NHL Snipers » Drew Stafford

Drew Stafford, Derek Roy, and Tyler Ennis hook up for a pretty goal!

Mike — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 01:47:55 +0000

Tyler Ennis cashes in after a pair of pretty assists from Drew Stafford and Derek Roy.

Sabres re-sign Drew Stafford – 4 years/$16M

Mike — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 18:08:19 +0000

Buffalo Sabres GM Darcy Regier announced today the Sabres have agreed to terms with forward Drew Stafford, who was set to become a Restricted Free Agent on July 1 on a multi-year contract.

“It was important for us to get Drew locked up,” said Regier. “What we saw from Drew this season is exactly what we envisioned when we drafted him. Drew will continue to be an important part of our team in the coming years.”

Stafford (10/30/1985, 6’2”, 214 lbs.) is coming off a 2010-11 season that saw him finish second on the team with a career-high 31 goals in 62 games, including a league-best four hat tricks. The 25-year-old also posted career-highs in both points (52) and power play goals (11). In five seasons with Buffalo, Stafford has 196 points (94+102) in 317 career games.

Stafford was Buffalo’s first-round selection (13th overall) in the 2004 Entry Draft, and played three years at the University of North Dakota.

Drew Stafford celebrates Festivus!

Mike — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 06:32:57 +0000

Caption Contest: Sabres Style

Mike — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:21:58 +0000

Drew Stafford re-signs with the Buffalo Sabres…

Mike — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:02:31 +0000

Per NHL.com:

Buffalo Sabres General Manager Darcy Regier announced the team has signed forward Drew Stafford to a two-year deal.

Stafford (10/30/1985, 6-2,220 lbs) appeared in 79 games last season collecting NHL career-highs in goals (20), assists (25) and points (45). During the 2008-09 campaign, Stafford had 12 multi-point games and picked up his second career hat trick on January 12 against the Edmonton Oilers.

In three NHL seasons with Buffalo, Stafford has totaled 110 points (49+61) in 184 games.

The native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin was selected by the Sabres in the first round (13th overall) in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft.

Random Goal of the Day: 7/21/09 Drew Stafford

Mike — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:19:32 +0000

Drew Stafford Undresses Mike Van Ryan and Justin Pogge

Mike — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:38:03 +0000

I watched this goal live and immediately went into the “Jaw-dropped WOW Face!”

As a former player, this move is hard enough to pull off without a defender in your face. Then if you are lucky enough or good enough to get around the defender, you usually have nothing left and just throw the puck randomly at the goalies pads.

What does Drew Stafford do? He seemlessly undresses Mike Van Ryan like it was yesterdays news then continues to roof the puck over Justin Pogge. How frickin incredible was that!

This Basically Sums Up the Buffalo-Edmonton Game Last Night

Mike — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:39:43 +0000

The Buffalo Sabres absolutely destroyed the Edmonton Oilers last night. 10-2! Lindy Ruff just did not lay off the gas. That is exactly what a team fighting for a playoff position needs though. From Yahoo!:

Drew Stafford scored his first of three goals 10 seconds into the Buffalo Sabres’ 10-2 rout of Edmonton on Tuesday night.

“There were plenty of areas of our game plan that could be criticized,” MacTavish said. “We were just chasing our tails all night. We’re not as masochistic as it may seem watching that game. We have to execute our game plan a whole lot better than we did.”

Thomas Vanek and Derek Roy had a goal and two assists apiece for the Sabres, who also got goals from Nathan Paetsch, Jochen Hecht, Jaroslav Spacek and Tim Connolly with a pair.

Buffalo (25-18-5) has won four of five and eight of 11 games.