Tyler Plante made 32 saves, including this excellent save pictured above on Alexandre Giroux, to lead the Amerks to a 3-1 win over the Hershey Bears in a rare Friday night win. A two goal performance by Graham Mink and an empty net goal by Mike York was enough for the offense to keep the …
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It only took 74 games played by Clay Wilson to get the call but it finally happened after the Amerks win over the Hershey Bears. The dust was wiped off the Panthers duffel bag and off he goes to play with the Florida Panthers against the New York Rangers on Saturday night. Wilson is second …
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The Amerks have a chance to be a part of history again this season as the Hershey Bears go for the AHL record for most wins in a season. The Bears are currently tied with the previous record holder the Binghamton Senators who set the record at 57 wins during the 1992-1993 season. Rochester has …
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The shutout performance by Tyler Plante last night helped the Amerks clinch a playoff spot for the first time since 2007 and it also helped earn him recognition as AHL goalie of the month for March. Plante finished the month with a 5-1-1 record in 7 starts and 5-3-1 in 9 decisions overall. A 1.88 …
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Tyler Plante made 38 saves and shutout the Grand Rapids Griffins which clinched a spot in the playoffs for the Rochester Americans. It will be the Amerks first appearance in the post season since 2007 when they were defeated in the first round by the Hamilton Bulldogs who went on to win the Calder Cup. …
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The Amerks are on the road tonight to play the Grand Rapids Griffins and a win would clinch a playoff spot for the Amerks. Ever since last season ended the coaches and returning players have said their goal was to make the playoffs and that will happen. Even if it’s not clinched tonight, it will …
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Steve MacIntyre was called up this past Friday to the Florida Panthers when David Booth was injured the night before. During the Panthers vs Predators game on Monday night he took on Wade Belak for an NHL heavyweight fight. Not a bad fight at all. Here’s hoping he’s back in time for the final game …
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The Florida Panthers host the Nashville Predators and have called up Victor Oreskovich from the Rochester Americans to play. Byron Bitz is out with an elbow injury which is why Oreskovich got the call. In 34 games with the Amerks this season Oreskovich has six goals and nine assists. He spent most of the first …
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In his first professional game Carl Hudson dropped the gloves with Andre Deveaux of the Toronto Marlies. Hudson had just skated by Jesse Blacker of the Marlies and looked like he had just barely hit him but it also looked at the time like there was an elbow involved. Immediately after Deveaux went after Hudson …
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The Rochester Americans had a chance to clinch a spot in the playoffs on Sunday afternoon if they defeated the Toronto Marlies and the Lake Erie Monsters lost in regulation to the San Antonio Rampage. Former Rochester American forward Stefan Meyer and the Rampage did their part defeating the Monsters in the final 90 seconds …
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The Amerks came closer to clinching a playoff spot with a seven goal performance on Saturday evening on the road against the Toronto Marlies. The Amerks have only scored seven goals one other time this season, a 7-4 win back on November 29th against the Syracuse Crunch. This Rochester team seems to have a switch …
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David Booth appears to have a target on his head this season. On Thursday night against the Montreal Canadiens the Panthers forward David Booth was hit by Jaroslav Spacek and knocked to the ice. Booth layed on the ice for a bit and was then helped off by the trainer and a teammate. As a …
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