Tag:2018 Playoffs
Player Thoughts from the Amerks 2018 Locker Clean Out
The ice is gone, the bags are packed, the locker room is empty and players are making plans to go back home for the summer. Locker clean out’s are complete and with that comes end of season thoughts and looking forward. Getting swept in three games by Syracuse wasn’t how anyone wanted the season to …
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Andrew MacWilliam Suspended Three Games
The American Hockey League dropped the hammer on Tuesday afternoon handing out a three game suspension to Rochester Americans defenseman Andrew MacWilliam for an incident in game two of the playoffs. The suspension is supplementary and a follow up for his actions in the game. At the end of the second period with emotions high …
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Game 2 Recap: Scoring Five Goals Wasn’t Good Enough
There’s a few different story lines about this Rochester Americans season as a whole but the only one that matters right now is the Syracuse Crunch taking a commanding 2-0 lead in the best of five first round series. Saturday night for game two in Syracuse was better but better isn’t good enough in the …
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Game 1 Recap: Crunch Played Their Way and Dominated
The last 20 minutes of hockey on Friday night along with the post game comments felt like the middle of a losing streak in the middle of the season. That’s not the way the first game of the playoffs should end. One team in this series went to the Calder Cup finals last season and …
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