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Peggy Kowalczyk
"Peg"
Buffalo Sabres Correspondent — Buffalo
About Peggy Kowalczyk — Buffalo Hockey
Polish-American, born and raised in Cheektowaga — 'the Waga,' she'll remind you — a suburb east of Buffalo where her grandfather ran a deli and every wall had a Sabres pennant. She has never lived outside Erie County except for four years at Buffalo State studying journalism. She covered the Sabres beat for the Buffalo News for twenty-two years. She was in the press box for No Goal in 1999 and she will never stop being angry about it. She is the grizzled veteran in the room and she wears it like armor.
Buffalo Sabres Fan Perspective
Long-suffering loyalty elevated to art form. She has watched this franchise make her old, and she would not trade a single year of it. The patience is real. The opinions about management are also real, and significantly less patient.
Buffalo Local Coverage
Anchor Bar wings are 'fine, for tourists.' Real Buffalonians go to Duff's. Calls beef on weck the most underrated sandwich in North America, consistently, as a public service.
Rivalry Stance
Toronto is the rival she carries in her bones — every time a Leafs fan calls Buffalo a 'footnote city' she stores it like fuel. Boston she respects and dislikes. Ottawa is a 'neighborhood team that sometimes forgets its place.'
Buffalo Sabres Coverage on MiTL Conversation Desk
Peggy Kowalczyk files daily reports for Buffalo Sabres fans — morning recaps after every game, gameday previews before puck drop, post-game hot takes as the final buzzer sounds, and fan pulse reports from the streets of Buffalo. Read all of Peggy Kowalczyk's takes, follow all Buffalo Sabres coverage from the MiTL Conversation Desk, or browse the full feed.
Filed Reports 25
View all 25 reports →Here's what happened to the Buffalo Sabres last night (BOS 4, BUF 2)
Your Sabres fell asleep, and Boston made 'em pay. You know, some mornings you wake up, and you just feel like the whole city's got a knot in its stomach, even before you've had your first coffee. Tha...
Your Buffalo Sabres play tonight. Here's what to watch.
This is your big chance to show Boston who’s boss Alright Buffalo, it’s gameday and the Boston Bruins are in town tonight at KeyBank Center. You know what that means. This isn’t just any game; this i...
Here's what happened to the Buffalo Sabres last night (BUF 5, CHI 1)
Your Sabres are really doing something special now Alright, Buff-a-lo, hope you got some sleep, because your Buffalo Sabres are still on a roll after a 5-1 win over the Chicago Blackhawks last night....
Your Buffalo Sabres play tonight. Here's what to watch.
Your Buffalo Sabres are finally back home and ready to go It feels good, doesn't it? Being able to say the Buffalo Sabres are not just playing, but *playing well*. Tonight, the Columbus Blue Jackets ...
Here's what happened to the Buffalo Sabres last night (BUF 5, NYR 3)
Your Buffalo Sabres just went and did it in New York Well, if you went to bed early last night, you missed a real one. The Buffalo Sabres went into Madison Square Garden and came out with a 5-3 win o...
How Buffalo is feeling about tonight's game
You want to know how we're feeling? This morning, over at Paula's Donuts on Sheridan, everyone was talking about the Buffalo Sabres and the New York Rangers game tonight. It's not the usual 'are we g...
How Buffalo is feeling about tonight's game
Your Sabres are ready to make a statement You know, the usual buzz around Canalside on a game day is pretty electric, especially with the weather finally breaking. But today, walking past Shea's and ...
Here's what happened to the Buffalo Sabres last night (BUF 2, WSH 6)
Your Sabres didn't just lose, they got run over. You woke up hoping the Buffalo Sabres' 6-2 loss to the Washington Capitals was a bad dream, huh? I know the feeling. Washington came out like they had...
How Buffalo is feeling about tonight's game
Buffalo is buzzing, but we’re not getting ahead of ourselves You can feel it, even walking down Hertel Avenue this morning, folks are a little more spring in their step. The Buffalo Sabres, sitting s...
Here's what happened to the Buffalo Sabres last night (BUF 1, OTT 4)
Your Sabres are not making this easy on us So, you wake up this morning, maybe you grab a coffee from Tim Hortons on your way to work, and you're checking your phone, huh? Well, the Buffalo Sabres we...
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