Tag:Chris Taylor
Chris Taylor and the 46 Plus Win Club
The Rochester Americans won their 46th game of the season Sunday afternoon in Belleville and also earned there 99th point in the standings to finish the regular season. Compared to franchise history, this years team is tied for 7th overall at 46 wins and tied for 8th all time with 99 points. Chris Taylor is …
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Zach Redmond Named to AHL First All-Star Team
The American Hockey League announced that Amerks defenseman Zach Redmond has been named to the 2018-2019 AHL First All-Star Team. This is the second year in a row that Redmond has earned the end of season honor. He was named to the AHL Second All-Star Team for the 2017-2018 season. “It’s an honor,” Zach Redmond …
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Amerks Practice Report, Updates, and Quotes
That’s it. Thursday was the last regular season practice for the Rochester Americans of the 2018/2019 season. They’ll have one more morning skate, two road games, and then the playoffs begin. Feels like yesterday we were asking if it was October yet as we waited for the regular season to start. Nathan Paetsch was asked …
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A Confident Victor Olofsson Returns for the Playoffs
Victor Olofsson returned to Rochester this week after getting a taste of the National Hockey League, the place he’ll likely play for the rest of his career when this season is completed. In six games with the Buffalo Sabres he scored two goals, had two assists, and fit right in with the level of play. …
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Focusing on a Division Title and Momentum
The Rochester Americans clinched a playoff position with a comeback win on Saturday night completing one of many goals set at the start of the season. The win required coming from behind and scoring four goals in the third period to win 6-4. “We out chanced them 33-12,” Chris Taylor said after practice. “Sometimes they …
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Tage Thompson Leads Amerks to a Win
Tage Thompson was the center of attention Friday night in Rochester. He has spent all season with the Buffalo Sabres and after 65 games played in the NHL he was assigned to the Rochester Americans this week. You could say it’s where he should’ve been months ago, you could call it a demotion, or you …
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Gosselin to Make AHL Debut; Peterson Likely to Play
The Rochester Americans will have a player making his American League debut tonight when Kurt Gosselin suits up and plays defense against the Lehigh Valley Phantoms. Gosselin was signed on March 13th to an ATO (Amateur Tryout Contract) to finish the remainder of the season and also sign an AHL contract for the 2019/2020 season. …
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Beyond The Blade: Amerks Weekly | Episode 17
Welcome to the 17th episode of our Amerks weekly podcast on Beyond The Blade between myself, Keith Wozniak, and Chad DeDominicis from Die By the Blade. It’s a short podcast where we discuss what’s currently going on with the Rochester Americans and what’s happened since the previous episode. It’s also the only podcast focused on the Rochester …
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Borgen Called Up and Other Amerks Practice Updates
The Amerks returned to practice this morning after a day off following a three in three weekend where they won two against Toronto on the road after an ugly loss to Cleveland. Chris Taylor said he liked the energy level of the team and the way the team responded in the third period on Sunday. …
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Ugly Friday Night Loss to the Monsters
What was uglier, the loss or the jerseys? That was a question everyone was asking Friday night after the Monsters showed up in town and handed the Amerks a 5-2 loss on home ice. It was a special jersey night sponsored by Nickelodeon that featured the Monsters in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle themed jerseys and …
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Amerks Home Tonight and Looking for the 40th Win
We’re down to the last 12 regular season games of the season and tonight is the first of only five home games remaining before the playoffs. Where the Rochester Americans are going to finish in the standings is still a toss up. After leading the North Division for the majority of the season they now …
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Scott Wedgewood Wants More than Just a Career Season
There were some questions on July 1, 2018 when the Buffalo Sabres announced in the first minutes of free agency that they signed goalie Scott Wedgewood to a one year two-way contract. Almost eight and a half months later Scott Wedgewood has answered all of those questions, many doubt filled, and proved that he could …
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