Author: Erik Wollschlager

Buffalo Sabres Top 25 Under 25, #8: Casey Mittelstadt

By Erik Wollschlager | Jul 31st 2020 | 3 min read |

The Top 25 Under 25 is a collaboration by members of the Die By The Blade community. It was a combination of seven staff writers and over 250 fans tha...

Buffalo Sabres Top 25 Under 25, #14: Rasmus Asplund

By Erik Wollschlager | Jul 18th 2020 | 4 min read |

The Top 25 Under 25 is a collaboration by members of the Die By The Blade community. It was a combination of seven staff writers and over 250 fans tha...

NHL and NHLPA agree on return to play format and CBA extension

By Erik Wollschlager | Jul 7th 2020 | 3 min read |

Despite growing concerns about spiking COVID-19 numbers in North America, which includes 35 NHL players (nearly 10 percent of the player pool,) the NH...

Buffalo Sabres Top 25 Under 25, #20: Jonas Johansson

By Erik Wollschlager | Jul 6th 2020 | 3 min read |

The Top 25 Under 25 is a collaboration by members of the Die By The Blade community. It was a combination of seven staff writers and over 250 fans tha...

Rivalry Week: Beauts and Rivs

By Erik Wollschlager | Jul 1st 2020 | 3 min read |

For fans of the NWHL, the Buffalo Beauts and New York (now Metropolitan) Riveters have provided five seasons of bitterly contested games. These tilts ...

Whitney Dove lifts Buffalo blueline

By Erik Wollschlager | Jun 9th 2020 | 2 min read |

After a few weeks of inaction, the Buffalo Beauts have signed former Providence defender Whitney Dove for the 2020-21 season. The two-way standout sco...

Nathan Oliver takes the reigns as Beauts GM

By Erik Wollschlager | May 19th 2020 | 5 min read |

Growing up in the greater Buffalo region, hundreds of thousands of children have aspired to don the uniforms of their hometown and represent their cit...

Times Infinity: Fan Poll

By Erik Wollschlager | May 5th 2020 | 2 min read |

It’s Marvel week here at SB Nation and your friendly neighborhood Die by the Blade staff want to get you, dear reader, involved in the action. Dark ...

Beauts bolster backend in 2020 NWHL Draft

By Erik Wollschlager | Apr 30th 2020 | 4 min read |

There are those looking out from their quarantine windows to what they believe to be an arid desert of a sports landscape, but they are missing the oa...

Player Report Card: Carter Hutton

By Erik Wollschlager | Apr 27th 2020 | 3 min read |

Total Season Stats: 12 Wins | 3.18 GAA | .898 SV% Age: 34 Contract Status: Signed through 2021 What is there to say about Carter Hutton that hasn’t ...