Author:Keith Wozniak
Gameday: Amerks Defense is Winning, Game 4 at Abbotsford
A pivotal game #4 is tonight at 10pm on the road against the Abbotsford Heat for the Rochester Americans. Take a 3-1 series lead and everything is in favor of the Amerks, allow the Heat to tie the series 2-2 and there could be something to be concerned about. The game is at 10pm Eastern …
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Huge 8 to 4 Win for the Amerks in Game 3
The Amerks got out to a slow start on Monday night on the road against the Abbotsford Heat but came back in a big way ending the game with an 8-4 win. Abbotsford had a 2-1 lead up until 8:03 of the second period when Shawn Matthias tied the game and that opened up the …
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Gamenight: Amerks at Heat 10pm EST, Join the Live Chat
The Amerks and Heat travelled to the other side of the country on Sunday for games 3, 4 and 5. The series is tied 1-1 with the Heat winning the first game and the Amerks the second. The first two games were hard hitting with a lot of chirping, pushing, shoving and punches. The key …
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Hard Nosed Hockey Leads Amerks to Tie Series
Saturday night in Rochester was the definition of playoff hockey. The Rochester Americans defeated the Abbotsford Heat in game 2 on Saturday night, an excellent rebound of a game from the way they played on Thursday night. “It’s playoff hockey and both teams were trying to set the tone and trying to get the teams …
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Saturday Night Fight Videos with Roy and Matthias
The game on Saturday night between the Amerks and Heat was hard hitting and filled with a lot of punches, pushing and shoving. Tyler Plante set the tone early keeping his crease safe and clearing it out when the Heat got too close. Mathieu Roy got into the first fight of the night against Matt …
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Game 2: Stay Out of the Box and Play Physical Near the Net
It’s only game two of a seven game series tonight between the Amerks and Heat but it’s possibly one of the most important games. If the Heat win and return home for three games everything is in their favor. If the Amerks win the series starts over as a best of five with three straight …
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Regular Season Mistakes Sink the Amerks in Game 1
Benoit Groulx made the decision to start rookie goaltender Alexander Salak in the first game of the 2010 playoffs for the Rochester Americans and the decision back fired on him. The Heat scored three first period goals against Salak and that was enough for him, he was pulled after the first period and replaced by …
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Example of Horrible Officiating by Koharski
Jamie Koharski is one the worst ref’s in hockey and proved it again on Thursday night during the Amerks and Heat playoff game. There was a total of 19 power plays. That’s right, 19. Has anyone ever seen so many penalties in a playoff game? Now, a lot of them were valid penalties like the …
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Gameday: Rory Out, Observartions, Matthias has the Experience
The Rochester Americans and Abbotsford Heat face off tonight for Game 1 of their Calder Cup playoff series. The Amerks missed the playoffs the last two seasons after having two of the worst teams in franchise history. A pretty remarkable turnaround, big thanks to the wallet of Amerks Owner Curt Styres. A few quick things before …
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Round 1 Preview of the Amerks vs Heat
The Amerks begin their run for the Calder Cup on Thursday night against the Abbotsford Heat in I’m guaranteeing will be a great round of hockey. The two teams met four times during the regular season with the Heat winning three of those games but the teams that played each other during the regular season …
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Alexander Salak Likely the Starting Goalie for Amerks
As I would have predicted, Alexander Salak is all but confirmed by the coach to be the starting goaltender for the Rochester Americans when they open the first round of the playoffs on Thursday night against the Abbotsford Heat. Benoit Groulx said that he will officially announce it on Wednesday but Tyler Plante had let …
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Enter the Calder Cup Challenge, Pick Top Players
Take a few minutes and enter the Calder Cup Challenge prior to 7pm on Wednesday to win some prizes from The AHL. Long story short, pick the players who you think will score the most points. A fantasy hockey team. The one amusing part is seeing Daneil Steiner listed in the list of Defenseman #2 …
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