When the Buffalo Sabres announced that they had bought the Rochester Americans one of the things they announced was that all season tickets were going to be $10 only for any ticket in the building. Â Sounds like that’s paying off in numbers. Ted Black stated today at the press conference that the Amerks have already …
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The “Twitterverse” news spread quick this afternoon from a tweet by @CapCareyWDT stating that Ron Rolston will be named the new Head Coach of the Rochester Americans. Cap Carey is a sportswriter for the Watertown (NY) Daily Times, primarily covering Clarkson Men’s Hockey. No one else has been able to confirm this news at this time, no …
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Hockey’s Future does a pretty good job of evaluating prospects and what’s expected of them as they begin their professional careers. Â Any die hard has probably disagreed with their assessment at one time or another but overall they’re a great place to start when learning about a player. Most of these players we’ll see in …
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Since it was made official that the Buffalo Sabres had bought the Rochester Americans and the roster was analyzed the need for scoring was pointed as a weak spot in the lineup for Rochester. Â After discussing the signing of Jhonas Enroth, Darcy Regier talked to the media and as usual Rochester was brought up and …
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Don’t let the $50 price tag scare you away, the Craig Charron Celebrity Bartending Fundraiser was a great time according to those who went last year.. and the money raised is for a great reason, obviously. (Rochester, NY)… The Rochester Americans Alumni Association will continue to honor Amerks Hall of Famer Craig Charron with a …
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Catching up on yesterdays news, the Buffalo Sabres have signed Matt Ellis to a two year contract. Â Ellis will likely be the captain of the Rochester Americans and provide the leadership on the team, like he did with the Portland Pirates. Â The first year of the deal is two ways in 2011/2012 and a one …
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As the summer goes on I’ll keep updating the Rochester Americans expected lineup as players are signed to contracts. Â Many speculate that Ales Kotalik and Shaone Morrisonn will be sent down to Rochester to hide their salaries but until that happens they’ll be kept off of this lineup. Â This roster still has a need for …
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At least we got some news this week, the Sabres signed defenseman Dennis Persson and forward Travis Turnbull to one year contracts. Â I don’t have anything else to add right now other than they are depth players for the Rochester Americans. Â More next week on the current lineup and what’s been happening around the league. …
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The Rochester Americans released six guaranteed home dates for the 2011/2012 season today along with a list of opponents and how many times they’ll play against each other. The Amerks will play 15 out of 30 teams this coming season in the American Hockey League, including teams from the West Division. The Amerks home opener …
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This past week began with Rochester residents reading a letter from Terry Pegula in the Sunday paper about winning a Calder Cup and ended with the news that a Rochester native was signed by the Sabres to spend time in Rochester. Â Not a bad week! Â For those who aren’t hooked on hockey news like many …
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The results of the survey about #patchgate are in with 224 results and you’ll see the results below. I’m not claiming this speaks for everyone as I’m sure the Sabres or Amerks could conduct a poll with larger results but for what this site is it’ll give a general idea of what the die hard fan …
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Yes, it’s only July 8th but that’s no reason we can’t start looking at the potential Rochester Americans roster that we’ll see on the ice in October. Of the top five scorers on the 2010/2011 Portland Pirates roster there’s only one player that could see some time as an Amerk and that’s Luke Adam. Â With …
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