It’s hard to believe it but the Rochester Americans are one game shy of playing the first quarter of the season, 18 games down and only 58 more to go until the end of the 2011/2012 regular season. Â If the season were to end today the Amerks would earn the eighth and final playoff spot …
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TJ Brennan was sent back to the Rochester Americans after being called up by the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday to be available on the road if there were any more injuries, he didn’t play. He’s back with the team and playing today in Toronto. Mike Weber is said to be out for “weeks” with an injury …
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The game wasn’t all that exciting but on the scoreboard it was a close one, the Toronto Marlies defeated the Rochester Americans by the score of 2-1. Â A Marlies shorthanded goal late in the third period was the winning goal for the Marlies. The worst part of the game seemed to be when Marcus Foligno …
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It’s a Friday and the Rochester Americans are back in action with two big games this weekend against the Toronto Marlies, the only other team in the North Division that appears to be ready to compete with the Amerks for the top spot. Â The puck drops at 7:35pm but get there at 6:30pm for “Happy …
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The way the game started out on Wednesday night against the Syracuse Crunch the game could have gone completely in favor of the Crunch or it could’ve been one of the fastest games of all time. Â Once the puck dropped around 7:05pm the first whistle wasn’t until five minutes and 13 seconds into the game. …
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On Tuesday evening the Buffalo Sabres will are having a “Live Suggestion Box” hosted by Ted Black that I’ll be attending (along with others who write about the Sabres/Amerks) to continue the trend they’ve started. Everyone who has been invited is being asked to share what our readers are suggesting, what we’ve heard or what suggestions …
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Unless you’ve been locked up and unplugged from the internet, radio or TV you’ve probably already heard by now that the Buffalo Sabres are reporting that Ryan Miller has a concussion and they’ve called up Drew MacIntyre from the Amerks. MacIntyre had a solid weekend in Rochester saving 78 out of 80 shots faced. Â His …
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There’s a couple of ways to look at the Rochester Americans 2-1 win over the Grand Rapids Griffins on Saturday night but the first way to look at it was that they won the game and Drew MacIntyre made 43 saves. Â It almost doesn’t sound right to say they played a good defensive game considering …
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It seems weird to have back to back home games on a Friday and Saturday night but it’s happening this weekend, following the Amerks 3-1 win over the Senators on Friday night they’re back on the ice in a few hours against the Grand Rapids Griffins. Based on Ticketmaster numbers it looks like a crowd …
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In my 5 Reasons to go to the Amerks game on Friday night I said one of the reasons was the power play (or lack of) and that the 0 for 26 drought was bound to end and that it did on Friday night. Â After 27 failed power play opportunities the Amerks finally connected not …
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Late in the second period Tim Conboy of the Binghamton Senators dropped Travis Turnbull of the Rochester Americans with a hit to the head that sent Turnbull to the ice and out of the game. Â Moments after the hit Joe Finley challenged Conboy and the two shared a couple of punches. Â Not sure why Finley …
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The Rochester Americans are back on home ice this weekend for games against the Binghamton Senators and Grand Rapids Griffins. Â Below is a list of five reasons I’ve put together that you should go to the game or encourage others to go. Based on the current rotation of goaltenders it’s likely that Drew MacIntyre will …
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