Practice Notes: Taylor Commented about Friday, Paetsch Out, Malone In
The team was on the ice at Bill Gray’s Iceplex this morning for a long practice after a disappointing game on Friday night. They made use of two sheets of ice without a break like they have had at the...
View ArticleAmerks Lose Second in a Row on the Road
The Syracuse Crunch are near the bottom of the league in the standings, they’re a young team but they looked like a league leading team on Wednesday night against the Rochester Americans. Dennis Yan...
View ArticleAmerks Win and Score 10 Goals for the First Time Since 2006
It’s all about how you come back from previous games. The Rochester Americans rebounded in a big way winning 10-3 against the Binghamton Devils after being shutout 5-0 by the same team last Saturday....
View ArticleWolf Pack Defeat the Amerks in a Shootout
The Amerks did something familiar on Saturday night, played beyond regulation time in a game this season. Out of 24 games played this season they’ve played 11 of them in overtime, five have gone into a...
View ArticleWilcox and Redmond Lead Amerks to a Sunday Win
The Amerks finished off a long weekend with a 4-1 win over the Sound Tigers and will head home earning five out of six possible points. Two wins and a shootout loss. Adam Wilcox was the first star of...
View ArticleA Great Weekend in Charlotte for the Amerks
The Amerks spent the weekend in Charlotte for back to back games and came out on top with three of four points, scored eight goals, a commanding 4-1 win and pushed a game to overtime after being down...
View ArticleSean Malone Knocked the Monkey off His Back
Sean “Mugsy” Malone is a player that we’ve mentioned a lot on Twitter during games but he hasn’t always been a name that gets brought up in stories, which is unfair, he has an impact in almost every...
View ArticleOvertime Loss to the Last Place Devils
The Amerks found a way to get a point on Saturday night in Binghamton battling back from two goals down but lost 34 seconds into the overtime session. Based on the pace of play if someone didn’t know...
View ArticleAmerks Shutout at Home in a Terrible Game
The article here earlier in the day was that the Amerks were looking to start winning games. That didn’t happen on Wednesday night. The Belleville Senators controlled the game from start to finish and...
View ArticleAmerks Steamrolled the Penguins
The story of the game was the mind boggling 12 goals that the Rochester Americans scored on Friday night on the way to a 12-3 win over the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. “It was an emotional win,”...
View ArticleDisappointing Weekend for the Amerks
A three game weekend comes to an end for the Rochester Americans and the main question is, what’s happened to this team? The good news is that even on the current pace they’re still guaranteed a...
View ArticleAmerks Fall to Fourth Place
The Syracuse Crunch played a dominating game on Wednesday night in Buffalo and sent the Rochester Americans sinking to fourth place in the North Division. It’s only a two point spread between second...
View ArticleJustin Bailey Shines but Amerks Skid Continues
The headline had the potential to say Justin Bailey shines in Amerks win but just like nine of the last 10 games the Amerks lose again. It’s the same thing game after game, the team does’t play a full...
View ArticleAmerks Defeat the Marlies with Six Goals in the Third Period
Justin Bailey responded on Saturday with another solid game and this time it wasn’t overshadowed by an Amerks loss. Two goals within the last 79 seconds of the game insured a 7-4 win over the league...
View ArticleAmerks Lose Again, Something They Mastered in the Third Quarter
The story repeats itself: Team doesn’t show up for a majority of a game and then a mistake results in an overtime loss. Travis St. Denis scored the easiest goal of the night 93 seconds into overtime...
View ArticleAmerks Finally Get Back to Back Wins
It took almost two months to happen but the Rochester Americans finally have back to back wins after finishing off Laval Rocket at home on Sunday afternoon. They were team wins as well, not just one...
View ArticleUllmark Called up; Bailey Suspended; Nylander Stats
The day started off with the news that the Buffalo Sabres have called up Linus Ullmark and it’s likely for him to play some games. Since Ullmark returned from his last call up in the middle of January...
View ArticleAmerks Lose after Giving Up a Four Goal Lead
The Rochester Americans came together as a team on Thursday night giving up six straight goals to the Bridgeport Sound Tigers and blowing a four goal lead. That’s right, the Amerks had a 4-0 lead at...
View ArticleAmerks Clinch a Spot in the 2018 Calder Cup Playoffs
The chase is on for the seventh Calder Cup in Rochester Americans history. The Amerks officially clinched spot in the 2018 Calder Cup Playoffs and it was a giant sigh of relief in the locker room. The...
View ArticleDown By Two the Amerks Win 5-3
The Rochester Americans went into the third period down 3-1, scored four unanswered goals and won 5-3. With three minutes left in the game it had the feeling of heading into another overtime game. The...
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