The Amerks are back at home tonight at 6:05pm against the Toronto Marlies for the second of a home and home series. Â The Amerks beat the Marlies 2-1 on Saturday afternoon in Toronto, Paul Szczechura scored the game winning goal at 8:57 of the third period on the power play. Â Brayden McNabb passed the puck …
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The deadline is Monday at 3pm for American Hockey League teams and their parent clubs in the NHL to make deals and four teams have already done so. Â The four teams are the St Johns IceCaps, Portland Pirates, Peoria Rivermen and Texas Stars. Stay tuned to see if the Sabres and/or Ron Rolston think that …
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What happened on Friday night in Grand Rapids is exactly what the team didn’t need to happen. Â They got out to an early lead but couldn’t hold on to it and went on to lose 4-3 to the Griffins. Â The Amerks remain in 10th place and the Griffins are now four points behind them in …
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The Amerks are on the road tonight against the Grand Rapids Griffins at 7pm for what should be a pretty competitive hockey game. Â The two teams are both currently riding three game winning streaks. Â The two teams are fighting towards a playoff spot. Â The Griffins are currently six points behind the Amerks in the standings …
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When trade deadline day started earlier this week on Monday there wasn’t much talk about Zack Kassian going anywhere. Â He was a player with a lot of hype and a lot of potential. Â He was a player that Rochester Americans fans and Buffalo Sabres fans thought highly of and of what he was going to …
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Three minor moves this week for the Amerks moving players to and from the Gwinnett Gladiators. Matt MacKenzie was finally cleared to play after missing 34 games with the Amerks and was sent to the Gladiators. Â He had his leg sliced open by a skate in December and after a long recovery is finally ready …
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The NHL trade deadline is today (February 27, 2012) and any moves made can and usually do have some sort of impact on American Hockey League teams but that doesn’t mean moves are over. Â Teams can still trade players in the AHL and any moves have to be done by the deadline of March 5th …
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A week after a horrible weekend collapse the Amerks are now on a three game winning streak heading into the month of March and the final push for the Calder Cup playoffs. Â The 15 round shootout win had a bit of everything and it all came together with Igor Gongalsky winning the game in the …
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The Amerks are in need of a push to the playoffs and they gave themselves just that with their second win in a row on Friday night against the Adirondack Phantoms. Â David Leggio played a superb game for his second shutout of the season with 27 saves. Â There was also at least four or five …
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The Buffalo Sabres have called up Corey Tropp for their game tonight against the Boston Bruins. Â Tropp has scored three goals in the last seven games with the Amerks and also assisted on six other goals. Â Tropp only needs two more points in the AHL to get to 200 career points. Â Tropp scored two great …
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In one of their better games of the season the Amerks defeated the Hershey Bears on Wednesday night by the final score of 5-2.  You can read my quick recap of the game here or watch the video highlights below of the Amerks goals scored. It was a big win against the Hershey Bears who’ve consistently been …
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Quick recap of the Amerks win over the Bears.. First period started with both teams going back and forth for the first five minutes. Gongalsky had a few close chances early. Dennis Persson on the power play created a great chance shooting from the face off dot trying to give Whitmore the chance to tip …
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