Sylvester, Dunleavy to fill-in for Sabres

(January 15, 2010) The Buffalo Sabres have announced they have secured the rights to broadcast the last four games of the current West Coast road trip, ensuring that local fans won’t miss any action this season. The Sabres will air the home team’s TV feed for the games in Anaheim, Los Angeles, San Jose and Vancouver. All games will air on MSG.

Tomorrow’s game against the Islanders is part of the previously announced package that sees the MSG HD broadcast available in Buffalo. Fans will be able to hear the Sabres’ broadcast crew, with the production originating from the local MSG crew in HD.

Buffalo’s next six games will also feature a different play-by-play voice on TV and radio, as legendary Sabres broadcaster Rick Jeanneret is taking a previously announced 12-day break. Jeanneret will return to the airwaves on January 27 vs. New Jersey. Harry Neale will remain in his usual position as radio analyst for all six games.

Sabres TV host Kevin Sylvester and Neale will call the action on TV and radio for Saturday in New York (7 p.m.), and Monday in Phoenix (8 p.m.). In addition, Rob Ray will join the crew for Monday’s game in Phoenix.

Dan Dunleavy will handle radio play-by-play duties on Tuesday in Anaheim (10 p.m.). Dunleavy is a sportscaster for the FAN 590 in Toronto, and is also the play-by-play voice of the World Junior Hockey Championship on the FAN Radio Network across Canada. Fans watching on TV will see the FSN crew of John Ahlers and Brian Hayward.

Paul Hamilton, the Sabres beat reporter for Sports Radio WGR 550, will be in the radio booth with Neale in Los Angeles on Thursday (10:30 p.m.), and San Jose on Saturday (10:30 p.m.). MSG will air the FSN Los Angeles team of Bob Miller and Jim Fox on Tuesday, and Comcast Sportsnet’s crew of Randy Hahn and Drew Remenda on Saturday from San Jose.

When the trip concludes in Vancouver on Monday (10 p.m.), Derek Wills will be the Sabres radio play-by-play man. A native of Port Colborne, Ont., Wills has been the voice of the AHL’s Hamilton Bulldogs since 2001. The TV broadcast will originate from Rogers Sportsnet that night, featuring John Garrett and Dan Murphy.

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