Author:Keith Wozniak
Rochester Comments from Sexton and Botterill at the Draft
The 2018 NHL Draft is in the history books and everyone knows what Buffalo did so here’s some Rochester related comments. Jason Botterill and Randy Sexton met with the media after the draft and here’s what they had to say with direct relation to Rochester. The two interviews below are worth watching in their entirety …
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Amerks are Bringing Back MacWilliam and Atwal
Rochester Americans General Manager Randy Sexton announced on Thursday that the team has re-signed defensemen Andrew MacWilliam and Arvin Atwal to one year American Hockey League contracts. MacWilliam will be returning for his second season with the Amerks after establishing himself as a veteran leader on the blue line as a defensive defenseman. In 54 games …
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Zach Redmond Signs Two Year AHL Deal with Rochester
Rochester Americans General Manager Randy Sexton announced today that the team has signed defenseman Zach Redmond to a two-year American Hockey League contract. Redmond is a leader on and off the ice and having him back with the team is a great veteran signing. At the end of the season when I asked him about a personal highlight he …
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Amerks Outlook: Interview on Die By The Blade
The 2017/2018 Amerks season has been over for what feels like an eternity already so it was a good time to jump back into some thoughts on the season and what’s ahead. I answered some questions about the culture change, Alexander Nylander (compared him to Marek Zagrapan), players to keep an eye on and who …
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Amerks Announce 2018/2019 Opponents
The Rochester Americans announced who they’ll be playing in the upcoming 2018/2019 season and they will play against 15 different teams (same as the 2017/2018 season) and all of them are in the Eastern Conference. All games are an even amount of home and away. The full schedule will be released in the summer. Leading …
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Justin Danforth Signs with Rauman Lukko in Finland
Justin Danforth will not be returning to the organization next season, he has signed with Rauman Lukko in Finland. Danforth was named the 2017/2018 ECHL Rookie of the Year playing with the Cincinnati Cyclones. Danforth played five games on an amateur tryout contract with the Rochester Americans at the end of the 2016/2017 season and impressed …
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Amerks Sign Defenseman Tobie Paquette-Bisson
The Rochester Americans have signed defenseman Tobie Paquette-Bisson to a two year AHL contract. TVA Sports first reported the news. He’s a 21 year old 6’3″ defenseman currently playing in the QMJHL with Blainville-Boisbriand Armada, a team currently in the final round for the President’s Cup. In 59 regular season games this season he had 4 …
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Amerks Sign Pascal Aquin to his first Pro Contract
The Rochester Americans have signed the first new depth player for the 2018/2019 season, left winger Pascal Aquin. This will be his first pro contract after finishing his last season as an overage player in juniors. He’s an undrafted 6’1″ 205 pound physical forward. The 20 year old played with Charlottetown Islanders of the QMJHL and …
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Blue Cross Arena Exchange St Expansion
The City of Rochester is at it again with another band-aid proposed for the Blue Cross Arena. They’re now calling it the Exchange St expansion. This one adds on to the existing proposal for new bathrooms and upgrades to the audio visual systems. On April 23, 2018 the City of Rochester issued a request for proposal …
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Player Thoughts from the Amerks 2018 Locker Clean Out
The ice is gone, the bags are packed, the locker room is empty and players are making plans to go back home for the summer. Locker clean out’s are complete and with that comes end of season thoughts and looking forward. Getting swept in three games by Syracuse wasn’t how anyone wanted the season to …
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Zero Playoff Wins – Amerks Season is Over
The 2017/2018 Rochester Americans season is over after losing three straight games to the Syracuse Crunch. The better team won. Playoff hockey requires a team game that Syracuse had, Rochester didn’t. It was an impressive crowd for a Wednesday night and the first round of playoff hockey, especially with the team down by two games …
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Season Defining Night; Player Performances Through Two Games
The Amerks are down 2-0 in the best of five series but aren’t out of it yet. A season isn’t over until that final hand shake line and that’s the last thing the team wants to do on home ice. If you’re reading this and live in Rochester you should be at the game. Emotions are …
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