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Outdoor air brings 'kid' out of Sabres, Penguins

By Scott Burnside
ESPN.com

Monday, December 31, 2007

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- As the Buffalo Sabres whirled around the new ice at Ralph Wilson Stadium on Friday, coach Lindy Ruff looked up, saw the snow wafting through the air and the smiles on his players' faces, and decided to chuck the remaining drills he'd had planned. "Halfway through practice, I looked at our practice sheet and I said, 'We got to get rid of our last couple of drills and just let them scrimmage, get back to playing a little pond hockey for 10 minutes,'" Ruff said. "Let them e ...

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