Buffalo Sabres GM Darcy Regier today announced Kevyn Adams has been selected as the team’s new Assistant Coach. Adams will join Head Coach Lindy Ruff and Assistant Coach James Patrick behind the bench for the 2011-12 season.
Adams joined the Sabres’ coaching staff in 2009 as Player Development Coach. His primary duties during the past two seasons have been working with players on their individual skills through on-ice drills and off-ice video sessions.
Prior to joining the Sabres’ coaching staff, Adams played 10 seasons in the NHL, collecting 136 points on 59 goals and 77 assists in 540 games. The Clarence, NY native was selected 25th overall in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft by the Toronto Maple Leafs. Adams went on to play for six clubs, including the Maple Leafs, Columbus Blue Jackets, Florida Panthers, Carolina Hurricanes, Phoenix Coyotes and Chicago Blackhawks. During the 2005-06 season, Adams set a career high in goals (15) and was named an assistant captain while playing a key role in leading the Hurricanes to their first Stanley Cup in franchise history.
Things are beginning to slow down after a crazy first week of free agency, but there’s plenty of names out there yet to sign, not to mention news coming out of Buffalo Bills training camp each day.
Therefore, we’ll keep out daily post going today with all the happenings with the Bills and around the league for Wednesday. Barring a major story, we’ll limit all noteworthy items to this post, so keep checking back regularly and as always— make the refresh button your best friend forever.
9:15am: Without any roster moves, yesterday was stills significant for the Bills, albeit for the wrong reasons. We learned that WR Marcus Easley and rookie ILB Kelvin Sheppard will both miss at least a week of training camp with injuries. That’s never good news for a pair of guys the team is hoping will be able to contribute plenty this year, especially Sheppard. We also learned that undrafted UB rookie Domonic Cook likely saw any chance of making the team dashed when it was revealed he’ll miss 4-6 weeks with a knee injury.
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Canisius College graduate Sean Jamieson has been named the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Male Student-Athlete of the Year. Jamieson is the first Golden Griffin male athlete in school history to win the award, which is voted on by the schools in the MAAC.
Jamieson, the MAAC Co-Player of the Year and All-MAAC First-Team selection, started 57 games at shortstop this season, leading Canisius in batting average (.350), runs scored (60), home runs (13), RBI (51), walks (34) and stolen bases (22). Jamieson also earned Capital One Academic All-America Second-Team honors and was named a Louisville Slugger National Player of the Week (March 28). He also was one of 10 shortstops named a semifinalist for the Brooks Wallace Award Watch List, an award given to the top shortstop in the country.
Following the 2011 season, Jamieson was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the Major League Baseball Draft. Jamieson was selected in the 17th round (No. 526 pick overall). Jamieson is the sixth Canisius College baseball player associated with the program to be drafted in the last four years. The Simcoe, Ontario native is currently playing for the Vermont Lake Monsters of the New York-Penn League.
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