One year ago yesterday, Lindy Ruff leaned back in a folding chair at the Prudential Center media room and cracked wise about his unlikely journey that season. In that brief moment, the self ...

Editor’s note: Lindy Ruff was hired to coach the Buffalo Sabres on Monday. This story was originally published on April 20, 2023, when Ruff was coaching the New Jersey Devils. A quarter century ...

The Buffalo Sabres have rehired Lindy Ruff, the last head coach to lead the franchise to the NHL playoffs back in 2011. Ruff, 64, was fired by the New Jersey Devils after 61 games this season.

Two games into the Devils’ 82-game regular season, during their home opener, the chants began. “Fire Lin-dy.’’ That collective message rained down loud and clear, from the announced crowd ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Back for a second stint as Sabres coach, Lindy Ruff appeared a little grayer Tuesday, said he’s a bit wiser and sounded more motivated than ever to restore success to a ...

Lindy Ruff faces a crucial challenge with Jesper Bratt this season. While his primary task is pulling Devils out of their long rebuild –– they’ve only made the playoffs once in the past 10 ...

The New Jersey Devils fired coach Lindy Ruff on Monday and named assistant Travis Green as the interim replacement for the rest of the season. General manager Tom Fitzgerald made the surprising ...

Lindy Ruff didn't say yes right away when Kevyn Adams offered him the role as head coach of the Buffalo Sabres. Ruff lost his job only six weeks earlier because the New Jersey Devils failed to ...

Sabres Hire Lindy Ruff as Coach. He Guided Buffalo to the Playoffs in 2011 BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Lindy Ruff has some unfinished business in Buffalo. Some 11 years after being fired as the Sabres ...

Lindy Ruff mentioned twice in his reintroductory press conference in KeyBank Center last week that the Buffalo Sabres roster he’s inheriting as head coach resembles the one that he led to the ...

Ruff Focuses on Finishing Job to Fix the Sabres Next Year After 600th Win as Buffalo's Coach BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Lindy Ruff gave a brief wave to acknowledge the applauding crowd before turning ...

PRAGUE — Lindy Ruff walked into the visitors’ locker room at SAP Garden in Munich before the Buffalo Sabres’ exhibition game against Red Bull Munich last week and casually strode to the ...