Sabres Links: Grigorenko scores first AHL goal, Americans involved in line brawl, Reinhart with bigger bodies

There's a lot of Americans news as they opened their season last night. Although they pulled off the victory, the game ended very ugly.

By Jack N. Goods@GoodsOnSports Oct 11, 2014, 6:00am EDT

Mikhail Grigorenko scored his first AHL goal in the Americans' 6-1 thrashing of Adirondack. He also was a part of the brawl at the end of the game, starting after Trevor Gillies decided to slam William Carrier's head into the ice after a fight [Sabres Prospects]
Sam Reinhart will be flanked by Chris Stewart and Marcus Foligno when the Sabres play tonight [Sabres.com]
The Sabres will host the 2016 NHL Draft according to reports [Buffalo News]
The Sabres sent Johan Larsson down to Rochester yesterday [Twitter]
Terry Pegula officially was introduced as the Bills owner today, and like his Sabres presser he was emotional [Buffalo News]
The Hockey News unveiled their AHL predictions, and they have the Americans finishing sixth in the Western Conference [The Hockey News]
Akim Aliu's tryout continues with the Americans [Rochester Democrat & Chronicle]

The Islanders crushed the Hurricanes in an early game with draft implications [TSN]
Andrew Barroway became the primary owner of the Coyotes yesterday [Sportsnet]

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