Tag:David Leggio
Varone and Igor Lead the Amerks to a 15 Round Shootout Win (with shootout video)
A week after a horrible weekend collapse the Amerks are now on a three game winning streak heading into the month of March and the final push for the Calder Cup playoffs. Â The 15 round shootout win had a bit of everything and it all came together with Igor Gongalsky winning the game in the …
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David Leggio Leads the Amerks to a Second Straight Win
The Amerks are in need of a push to the playoffs and they gave themselves just that with their second win in a row on Friday night against the Adirondack Phantoms. Â David Leggio played a superb game for his second shutout of the season with 27 saves. Â There was also at least four or five …
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Amerks Step Up to the Bears in 5-2 Win
Quick recap of the Amerks win over the Bears.. First period started with both teams going back and forth for the first five minutes. Gongalsky had a few close chances early. Dennis Persson on the power play created a great chance shooting from the face off dot trying to give Whitmore the chance to tip …
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The Time is Now for the Amerks after a Weekend Collapse
The Amerks started this past weekend with a great 6-2 win over the Lake Erie Monsters as a team that looked like it could be on the right path. Â What happened after that game though is a different story. Â They were outplayed on Saturday night and lost 3-1 to the Monsters to close out the …
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Michal Repik Leads the Way to Creating an Amerks Loss
It’s a perfect time to write a familiar name, Michal Repik scored the game winning goal on Saturday night at the War Memorial in downtown Rochester. Â Repik scored two goals leading the San Antonio Rampage to a 4-1 win over the Rochester Americans. Â As for the Amerks, they were present in uniforms but not in …
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Amerks Highlights from 3-0 Win Over the Heat on February 2
The Amerks started the month of February on a good note with a 3-0 win over the Abbotsford Heat on February 2nd.  For a full recap of the two games against the Heat you can read that here. Goaltender David Leggio also debuted his new mask at this game, you can read about that here. Thanks …
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Leggio Earns the Amerks 3 out of 4 Points Against the Heat
We’re now in the month of February and this is the time of the season that teams make a push for the playoffs and determine how they’ll be able to play once in the playoffs. Â The NHL trade deadline is Monday February 27, 2012, just over three weeks away. Â There’s one position that the Amerks …
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New Goalie Helmet for Amerks David Leggio
I’ll always find goalie helmets in hockey fascinating because of the stories some of them have behind them. Â David Leggio is debuting his new helmet this week which again has a split theme between the Rochester Americans and Buffalo Sabres. Â The new paint job is because he has a new helmet from Bauer that they …
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Griffins 3 Goals in Under 3 Minutes Defeats Amerks; Gongalsky vs Piche
The Amerks lost on Wednesday night and there’s two ways you could look at the standings after this game. Â The glass half empty way is that the Amerks are following the Buffalo Sabres lead and slowly sinking in the standings. Â There’s only four points that separates the Amerks from the Rockford IceHogs who are in …
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Gameday Notes Amerks vs Griffins; Finley and Morrisonn Back
The best news for the Amerks second game of this road trip against the Grand Rapids Griffins is that they’ll have Joe Finley and Shaone Morrisonn back on defense after they missed a few games. Â Morrisonn has missed the last three games while serving a three game suspension. Â Finley has missed the past four Amerks …
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Amerks Using a Mulligan after 5-2 Loss to the Barons, Try Again Friday
The Rochester Americans weren’t very good on Thursday night and it showed on the scoreboard with the Oklahoma City Barons easily skating away with a 5-2 win. Â The team will use a mulligan and forget the game ever happened and move on to the rematch on Friday night on the same ice surface. Â I’ll continue …
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Amerks Gameday Notes, Lineup and Injury Updates
The biggest news in Rochester other than Kodak filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy is that Michael Ryan is back in the lineup for the Rochester Americans. Â The last appearance of Michael Ryan on a gameday was October 16th when he was on the ice for warmups but didn’t come out for the game. Â It was …
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