Author:Keith Wozniak
Loss to the Aeros; Corey Tropp Called Up; Tonight vs Bulldogs
A few random updates… News of the day is that the Buffalo Sabres have more injuries with Nathan Gerbe and Patrick Kaleta are out injured so Corey Tropp has been called up from the Rochester Americans. As for the loss on Friday night, the Amerks got out to an early 2-0 lead and then the …
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Amerks Gameday Notes vs the Houston Aeros
The Amerks just finished up their morning gameday skate in preparation for tonights game against the Houston Aeros, one of the top teams in the West Division. Â The Aeros have only lost three games in regulation so far this season out of a total of 21 games. Â They’ve lost two in overtime and four in …
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Amerks Injury Updates, MacIntyre is Back and The Positive Effect of Call Ups
The big news out of Amerks practice this morning was that Drew MacIntyre was back on the ice with the team in net after spending some time with the Buffalo Sabres. Â The first thought was maybe they just sent him down for the day but Ron Rolston confirmed that MacIntyre is here for the weekend. …
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Amerks Defenseman is now The Legend of Joe Finley with the Sabres
After 5pm on Wednesday evening the Buffalo Sabres gave Joe Finley a call and let him know he was being called up from the Rochester Americans to the show just two days after signing an NHL contract with the team. Â Jordan Leopold was injured Tuesday night which created an opening for Big Joe to get …
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Big Joe Finley, Strong on Defense, Can Also Throw Lawn Mowers and Attack Mascots
The big news out of the Buffalo Sabres on Monday is that they have signed defenseman Joe Finley to a three year two way contract making an NHL salary of $525,000. Â He came to training camp on a tryout and has now signed a National Hockey League contract with the Buffalo Sabres. Â A pretty good …
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Tropp, Szczechura and Brennan Back to the Amerks
Some good news today for the Rochester Americans as Corey Tropp, TJ Brennan and Paul Szczechura were all sent back by the Buffalo Sabres. The Amerks play against the Houston Aero’s and can use all the talent available. The Aero’s have only lost three games in regulation, two in overtime and four in a shootout. …
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Video of Whitmore’s Four Goal Game in Amerks 5-3 Win
On Saturday night Derek Whitmore scored the first hat trick by an Amerk on home ice since Jamie Johnson during the 2009/10 season and was also the first Rochester American since Jason Pominville in 2005 to score four goals in a game. Â Pominville went on to score a fifth in that game. Â The Amerks went …
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Joe Finley vs Zack Fitzgerald Fight Video
Halfway through the Rochester Americans 5-3 win over the Hamilton Bulldogs on Saturday night we saw this short fight below between Joe Finley and Zack Fitzgerald of the Hamilton Bulldogs. Â Fitzgerald partially hit Marcus Foligno with a hip check near center ice and Finley immediately stepped in to drop the gloves with Fitzgerald. Â If Finley …
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Paul Szczechura Called Up to Buffalo
The Sabres University should be renamed the Sabres Infirmary (stole it from you Ted) considering how many injuries they’ve encountered so early in the season. Paul Szczechura is the most recent Rochester Americans player to be called up to the Buffalo Sabres. As of writing this no word yet on who he’ll be replacing in …
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Amerks Late November Injury Report
There’s one good thing going for the Amerks, they’ve been staying healthy and waiting to get guys back from injury instead of continuing to lose guys like the Buffalo Sabres. The only long term injury at this point is Dennis Persson with no timetable set on his return. It’s possible that Turnbull and Ryan could …
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Amerks Team Effort Leads to Win Over the Devils
Heading into the game on Friday night there were low expectations due to the fact that the Amerks had lost another forward to a call up, that player being Zack Kassian. Â That meant the Amerks would be without him, TJ Brennan, Corey Tropp and Drew MacIntyre. Â The Amerks are still without forwards Travis Turnbull, Michael …
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Rookie Brayden McNabb Up Next for Sabres
Another Buffalo Sabres game and another injury for the Sabres, this time Robyn Regehr left the game with an “upper body” injury. Â So that means another call up from the Rochester Americans, this time it’s Brayden McNabb who get’s the call to join the team. Â The rookie has played in all 19 games this season …
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