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Melissa Burgess
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Freelance Writer, Freelance
Buffalo
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Biography
Melissa Burgess is a Buffalo, NY native who has been covering hockey since 2011. She currently covers women's sports and intersectional feminist issues at The Victory Press; the Buffalo Sabres at Die By the Blade; and writes feature stories for Canisius College's men's hockey team. She also volunteers with the OJHL's Buffalo Jr. Sabres, providing unique content for a variety of social platforms, coordinating in-game video entertainment and tabulating online scoring.
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By Melissa Burgess| Die by the Blade@ Score: Buffalo Sabres 6 | Boston Bruins 3Shots: BUF 37 | BOS 20Buffalo Sabres Goals: Tage Thompson (41, 42, 43), Alex Tuch (33), Rasmus Dahlin (15), Jason Zucker (21)Boston Bruins: Elias Lindholm (16), Morgan Geekie (29), Casey Mittelstadt (14)Sunday’s game did not start off well for the Sabres, as the Bruins absolutely dominated the first period. Lindholm opened the scoring just 3:37 in with Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen way out of position after making an initial save.
By Melissa Burgess| Die by the Blade@ Puck Drop: 6:00 PM ET | KeyBank Center | Buffalo, NYTV: MSG-BRadio: WGR 550Record: 31-37-9 | 71 PTSDivision Ranking: 7th in the AtlanticLast Game: 5-1 win over CarolinaPP: 15.1% (29th) – (Sabres 18.5%, 25th) *PK: 76.6% (23rd) – (Sabres 76.7%, 22nd) *The Bruins snapped a 10-game losing streak on Saturday night with a decisive 5-1 win over the Carolina Hurricanes. That 10-game skid, which lasted from March 13 through April 3, sent the Bruins to the bottom of the Atlantic Division.
By Melissa Burgess| Die by the Blade@ Puck Drop: 3:00 PM EDT | Capital One Arena | Washington, DCTV: MSG-BRadio: WGR 550Record: 47-16-9 | 103 PTSDivision Ranking: 1st in the MetropolitanLast Game: 4-2 loss to MinnesotaPP: 21.5% (17th) – (Sabres 17.9%, 26th)PK: 82.7% (3rd) – (Sabres 76.2%, 23rd)The big story of the season for the Capitals, aside from their obvious success, has been Alexander Ovechkin’s chase to catch & pass Wayne Gretzky for the most goals scored in NHL history.
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