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Junior Sabres Win Home Opener

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AMHERST – Michael Ederer (Lancaster, NY) scored a hat trick as the Buffalo Jr. Sabres won their home opener Monday night, defeating the Toronto Lakeshore Patriots, 8-4, at the Northtown Center at Amherst.
Daniel Lafontaine (Lloyd Harbor, NY) opened the scoring in the first period with his second goal of the season unassisted. He then assisted on Ederer’s first goal as did Max Mikowski (Fredonia, NY).
Darren McCormick (West Seneca, NY) scored twice for the Buffalo Jr. Sabres, while Nolan Sheeran (East Amherst, NY) and Pat Egan (Rochester NY) provided Buffalo’s other goals.
Joseph Pianta (Woodbridge, ON) stopped 19 shots to earn his second straight win.
The Jr. Sabres (2-0) next host the Toronto Jr. Canadiens on Wednesday at the Northtown Center, beginning at 7:30 p.m.
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Photo: Buffalo players line up for intros at the home opener (credit Ken Czworka, OJHL Images)
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Janet has been covering women's hockey for over 35 years. Along with a 38 year career in Public Relations and over 40 years photographing sports, she found a passion in women's hockey. Her initial story was on the founding of the Niagara University D1 program, she expanded to collegiate and youth and was active in the founding and promoting of the WNY Girls Varsity Ice Hockey Federation. When Professional Women's Hockey hit the ice she was there, one of the first to release the story in WNY. Along with her husband, Randy, people comment that if there's hockey, the Schultz's are there!