The majority of the hockey world will be focused on the NHL when free agency begins at noon on July 1 with a focus on the top players in the world finding new homes with big contracts. For some of us in the American League the focus will be on the high end veterans that …
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A few days before the start of free agency the Rochester Americans announced that Taylor Leier signed a one year American League contract to return for the 2019/2020 season. Leier was acquired by the Buffalo Sabres in a fresh start type of trade by sending Justin Bailey to the Philadelphia Flyers. In a combined 69 …
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The Buffalo Sabres extended qualifying offers to six restricted free agents prior to the 5pm deadline today and the list is almost what was expected. Players receiving qualifying offers were Zemgus Girgensons, Johan Larsson, Evan Rodrigues, Jake McCabe, Linus Ullmark, CJ Smith, and Remi Elie. Last week Jason Botterill had stated that offers would be …
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The Big Mac is back for another season in Rochester. Defenseman Andrew MacWilliam has re-signed with the Rochester Americans to return for his third season on the Amerks blue line. MacWilliam has been a big part of the defensive zone with his physical play and presence along with the often talked about leadership on the …
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It’s time to start tracking new, returning, and departing players for the 2019/2020 season. The organization has a lot of work ahead with a total of 22 unrestricted free agents going into the off season. The roster could look similar to last season or it could be a large turnover. The Amerks have a few …
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Now that the Stanley Cup and Calder Cup have been won it’s time to start looking forward to the 2019/2020 season and the Rochester Americans kicked that off by announcing that Kevin Porter has been signed. Porter signed a one-year American League contract and will return for his fifth season as an Amerks forward. Captain …
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The Calder Cup and Stanley Cup playoffs are still underway but at least we can already start to look towards the next Rochester Americans season. The team announced this afternoon that the home opener for the 2019-2020 season and 64th season in franchise history will be Friday October 4, 2019. They announced six guaranteed home …
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The terms had been verbally agreed to weeks ago but the news became official Wednesday morning when Arttu Ruotsalainen signed a three year entry-level contract with the Buffalo Sabres. Ruotsalainen is a 21 year old undrafted free agent out of Finland. He’s a center at 5’8″ who really made a name for himself this past …
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Leading into games two and three for the Rochester Americans in the Calder Cup playoffs there was a discussion on whether or not they needed a change in goalies. This morning we learned why there wasn’t a change. The team announced that Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen had successful hip surgery and is expected to make a full …
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The Rochester Americans 2018-2019 is officially over after being swept by the Toronto Marlies in the first round of the playoffs. There’ll be a lot to process from that one. Now that the season is over here’s the contract status of everyone that was on the season ending playoff roster or still playing in Cincinnati. …
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The biggest game of the season is tonight for the Rochester Americans who are on the brink of playoff elimination. The Toronto Marlies won the first two games of the first round best of five playoff series and will look to pull of the upset sweep on home ice. Toronto won 4-1 in game one …
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Everything was setup for the Rochester Americans to win game two but they didn’t. The team has been great all season at bouncing back from a loss and generating wins. They’ve also been great at winning games in front of smaller home crowds which there was on Easter Sunday. They’ve also found ways to score …
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