Lindy Ruff is returning to Buffalo for a second stint as coach of the Sabres. General manager Kevyn Adams announced the hiring Monday. Ruff coached the Sabres from 1997-2013 and was the last person to guide them to the playoffs. Buffalo fired Don Granato after missing the playoffs for a fourth consecutive season with him in charge.
FILE - New Jersey Devils head coach Lindy Ruff , center, looks toward the ice during the third period of an NHL hockey game against the Carolina Hurricanes in Raleigh, N.C., Feb. 10, 2024. Ruff is returning to Buffalo for a second stint as coach of the Sabres. General manager Kevyn Adams announced the hiring Monday, April 22, 2024. General manager Kevyn Adams announced the hiring Monday.
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During his time in Buffalo, Ruff guided the team to the playoffs eight times, including a Stanley Cup Final appearance in 1999, when the Sabres lost a six-game series to Dallas. The decisive game was decided on Brett Hull’s goal scored in triple overtime. It still is referred to as the “No goal” game in Buffalo because replays showed Hull’s left skate was in the crease, which should have disallowed it, given the rules at the time.Buffalo’s 13-season playoff drought is the longest in the league.
“This is a team ready to take the next step,” Ruff said. “I am both humbled and honored to be trusted to help this team win now. It is not a job that I take lightly. … There is no doubt that we all need to embrace the challenge ahead of us. The work starts today and I could not be more excited.” Ruff was fired by the Sabres a month into the lockout-shortened 2013 season and replaced by minor league coach Ron Rolston. Buffalo has since gone through five more coaches — Ted Nolan, Dan Bylsma, Phil Housley, Ralph Krueger and Granato. Adams has a connection to Ruff as he was an assistant on his staff in Buffalo in 2011 and fired after the ’13 season.
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