Author:Keith Wozniak
Comets Defeat the Amerks Again
The Utica Comets defeated the Rochester Americans again. The good news is that the two teams only play one more time in the regular season and hopefully that’s it. The Comets have had the Amerks number all season and won again on Wednesday night in the second straight shootout. The season series is now 6-1-1-1 …
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Gameday in Utica; Guhle Day to Day; Two Player Moves
The Amerks are on the road to play the Comets, a team they’re very familiar with after playing them eight times in 40 games so far this season. The Comets have the upper hand in the season series with a 5-1-1-1 record. Three games have been decided in a shootout, two in overtime and Utica …
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Amerks Look to Stop Downward Trend After Losses
The second half of the season isn’t off to a good start for the Rochester Americans. A blowout loss followed by a shootout loss. They’ve only scored one goal in two games including an overtime session. They also had a penalty shot and three shootout attempts they weren’t able to score in. Utica gained another …
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Gameday vs Utica; Recap of Friday and Saturday
The story for the Monday afternoon home game will be how the Amerks respond to a big loss against the Syracuse Crunch on Saturday night. The 1pm game vs the Utica Comets will be the eighth of ten games between the two teams this season. The season series right now has the Comets at an advantage …
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Amerks Mid Season Report: A Fun Winning Team
We’re at the half way point of the 2017/2018 for the Rochester Americans and it’s a great season so far. Expectations have been set for spring hockey and it’s full steam ahead towards that goal. The last season that the Amerks won a playoff series was also the last season they broke the 100 point …
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Gameday vs Binghamton Notes and Quotes
It’s gameday in Rochester and tonight starts a stretch of four games over the next six days. They host the Binghamton Devils tonight, a team they had beaten 10-3 back on November 24 on home ice. This is also the same team they had lost 5-0 against just six days prior. Chris Taylor said Binghamton …
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Amerks Lose in Overtime to the Senators
The Amerks were less than 15 seconds away from winning in regulation but a late goal allowed the Senators to tie it up and eventually win in overtime. A bright spot is that Rochester continues to lead the league with their road record and is still the only team halfway through the season to only …
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Marty Biron to the Amerks Hall of Fame
Everyone loves Marty Biron and that’s why the Amerks Hall of Fame Committee selected him to be inducted into Amerks Hall of Fame as the Class of 2018. He’ll be the 62nd member to be inducted on Friday February 16 before the Rochester Americans play against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. Marty lead the Amerks to the …
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Ullmark and Guhle to the Sabres; Amerks Add Johansson
The Buffalo Sabres made a Monday morning move by calling defenseman Brendan Guhle and goalie Linus Ullmark up from the Rochester Americans. In need of a second goalie the Rochester Americans added Jonas Johansson to their roster calling him up from the Cincinnati Cyclones. This is the first call up of the season for Guhle …
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Amerks Reach 50 points with Win over the Phantoms
The Rochester Americans defeated the Lehigh Valley Phantoms on Saturday night at home to reach 50 points in the standings and the third team to do that in the league. The 3-1 win caps off a weekend of back to back home games when the team knew they had to win. The Amerks are on …
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Gill and Guhle are Being Pushed by Taylor
The Rochester Americans won in overtime Friday night after Brendan Guhle turned on his after burners to score on a breakaway. If only the team could have the first minute of regulation back. And also the last but this team operates with the mindset of it’s all about how you respond and they responded yet …
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Gameday Notes and Quotes vs Sound Tigers
The second place Amerks start the new year with back to back home games with the intent of turning their home record around. They play Friday night vs Bridgeport Sound Tigers and Saturday vs Lehigh Valley Phantoms. This will be the second meeting between the Amerks and Sound Tigers, the first was December 10 in …
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