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Stars Shine Against IceHogs in Rockford

ROCKFORD, Illinois – The Texas Stars, American Hockey League affiliate of the NHL’s Dallas Stars, came out on top 5-3 against the Rockford IceHogs Wednesday night at the BMO Center. Jacob Peterson tied the game 1-1 at 9:59 when he cleaned up a rebound in near the slot shot by Oskari Laaksonen. In t...

Dallas Stars Acquire Oskari Laaksonen

Rochester Americans

We have a trade to announce. The Dallas Stars have acquired defensive prospect Oskari Laaksonen from the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for another blueliner, Joseph Cecconi. Both teams have officially announced the deal. Laaksonen, 23, was a third-round pick of the Sabres at the 2017 draft, getting sel...

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Sabres prospect Oskari Laaksonen sent strong message by Amerks

Oskari Laaksonen

ROCHESTER – Buffalo Sabres defense prospect Oskari Laaksonen learned last month his offensive abilities will only take him so far. When the Calder Cup Playoffs began, Laaksonen, a regular for the Americans all season, sat out the first eight games as a healthy scratch, watching until Game 2 of the N...

Comets Weekly: Jack Rathbone scores first AHL goal while defence partner Jett Woo leads the team in plus-minus

Oskari Laaksonen

The Utica Comets played just one game over this past week and we saw rookie defender Jack Rathbone pick up his first AHL goal, bringing his points total to five points in three games played. Seems good. Jonah Gadjovich stayed hot with his seventh goal in eight games played this season, while Kole Li...

Will Borgen Out 6-8 Weeks With Fractured Forearm

Rasmus Ristolainen

The Buffalo Sabres already lost Jake McCabe to a season-ending knee injury and now will be without William Borgen for the next two months. The 24-year-old defenseman underwent surgery on a broken right forearm today and will miss approximately six to eight weeks. Borgen had actually made quite an im...

Sabres prospect Jack Quinn wows in pro debut with Amerks

Steven Fogarty

ROCHESTER – Seth Appert’s gut told him rookie Jack Quinn deserved an opportunity to follow C.J. Smith in the shootout. After starting his pro debut slowly, Quinn, 19, grew comfortable as Thursday’s game progressed. Late in the third period, the Sabres prospect created Steven Fogarty’s tying power-pl...