Tag:Buffalo Sabres
Matt Hunwick is Excited to Get Back to Playing
The Rochester Americans will have a new face on the blue line tonight when Matt Hunwick joins the team on a conditioning stint. The veteran defenseman has been out of the Buffalo Sabres lineup all season as he recovered from an off season neck injury that occurred during a workout. “It’s been a long summer/start …
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Alex Nylander is Playing a Confident Game this Season
There isn’t a player in a Rochester Americans uniform that has received as much criticism as Alex Nylander has since the start of the 2016 season. That’s also because he’s only one of three players in his third full season with the Amerks. As a first round draft pick in 2016 NHL draft, eight overall, the …
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Beyond The Blade: Amerks Weekly | Episode 2
Welcome to the second episode of a new weekly Amerks podcast on Beyond The Blade between myself, Keith Wozniak, and Chad DeDominicis from Die By the Blade. Due to scheduling we missed a week but the plan is to make this a weekly thing. This week we talk about a team that has won five of their …
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Beyond The Blade: Amerks Weekly | Episode 1
Welcome to the first episode of a new weekly Amerks podcast on Beyond The Blade between myself, Keith Wozniak, and Chad DeDominicis from Die By the Blade. If you’re on this site you’re probably familiar with Die By the Blade as a Sabres site. We’ll be recapping the Amerks previous games, games ahead, who’s good, who’s bad, …
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Prospects Challenge: Six Recommended Players to Watch
The four-day Prospects Challenge tournament kicks off today at the HarborCenter between the Buffalo Sabres, New Jersey Devils, Boston Bruins and Pittsburgh Penguins. Whatever team comes out on top is meaningless but what happens within the games can have a lot of meaning. A stand out at the 2017 Prospects Challenge was Colin Blackwell. He …
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Sabres Sign Goalie Scott Wedgewood for Rochester
The news started early on Sunday morning that the Buffalo Sabres would be signing two goalies – Carter Hutton and Scott Wedgewood. Hutton has been known for a few days now, Wedgewood is the new addition. He’s been signed to a one year two-way contract and will share goaltending duties with Adam Wilcox. Wedgewood was …
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Kyle Criscuolo out 4 to 6 Weeks; More on the Call Up
The bad news is that Kyle Criscuolo will be out 4 to 6 weeks with a left shoulder injury. The good news is that he’ll have fresh legs for the Amerks in the playoffs. (Featured photo by James P. McCoy / Buffalo News) Evan Rodrigues was given a week to week status on his injury …
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Seth Griffith Earned the Call Up
The day after the NHL trade deadline the Jason Botterill era has shown yet another sign that things are different. The Buffalo Sabres were in need of a forward when Kyle Okposo’s wife went into labor, they called up Seth Griffith, a leading scorer on the Rochester Americans this season. Seems logical but in the …
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Interview with Amerks GM Randy Sexton
The Rochester Americans are into the second half of the season and have been a top team in the league since the end of October. A key architect behind the turnaround this season is Amerks GM Randy Sexton. The word culture is repeated often and while it can be thought of as a buzz word …
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Patrick Kaleta Deserved to be at Legends Night
Patrick Kaleta played in 120 games over the course of four separate seasons with the Rochester Americans so why is he part of a Rochester Americans Legends Night? He gave everything he had every night, played with pride for the logo and continues to give back to the community. Kaleta was a part of the …
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Hudson Fasching Called Up to the Sabres
The Buffalo Sabres announced today that they have called up Hudson Fasching to join them in Pittsburgh. Fasching is tied with three other players (CJ Smith, Sahir Gill, and Steve Moses) on the Amerks roster with six goals. He also has two assists in 21 games played and is also a plus 4. The recall …
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Nylander is Excited to Play Tonight and Work on Getting Back to the NHL
Where in the world is Alexander Nylander? That’s the question that was asked on an almost daily basis since he was injured on September 8 in a prospects game vs New Jersey Devils. The initial diagnosis was day to day, which soon turned into week to week, and then he vanished until we spotted him …
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