Author:Keith Wozniak
Tyler Plante Leads Amerks Out of Last Place
The Rochester Americans have finally gotten themselves out of last place in the American Hockey League led by Tyler Plante with a 4-1 win on Tuesday night on the road against the Iowa Chops. The game was further evidence of a Jekyll and Hyde type of team that the Amerks have become. The Amerks played …
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Keaton Ellerby Assists on Rampage Game Winning Goal
The Rochester Americans finally had the chance to climb out of last place in the league on Sunday, but they failed in a 2-1 loss against the San Antonio Rampage. The Amerks are only trailing the 28th place Springfield Falcons by one point in the standings. The Falcons lost earlier in the day against the …
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Riley Emmerson vs Francis Lessard Fight Video
Only 2:36 into Sundays game Riley Emmerson of the Rochester Americans dropped the gloves and exchanged about a dozen punches with Francis Lessard of the San Antonio Rampage. Each player kept their helmets on the entire time, more than likely due to the fact that AHL League President and CEO David Andrews was in attendance …
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Rochester Americans Live on the NHL Network
If you’re not going to the game, and have the NHL Network, make sure to set your DVR to record the Rochester Americans vs Binghamton Senators Saturday afternoon at 2pm. This is the fifth consecutive season that NHL Network has televised games from the AHL, most recently having provided live coverage of the entire 2008 …
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Riley Emmerson vs Sean McMorrow Fight Video
As expected, Riley Emmerson and former Amerk Sean McMorrow dropped the gloves the second the puck hit the ice on Wednesday night. This is Emmersons first year in the American Hockey League and he continues to square off against any of the known “heavyweights” he plays against. Many had questions about Emmerson, but he continues …
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Amerks Lack of Effort Could Be the Issue
The Rochester Americans were defeated by the final score of 2-1 at Blue Cross Arena on Wednesday night against the Rockford IceHogs, one of the top teams in the league. The Amerks lone goal was scored with 50 seconds left in the game, too little too late. The penalty kill was the shining moment of …
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Plante Returns; Tuesday Morning Practice and Injury Updates
Good morning from the spacious Blue Cross Arena for the Rochester Americans Tuesday morning practice, this place feels like the worlds best hockey arena after watching so many practices recently at the igloo known as ESL Centre. The Amerks are back on the ice preparing for Wednesday nights game against the Rockford IceHogs. Former Amerk …
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Mike Brodeur Suffers Groin Injury in Loss to Grand Rapids
According to a report in the Grand Rapids Press, Rochester Americans goaltender Mike Brodeur injured his groin and left the game after the first period of play during the Rochester Americans 8-4 loss to the Grand Rapids. He played the entire first period, so we’re hoping that after the first it was determined he should …
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Rochester Americans Travel to Grand Rapids; Sprukts Loaned to Latvia
The All-Star break has come to a close which means the season is starting to wind down for the Rochester Americans, which is probably considered a good thing. The team is on the road this weekend for back to back games against the Grand Rapids Griffins. A week ago against Thursday when they lost to …
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Amerks Sign Ross Carlson
Rochester Americans General Manager Jody Gage announced today that the club has signed forward Ross Carlson to a 25-game professional tryout (PTO). Ross, 26, arrives in Rochester after spending the first-half of the 2008-09 season with the Florida Everblades of the ECHL, where he registered 22 points (10+12) along with 14 penalty minutes (PIM) in …
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2009 AHL All-Star Classic Pictures
We managed to take almost 1,000 pictures at this past weekends 2009 AHL All-Star Classic in Worcester and finally have all of them uploaded to our flickr account. It’s going to take us some time to tag all of them so that you can easily search and find pictures of any players you may be …
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Rochester to host AHL All-Star Game in 2011?
In two years the American Hockey League will be having it’s 75th anniversary of the All-Star Classic and the league still needs a home for the event. The President and CEO of the AHL stated at the annual state of the league address that he would like to have it in a city that has …
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