Author:Keith Wozniak
Conor Allen Heads to Germany
The Rochester Americans are down a defenseman, one who rarely played. Today the Grizzlys Wolfsburg of the DEL in Germany announced that they used their final foreigner license of the season to sign Conor Allen. The Grizzlys have three games left in their season before starting the playoffs (source). Allen was never really given the chance …
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Overtime Loss to the Last Place Devils
The Amerks found a way to get a point on Saturday night in Binghamton battling back from two goals down but lost 34 seconds into the overtime session. Based on the pace of play if someone didn’t know anything about the two teams they would’ve thought these teams were equals. Binghamton Devils are in last …
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Big Goal for Gionta with a Big Crowd
The obvious story line of Friday night was the one game professional tryout contract that Brian Gionta signed to play for the Rochester Americans. Within the first minute of the game he had the games first scoring chance rushing the net. There was a buzz of energy in the building every time the puck touched …
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Gameday vs Marlies Notes and Quotes
The long stretch away from home ice advantage is finally over and the Amerks are back in Rochester to play against the first place Toronto Marlies for Hometown Heroes night. So far this season the Marlies are 2-1 against the Amerks. Rochester 0 @ Toronto 2 (Jan 26 2018) Final Rochester 2 @ Toronto 0 …
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Amerks Sign Brian Gionta to One Game Deal
The Rochester Americans and Brian Gionta surprised everyone for the second time this season, this time announcing they’ve agreed to a one game professional tryout. Gionta will make his debut for the Amerks on Friday February 2, 2018 at Blue Cross Arena when the team hosts the Toronto Marlies. “Brian has been practicing with us …
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Roster Moves and Injury Updates
The Amerks finished their weekend road trip to Canada and have sent Justin Danforth, Arvin Atwal and Eric Knodel back to the Cincinnati Cyclones. Justin Danforth was an anticipated call up as a leading scorer in the ECHL. He played on Saturday night against Belleville and three shots playing on a line with Adam Krause …
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Gameday: Amerks at Marlies, Depth and Talking with Danforth
The Rochester Americans finish their lengthy set of road games this weekend on the road tonight in Toronto and Saturday night in Belleville. Rochester and Toronto have split the season series 1-1. Toronto won the first game 3-2 in Rochester. Rochester won the second game 2-0 in Toronto. Rochester and Belleville have played four times …
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Sean Malone Knocked the Monkey off His Back
Sean “Mugsy” Malone is a player that we’ve mentioned a lot on Twitter during games but he hasn’t always been a name that gets brought up in stories, which is unfair, he has an impact in almost every game. Focus on watching him play – you’ll see him hustle hard on every shift, never coasting. “He’s …
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Amerks Add a Leading ECHL Scorer
The Amerks made a somewhat surprising move on Wednesday afternoon by adding Justin Danforth to the roster calling him up from the Cincinnati Cyclones. Danforth has 22G+22A in 38 games with the Cyclones (they’ve played 38 games). He also has a +20 rating with 5 power play goals and 1 short handed goal. He’s tied …
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Ullmark is Playing for the Cup; CJ Smith Ends his Slump
After a great weekend in Charlotte the Amerks returned home to practice for road games ahead vs Toronto and Belleville before the All-Star break. They had won 4-1 and then were down 4-1 and scored three goals before losing in overtime. Seth Griffith talked about the win on Saturday saying, “We came out hot. We …
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Interview with Amerks GM Randy Sexton
The Rochester Americans are into the second half of the season and have been a top team in the league since the end of October. A key architect behind the turnaround this season is Amerks GM Randy Sexton. The word culture is repeated often and while it can be thought of as a buzz word …
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A Great Weekend in Charlotte for the Amerks
The Amerks spent the weekend in Charlotte for back to back games and came out on top with three of four points, scored eight goals, a commanding 4-1 win and pushed a game to overtime after being down three goals. That’s a great weekend on the road. The Amerks have earned points in four straight …
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