Author:Keith Wozniak
Amerks Head into Christmas Break with 5-1 Loss to Hartford
This recap is directly from Amerks.com (Rochester, NY) … After allowing a pair goals in each of the first and third periods in the second-leg of a two-game set with the Hartford Wolf Pack (14-14-1-2), the Rochester Americans (18-10-2-0) closed out their final game before the Christmas break on the wrong side of 5-1 decision …
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Amerks Tripped Up by Wolf Pack
This recap is directly from Amerks.com (Rochester, NY) … The Rochester Americans (18-9-2-0) and Hartford Wolf Pack (13-14-1-2) combined for four goals in the second period before the Wolf Pack tacked on two more in the third to come away with a 4-2 win in the first of back-to-back meetings between the two teams Friday …
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Jack Dougherty is a Defensive Prospect to Watch
Jack Dougherty is a defenseman that has quietly been playing a solid game. The word quietly has been used because he’s not making a lot of flashy plays or putting up a lot of points, he’s simply playing a defensive and getting his job done. Through 14 games he has 5 points (1G+4A) and is …
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Criscuolo Excited for Return Tonight; Back to Back vs Hartford
The Rochester Americans have back to back home games this weekend hosting the Hartford Wolf Pack and they’ll have a forward back in the lineup that has missed a majority of the season so far – Kyle Criscuolo. He was injured in a game against Utica on October 26 and has been out of the …
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Amerks Disappoint Again on a Wednesday Night
When this Rochester Americans team loses a game they make sure to lose it in a memorable way. They aren’t good memories either. After two disappointing Wednesday night losses at home in a row it’s tough for anyone who was at the game to think about this as a first place team. Typically when a …
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Criscuolo Returning, Defensive Moves, and Building the Gap
There’s three games remaining before Christmas break for the Rochester Americans and they’re on pace with their goal to build a gap in the standings and have a short time off on a winning streak. Sitting in first place with 38 points (18-7-2-0) the Amerks have a six point lead over Syracuse (who has three …
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Beyond The Blade: Amerks Weekly | Episode 8
Welcome to the eighth episode of our Amerks weekly podcast on Beyond The Blade between myself, Keith Wozniak, and Chad DeDominicis from Die By the Blade. It’s a short podcast where we discuss what’s currently going on with the Rochester Americans and what’s happened since the previous episode. This week we talk about injury call ups, 2-1 week, …
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Adam Wilcox Earns Win Over the Monsters in Overtime
The wins aren’t always going to come in easy ways and when they aren’t you have to rely on goaltending and that’s what the Rochester Americans did for the second night in a row. Adam Wilcox made 30 saves in the 2-1 overtime winner on the road in Cleveland to end the weekend with back …
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Scott Wedgewood Defeats the Cleveland Monsters
That game on Friday night was goalie Scott Wedgewood vs Cleveland Monsters with the goalie coming out on top. Wedgewood had 42 saves in his first game in almost two weeks to back stop the Amerks to a 3-1 win on home ice. First period ended without a score but Cleveland had a 14-6 advantage …
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Gameday Preview: Cleveland Monsters at Rochester Americans
The Cleveland Monsters visit Rochester for the first time this season even though it’s technically the second home game for the Amerks. The two teams last played on November 5 at KeyBank Center in Buffalo. Justin Bailey and Wayne Simpson had two goal nights in that game leading the Amerks to a solid 5-2 win …
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Recap of the Last 5 Games (Games 21-25)
Welcome to the fifth part of a 15 part season series highlighting the last five games (the last segment will be six games) showing off the stats, standings, highlights, transactions and whatever else took place prior to the next five games. The goal is to post these the day of the next game of a …
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Amerks Lose Due to Turnovers and Another Slow Start
On Wednesday afternoon there was an article posted here about the Rochester Americans having a team meeting last week where they talked about getting back to playing the right way and being a better team. That all sounded great but those thoughts were apparently sent down the Genesee River on Wednesday night before the game …
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