Corey Tropp created an instant highlight reel moment for scoring his first National Hockey League goal at 9:16 of the first period and also receiving a classic Rick Jeanneret call on the play. Â Jeanneret bellowed out, “Rookie time rookie time Corey Tropp guns it home, Buffalo has tied it at two.” Â The goal was also …
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The web site Stadium Journey recently visited Blue Cross Arena at The War Memorial and wrote a review about their visit which I would say is pretty accurate. The web site has a team of people who visit stadiums and arena’s around the country and offer impressions and reviews of their visit to that building. The review touches …
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The Amerks win in overtime over the Syracuse Crunch on Sunday night had a little bit of everything, from wanting to ship the team out of the arena to jumping up and down celebrating a dramatic overtime win. Â It was a game that the team battled for and found a way to redeem themselves after …
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The Amerks winner in overtime was an interesting game. Â There was 11 goals scored. Â Penalties. Â Breakaway goals. Â Defensive breakdowns. Â Great passing and even some questionable goaltending. Â By the time the game was over the Amerks had the win and two additional points in the standings. There are some highlight reel goals in here from Mark …
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The Amerks ended a four game road with a 5-2 loss against the Syracuse Crunch on Saturday night and as mentioned elsewhere, it’s a game they shouldn’t forget and likely a low point in this early season. Â The two teams play against each other Sunday evening at 6:05 in Rochester. Â The Amerks also play eight …
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The Amerks are in Syracuse tonight coming off of a 3-2 win over the Senators in front of a sold out crowd in Binghamton. Â They did something in this game they haven’t done yet this season, got off to a fast start with some early goals and then were able to hold on to the …
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We have our first call up of the season. Â Corey Tropp has been rewarded for his consistent play in the first 10 games of the season for the Amerks with a call up to the Buffalo Sabres. Â The Sabres needed the extra body thanks to Patrick Kaleta’s headbutt that resulted in a four game suspension …
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The good news from the Amerks morning practice today was that Paul Szczechura and Maxime Legault are cleared for action and assuming there’s no last minute set backs they’ll be in the lineup Friday night against the Binghamton Senators and for the remainder of the season. Â Szczechura has been out of the lineup since last …
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If few saw it, does it really count?  Well, it does now with these highlights of the Binghamton Senators defeating the Rochester Americans.  The Amerks lost their fifth straight game last Saturday night in Binghamton.  I just noticed I never wrote a postgame report, here’s a little something with video highlights courtesy of the B-Sens. …
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The Amerks are back with another read of the Reading Power Play at local libraries through January. Â If you have school age kids you’ll want to schedule some of these to give them the chance to hang out with The Moose, an Amerks player and of course enjoy some reading. Â The second half of the …
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Here’s a great article from Matthew Coller on WGR 550 about former Rochester American and Buffalo Sabre’s defenseman Jay McKee who is adjusting to life behind the bench as a coach. Â It’s still way too early to say how he’s doing but from having watched many practices this season he’s always engaged and a big …
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The season has already started but it’s never too late to purchase season tickets for the Amerks who have the best deal in the league. This was supposed to have been posted in early September but somehow never made it past the drafts section. Here’s a list where Rochester is listed at the bottom and it’s …
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