalo would have us believe. The fact that this Ryan Miller/"go [bleep] yourself" story actually had legs proves that no mole hill is safe from mountain status if fans and media decide to make it so. The Buffalo News has written three different stories about Ref-Bleep Gate, including one today that brings the NHL into it ...
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Miller: Ref swore at me during game —
FOXSports.com News for NHL 12/10/2008
Sabres goalie Ryan Miller on Tuesday accused an NHL referee of using a profanity in response to a question the player asked during Buffalo's 4-3 win at Pittsburgh a night earlier.
Miller told several reporters after practice that the exchange ...
