Tag:Postgame
A Few Random Postgame Thoughts, Another One Goal Loss for the Amerks
The story of the night once the game started was the enormous crowd that showed up to see the Rochester Americans tonight. Â The line to get tickets at the box office and will call nearly filled the lobby well past the start of the game. Â The attendance announced was 9,7771 which is the largest crowd …
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Amerks Shootout Win Extends Streak to Four Games; Adversity is No Problem
(Update: Added shootout video and Travis Turnbull incident) This Rochester Americans team is supposed to lack goal scoring. Â It’s supposed to be missing a couple of players as veteran leadership. Â It’s supposed to lack depth. Â It’s also supposed to be torn apart by all of the injuries and call ups but the players put everything …
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Amerks Extend Win Streak to Three; Rankin Down; Back at it Tonight
The Amerks travelled to to play a two game set against the Oklahoma City Barons and they came out on top of the first game with a 4-3 win in overtime. Â The team was up 2-1 before the Barons scored two goals in 56 seconds and then Paul Szczechura scored halfway through the third to …
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Grit, Guts and Goaltending Leads to Amerks 4-1 Win
The story leading up to the Rochester Americans vs Lake Erie Monsters game on Wednesday night was that the Amerks were short on players with what seems like half the team up with the Buffalo Sabres. Â On paper there wasn’t much hope for the game considering they’re a squad that at times has had problems …
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Six Goal Scorers Saved the Weekend for the Amerks; Finley and Morrisonn Injured
What was shaping up to be a disaster of a road trip was saved on Sunday when six different players scored six goals to lead the Rochester Americans to a 6-2 win over the Houston Aeros. Â The Amerks lost in overtime on Friday night to the Rampage, were blown out 6-2 on Saturday night against …
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Losing Texas Trip Ends Today Against Houston; Stuart Injured and Out a Month
When fans begin to panic there’s often another voice that will say ‘it’s only December’ or ‘there’s still 48 more games to be played’ but things are starting to look very bleak for this Rochester Americans team. Â The Amerks were shot down big time by the Texas Stars on Saturday night by the final score …
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Amerks Lose in Overtime to the Rampage, 10th Loss by One Goal
There’s almost always more than one way to look at a game, especially a loss. Â You can look at it as being a close game and getting a point on the road is acceptable or you can start to pull your hair out due to frustration at the apparent downhill slide. Â The Amerks have now …
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Stuart Up; Brennan In; Devils Postgame; Phantoms Gameday
A handful of updates on the Rochester Americans on this sunny but cold Saturday afternoon. Â The Amerks had their first shutout win of the season on Friday night against the Albany Devils winning 3-0. Â They left last night after the game to head to Glens Falls where they’re playing the Adirondack Phantoms tonight at 7pm. …
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Amerks Lost in Albany and Lose All Three Weekend Games
The first of three sets of three game weekends in December is completed but not with the results anyone wanted. Â The Amerks lost all three games this weekend to the Houston Aeros, Hamilton Bulldogs and Albany Devils. Â The scores of the games were 4-3, 3-2 and 4-2 and the positive way to look at those …
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Turnovers a Factor in Amerks 3-2 Loss to the Bulldogs
The Amerks have played two games this weekend and so far they’ve lost to one of the better teams in the conference and now the worst team in the conference. Â The Bulldogs got their first win in seven games on Saturday against the Amerks, one of the only teams in the league that they can …
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Loss to the Aeros; Corey Tropp Called Up; Tonight vs Bulldogs
A few random updates… News of the day is that the Buffalo Sabres have more injuries with Nathan Gerbe and Patrick Kaleta are out injured so Corey Tropp has been called up from the Rochester Americans. As for the loss on Friday night, the Amerks got out to an early 2-0 lead and then the …
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Video of Whitmore’s Four Goal Game in Amerks 5-3 Win
On Saturday night Derek Whitmore scored the first hat trick by an Amerk on home ice since Jamie Johnson during the 2009/10 season and was also the first Rochester American since Jason Pominville in 2005 to score four goals in a game. Â Pominville went on to score a fifth in that game. Â The Amerks went …
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