Author:Keith Wozniak
Redmond Earns Eddie Shore Award as Top Defenseman
American Hockey League Press Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Zach Redmond of the Rochester Americans is the winner of the Eddie Shore Award as the AHL’s outstanding defenseman for the 2018-19 season. The award is voted on by coaches, players and members of the media in each of the league’s 31 cities. Redmond finished …
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Recap of 2018-2019 Amerks Regular Season Stats
The Rochester Americans return to the ice Wednesday morning to prepare for the 2019 Calder Cup Playoffs and continue the goal they set in the preseason – to be an elite playoff team. The regular season was just about as good as it can get in terms of stats and finishing third overall in the …
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Recap of the Last 6 Games (Games 71-76)
Welcome to the 15th part of a 15 part season series highlighting the last five games. Well, this last segment is six games, showing off the stats, standings, highlights, transactions and whatever else took place. These were a little different than a weekly format and if you read them, thank you. Will likely take a …
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Defenseman Jacob Bryson Signs ATO and ELC
The Buffalo Sabres announced that defenseman Jacob Byrson has signed his three-year entry level contract for the 2019-2020 season and has also signed an Amateur Tryout with the Rochester Americans. The ATO contract allows him to join the Amerks be eligible for the 2019 Calder Cup playoffs. Bryson completed his junior season at Providence College …
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Six Amerks Scored 20 Plus Goals, First time in Over 20 Seasons
There’s a lot of remarkable achievements for the 2018/2019 Rochester Americans in the regular season. They were third overall in the league, they had the best road record, and they also tied a franchise record for road wins in a season with 25. They also scored a lot of goals finishing third overall in the league …
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Amerks Had Some Performance Anxiety on Home Ice
The Rochester Americans have finished their regular season and after looking at the numbers they may want to think about limiting the number of tickets sold for Friday games in the playoffs. Not really. Well, maybe. Overall the team finished with a 21-17 (21-14-2-1) record on home ice. One win was on the road in …
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Chris Taylor and the 46 Plus Win Club
The Rochester Americans won their 46th game of the season Sunday afternoon in Belleville and also earned there 99th point in the standings to finish the regular season. Compared to franchise history, this years team is tied for 7th overall at 46 wins and tied for 8th all time with 99 points. Chris Taylor is …
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First Pro Game and First Win for Luukkonen
The Ukko-Pekko Luukkonen era in the organization started Sunday afternoon when he played his first professional game and earned his first professional win with 32 saves against the Belleville Senators. The Amerks won 4-2 fueled by three power play goals and five players from the Cincinnati Cyclones filling in roster spots. Luukkonen finished the game …
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Crunch Clinched the North with a 4-3 Win over the Amerks
The Rochester Americans played to the final buzzer in Syracuse on Saturday night in an attempt to still have a shot at the North Division title but it wasn’t enough. Syracuse clinched the division with a 4-3 win on home ice. It was a better game than Friday night but a turnover late in the …
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2019 First Round to feature Amerks vs Marlies
The opponent is set and the dates are locked in. The Rochester Americans will take on the defending Calder Cup Champion Toronto Marlies in the first round of the 2019 Calder Cup Playoffs. The first round is a best of five series. All rounds after are best of seven. In six games during the 2018/2019 …
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Nine to Sit Out the Finale, Five Up from Cincy
Today is the last game of the regular season for the Rochester Americans and it’ll be a meaningless game for them. The team traveled to Belleville following the 4-3 loss in Syracuse and while half of the team boarded the bus there were nine other players that went back to Rochester. Syracuse clinched the North …
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Amerks Sign Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
The Rochester Americans signed goalie Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (also to be referenced as UPL) to an Amateur Tryout (ATO) after his OHL season came to an end with the Sudbury Wolves. The Wolves were eliminated in the first round of their playoff series. Luukkonen was drafted 54th overall in the second round of the 2017 NHL …
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