Welcome to the first episode of a new weekly Amerks podcast on Beyond The Blade between myself, Keith Wozniak, and Chad DeDominicis from Die By the Blade. If you’re on this site you’re probably familiar with Die By the Blade as a Sabres site. We’ll be recapping the Amerks previous games, games ahead, who’s good, who’s bad, …
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The good news is that there’s still another 74 games of hockey to play and plenty of time to work on special teams. The bad news is that the Amerks have struggled through their second straight game. After the game Chris Taylor shared one bright spot, “I thought our third period was the way we …
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Remember all that talk about being an elite playoff team? That all vanished for just over two hours on Friday night when the Rochester Americans failed to play a game of hockey on opening night. Before Charlotte scored two goals within 35 seconds of each other there were signs that the game wasn’t off to …
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The Rochester Americans begin their 63rd season on Friday night with expectations higher than ever for the season ahead. It’s one thing for fans and the media to dish out predictions and set the bar high but when management, coaches and players all do it there’s an increased level of accountability. Throughout training camp and …
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It was a busy Monday in the Buffalo Sabres organization with roster moves. Players assigned to Cincinnati, Rochester and a trade between Buffalo and Nashville. The day started with 10 players being assigned to the Cyclones from Rochester. Forwards (4):Â Pascal Aquin, Vasily Glotov, Judd Peterson, Alex Wideman Defensemen (4):Â Tobie Bisson, Anthony Florentino, Eric Knodel, Devante …
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There’s always a Rochester connection and new Cincinnati Cyclones head coach Matt Thomas has one. He played four seasons of hockey as a center at RIT and graduated in 1998. His older brother lived in Rochester for 10 years as well. Thomas made a return trip to Rochester not long after the Gene Polisseni Center opened …
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The Amerks roster was reduced by 10 players this morning sending four forwards, four defensemen and two goals to the Cincinnati Cyclones. These moves were all expected. To see who is currently on the Amerks roster, who is in Buffalo and who is in Cincinnati check out our roster page -Â http://www.lga585.com/roster/ *** From the Rochester …
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Three players cleared waivers today, two have been assigned to the Rochester Americans. Those players assigned are forwards Nick Baptiste, Justin Bailey. Matt Tennyson remains in Buffalo after clearing waivers. The chances of any of them being claimed were very low. Bailey had showed some flash during the Sabres preseason but not enough to earn …
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The first week of Rochester Americans training camp is completed and they’re undefeated after a preseason win against Toronto. Everyone is anxious for the season to start. It’s been a long month for players and coaches who started in Buffalo at the Prospects Challenge. They had four approximate 90 minute practices this week that were …
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The fourth day of Amerks training camp just wrapped up, technically a game day skate, but still part of training camp. The bags were packed up, sticks tape and now the team prepares to travel to Buffalo tonight for their first preseason game against the Toronto Marlies. The lineup we’ll see tonight is missing a …
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The first day of training camp for the Rochester Americans has passed us by and after talking to management and players the message is clear – the team plans to be tougher and grittier with a goal of winning a Calder Cup. On the ice the practice wasn’t that different from any other practice on …
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Training camp starts today for the Rochester Americans, fall weather has arrived and it’s time to go over the roster changes for the upcoming season. This list of players includes everyone who could play in Rochester this season. This is being published before the training camp roster is released so there’s likely to be changes …
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