The Sabres’ season has begun inside frigid Northtown Center in Amherst. The first practice day of training camp has the team split into three groups, with the opening pack on the ice. Practices are set to end at 1 p.m.
The groups:
Group A
Forwards
Tyler Ennis-Ville Leino-Drew Stafford
Nathan Gerbe-Paul Gaustad-Patrick Kaleta
Marcus Foligno-Luke Adam-Zack Kassian
Derek Whitmore-Cody McCormick-Corey Tropp
Defense
Andrej Sekera-Tyler Myers
Mike Weber-Marc-Andre Gragnani
T.J. Brennan-Alex Biega
Goaltenders
Jhonas Enroth
Drew MacIntyre
Group B
Forwards
Thomas Vanek-Derek Roy-Jason Pominville
Michael Ryan-Travis Turnbull-Ales Kotalik
Riley Boychuk-Daniel Catenacci-Jacob Lagace
Cedrick Henley-Steven Shipley-Jonathan Parker
Defense
Jordan Leopold-Christian Ehrhoff
Robyn Regehr-Jerome Gauthier-Leduc
Nick Crawford-Corey Fienhage
Goaltenders
David Leggio
Nathan Lieuwen
Ryan Rondeau
Group C
Forwards
Matt Ellis-Jochen Hecht-Brad Boyes
Colin Stuart-Phil Varone-Shawn Szydlowski
Gregg Sutch-Kevin Sundher-Steven Beyers
(Empty)-Mark Voakes-Maxime Legault
Defense
Shaone Morrisonn-Dennis Persson
Drew Schiesetel-Joe Finley
Brayden McNabb-Mark Pysyk
Alex Lepkowski-Matt MacKenzie
Goaltenders
Ryan Miller
Jeff Jakaitis
---John Vogl