Welcome to the 17th episode of our Amerks weekly podcast on Beyond The Blade between myself, Keith Wozniak, and Chad DeDominicis from Die By the Blade. It’s a short podcast where we discuss what’s currently going on with the Rochester Americans and what’s happened since the previous episode. It’s also the only podcast focused on the Rochester …
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The Amerks returned to practice this morning after a day off following a three in three weekend where they won two against Toronto on the road after an ugly loss to Cleveland. Chris Taylor said he liked the energy level of the team and the way the team responded in the third period on Sunday. …
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The Rochester Americans announced two moves on Monday afternoon by assigning forward Judd Peterson and defenseman Kurt Gosselin to Rochester from Cincinnati. The Amerks return to practice Tuesday morning at which time more information will be known on the reasons for the moves. Gosselin was signed by Rochester on March 13 through the 2019/2020 season …
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The game on Sunday afternoon was a roller coaster that presented a lot of doubt in the first minute of the third period but this Rochester Americans team didn’t quit and will drive back from Toronto feeling a lot better about themselves. Dmytro Timashov scored just 38 seconds into the third period to give the …
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After an ugly loss (in ugly jerseys) on Friday night the Rochester Americans took care of business in Toronto with a 5-2 road win lead by Victor Olofsson who scored twice. Scott Wedgewood played a great game in net as well with 23 saves for his 26th win of the season. Rochester also earned their …
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Welcome to the 13th part of a 15 part season series highlighting the last five games (the last segment will be six games) showing off the stats, standings, highlights, transactions and whatever else took place prior to the next five games. The goal is to post these the day of the next game of a …
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What was uglier, the loss or the jerseys? That was a question everyone was asking Friday night after the Monsters showed up in town and handed the Amerks a 5-2 loss on home ice. It was a special jersey night sponsored by Nickelodeon that featured the Monsters in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle themed jerseys and …
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We’re down to the last 12 regular season games of the season and tonight is the first of only five home games remaining before the playoffs. Where the Rochester Americans are going to finish in the standings is still a toss up. After leading the North Division for the majority of the season they now …
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Rochester Americans General Manager Randy Sexton announced on Tuesday afternoon that forward Matej Pekar has been assigned to the Amerks. In 33 games with the Barrie Colts of the OHL he had 36 points (14G+22A), 38 penalty minutes, and finished with a plus-7. He’s 19 years old from the Czech Republic that has spent two seasons playing …
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The Rochester Americans are a good hockey team but the Charlotte Checkers are better and it showed this weekend. The Checkers won 3-1 on Saturday night and swept the weekend with back to back wins over the Amerks. Three things come to mind in summarizing the loss – an offensive zone turnover, a bad third …
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If chances could earn at least a point in the standings the Rochester Americans could have earned one against the Charlotte Checkers on Friday night. Unfortunately they don’t. The Checkers scored four goals to defeat the Amerks by a 4-1 score and continue to be the number one team in the American League. Charlotte scored …
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There were some questions on July 1, 2018 when the Buffalo Sabres announced in the first minutes of free agency that they signed goalie Scott Wedgewood to a one year two-way contract. Almost eight and a half months later Scott Wedgewood has answered all of those questions, many doubt filled, and proved that he could …
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