There's still no word whether anyone will get to watch the Buffalo Sabres this season, but the Rochester Americans will be on television in Western New York.
The Sabres' minor-league club announced today that Time Warner Cable SportsChannel will televise 16 of its games this season. The first of 14 home games will air Oct. 19 when the Amerks host Grand Rapids. The games will be simulcast with the Amerks' radio broadcasts, with Don Stevens doing play-by-play and former Sabre Ric Seiling serving as the color analyst.
Time Warner will also broadcast two road games and pick up the Syracuse play-by-play feed.
The full schedule:
Friday, Oct. 19 vs. Grand Rapids (7 p.m.), Main Channel (SD)*/713 (HD)
Friday, Nov. 2 vs. Hamilton (7 p.m.), Main Channel (SD)*/713 (HD)
Friday, Nov. 23 vs. Albany (7 p.m.), Main Channel (SD)*/713 (HD)
Friday, Dec. 7 vs. Adirondack (7 p.m.), Main Channel (SD)*/713 (HD)
Friday, Dec. 21 vs. Binghamton (7 p.m.), Main Channel (SD)*/713 (HD)
Saturday, Jan. 12 at Syracuse (7:30 p.m.), Main Channel (SD)*/713 (HD)
Friday, Jan. 18 vs. Syracuse (7 p.m.), Main Channel (SD)*/713 (HD)
Friday, Jan. 25 vs. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (7 p.m.), Channel 87
Friday, Feb. 1 vs. Toronto (7 p.m.), Channel 87
Saturday, Feb.2 at Syracuse (7:30 p.m.), Main Channel (SD)*/713 (HD)
Wednesday, Feb. 20 vs. Texas (7 p.m.), Channel 87
Wednesday, Mar. 13 vs. Binghamton (7 p.m.), Main Channel (SD)* 13/713 (HD)
Friday, Mar. 15 vs. Albany (7 p.m.), Main Channel (SD)*/713 (HD)
Wednesday, Mar. 27 vs. Syracuse (7 p.m.), Main Channel (SD)*/713 (HD)
Friday, Mar. 29 vs. Toronto (7 p.m.), Main Channel (SD)*/713 (HD)
Friday, Apr. 5 vs. Lake Erie (7 p.m.), Main Channel (SD)*/713 (HD)
*Main Channels (SD) in the Buffalo area: City of Buffalo – 25; Suburbs of Erie County, Niagara County and Westfield, NY – 52; Olean, NY – 49; Dunkirk, NY – 27; Jamestown and Fredonia, NY – 41.
---John Vogl
