Author:Keith Wozniak
A Friday Night Game to Forget
The playoff bound Rochester Americans went into the game on Friday night riding a three game winning streak and left the building wanting to have a short memory forgetting that the game against Belleville took place. The Senators scored four second period goals on the way to winning 5-1. For what it’s worth, Belleville also …
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Criscuolo Returns to the Blackwell Show
It’s the first week of April, it’s snowing out and the Rochester Americans have five games left before the playoffs. The final stretch starts tonight at home against Belleville. Kyle Criscuolo will be back in the Amerks lineup after missing 13 games while up with the Buffalo Sabres (even though he was injured the whole …
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Colin Blackwell Leads Amerks to Third Straight Win
Two weeks ago the Rochester Americans had lost four straight, couldn’t figure out what was going on and talked about needing to string some wins together. Last weekend Chris Taylor shared some “not so nice words” during a first period intermission. Tonight the Rochester Americans came from behind again to win 3-2 over Laval Rocket. …
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Down 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 team said hold on, we’ve got this. The first 40 minutes of the game had a different feel to it. …
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Colin Blackwell and Zach Redmond Lead Amerks to an Overtime Win
The Rochester Americans may have finally found the way to win an overtime game, score within 12 seconds before the other team has the chance to posses the puck. Seems like a pretty simple idea but puck possession is something they’ve struggled with. Going into Friday night they had lost the last three games played …
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Two High Sticks and a Turnover Results in Another Loss
The Rochester Americans made more mistakes than the Utica Comets and it cost them the game. Utica scored one power play goal that went off of Justin Bailey’s stick, a 5 on 3 power play goal and then a turnover at the Amerks blue line. The post game report doesn’t need more than that. Wednesday night …
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Blackwell Referred to Tonight as a Statement Game
In the 10th game of the season between the Rochester Americans and Utica Comets there’s a lot on the line as they face off for the last time in the regular season. The Comets have lead the way so far with a 6-1-1-1 record against the Amerks. “We want them to be scared playing against …
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Borgen Decided He was Ready and Made the Call
Will Borgen made his debut at Amerks practice on Tuesday morning fresh off his season ending at St Cloud State and starting his pro hockey career. The contract was finalized over the weekend, he flew out on Monday, started practicing on Tuesday. In his first pro practice he was paired up with veteran defenseman Nathan …
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Peterson is Familiar with the Amerks Standings; Mittlestadt is Not AHL Eligible
The Rochester Americans returned to work this morning with a practice session that included Judd Peterson, one of two new players that’s joining the team to finish out the season. Will Borgen is the other player that’ll be joining the team and he’ll be at practice on Tuesday, was traveling on Monday. After practice Peterson …
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Two New Amerks: Will Borgen and Judd Peterson
The Rochester Americans clinched a playoff position on Saturday night and on Sunday afternoon added two college players to the roster, defenseman Will Borgen and forward Judd Peterson. They’ve both signed ATO’s (amateur tryouts) and will be eligible for the Amerks playoff run. Will Borgen also signed an NHL entry level contract that will start …
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Amerks 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 door opened a little bit later than usual as the team enjoyed the moment together that they’ve worked …
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Another Loss After Another Hat-trick Against
The Rochester Americans may have added a new record to the record books, consecutive games played in with a hat-trick being scored. On Friday night it was the fourth straight game they’ve played in with a player having a three goal game. Only one of the games has been a Rochester player. Travis St Denis …
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