From playing their college hockey in Minnesota to making their NHL debuts for the Sabres on the same March night last season and sticking on the roster of out of training camp this September, the career paths for Hudson Fasching and Casey Nelson have run parallel early on.
You can add another chapter to that story after this weekend, when both players were sent down for their first games in the American Hockey League with Rochester. Fasching and Nelson played two games each, both wins for the Amerks, and both scored goals in their first game on Friday.
The two rookies were recalled and back on the ice with the Sabres for practice on Sunday.
Fasching, Nelson hope to benefit from AHL experience
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