Home Minors Sabres Assign Former RPI Great Burgdoerfer To Rochester Minors Sabres Assign Former RPI Great Burgdoerfer To Rochester By Randy Schultz - December 9, 2016 575 0 Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest WhatsApp BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Sabres today announced the team has assigned defenseman Erik Burgdoerfer to the Rochester Americans (AHL).