The Buffalo Sabres signed two players on Wednesday who will see most of their time in a Rochester Americans uniform, Greece native Derek Whitmore and veteran Colin Stuart. Whitmore is a Rochester native that many local hockey fans know of. Â He started his pro career in an Amerks uniform when he played in eight games …
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We’re a five days into free agency and it appears as if the Buffalo Sabres have made their first signing that will have a direct impact on the Rochester Americans roster.  Word has just come out via Scott Radley of the Hamilton Spectator @radleyatthespec that the Buffalo Sabres have signed goalie Drew MacIntyre. Amerks fans will know …
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For Amerks fans, there’s no real change except for the Abbotsford Heat being in a different division. Â The Rochester Americans are still in the Western Conference and still in the North Division. Â As AHL President Dave Andrews said at the Sabres press conference, the Amerks were in the Eastern Conference for about three weeks before …
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Any Rochester Americans fans who have still had doubts about the new Pegula owned Amerks should be at ease after reading either the letter they got in the mail as a season ticket holder or the full page note on the back of section A in Sunday’s Democrat and Chronicle. There’s a lot in it …
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The Hockey Holiday of July 1st has come early for Buffalo Sabres fans with the signings of free agent defensemen Robyn Regehr and Christian Ehrhoff, something almost unheard of in June out of Buffalo.  The monster contract of 10yrs and $40 million for Ehrhoff is proof that Pegula isn’t messing around and that Darcy Regier is …
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Short and simple, follow the link below and take this quick survey and we’ll pass along the results to Ted Black of the Buffalo Sabres. Â It has two simple questions, “A Buffalo Sabre logo is being considered for the Rochester Amerk’s jersey. Please tell us to what degree you agree or disagree with a Sabre’s …
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At the press conference on Wednesday afternoon about half of the room had their fingers ready and open to Twitter waiting to tweet any big news and the first and possibly the biggest new news item to come out was that every seat (next to the glass or at the top of the Broad St …
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When Curt Styres bought the Rochester Americans he did so to own a professional hockey team, and well it was also part of a package to buy the Knighthawks which he really wanted. He didn’t do it to acquire a franchise to move it to another city. He also didn’t buy the Amerks to keep …
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There’s an ongoing healthy debate between Amerks fans and Sabres fans and fans of both teams about whether or not the Sabres logo should appear somewhere on the Amerks jerseys going forward. Â In case you’re wondering, yes there are Amerks fans who are not Sabres fans. I asked Ted Black about this and he stated …
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That was quite the morning at Blue Cross Arena where the Buffalo Sabres officially announced the purchase of the Rochester Americans. At the head table was Dave Andrews, Darcy Regier, Terry Pegula, and Ted Black with the Mayor of Rochester and County Executive sitting in the front row. There was a lot of time spent …
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Lewis Staats was just on WHTK 1280 with John DiTullio and shared a few more details about the sale to the Sabres, the most interesting being that the Sabres initiated the talks asking if the Amerks were for sale. As we’re all aware, there were a number of things involved that had to be taken …
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Now that the sale of the Rochester Americans to the Buffalo Sabres has been finalized we can begin discussing what is needed for the Rochester Americans to again be a successful team on and off the ice. There are many people that believe simply being associated with the Sabres again will guarantee a return to …
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