Tag:Grand Rapids Griffins
Three Harvard Friends are Leading the Amerks at Center
Heading into the 2017/2018 season two Harvard graduates and teammates knew they’d be playing together in Rochester, Sean Malone and Kyle Criscuolo. When the Buffalo Sabres opened prospect camp in September a third Harvard graduate and former teammate made an impression and earned a roster spot – Colin Blackwell. Tonight, the trio will be three …
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Mark Zengerle was Almost a Rochester American
The Amerks made an attempt to improve offensive depth on Thursday by signing Rochester native Mark Zengerle (in the middle of the picture above). Unfortunately the Milwaukee Admirals claimed him off of waivers playing the role of spoiler for the homecoming. The 28 year old forward started the season in Sweden after the three previous …
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Video Highlights of the Amerks 4-3 Win Over Grand Rapids
The Grand Rapids Griffins make their only trip to Rochester in search of their first win of the season. The Griffins took a 2 goal lead in the second period but 3 power play goals by the Amerks sealed the victory for Rochester with the final score ending 4-3.
2011-2012 The Hockey News AHL Predictions vs End of Season Standings
At the start of every season most publications try and predict the season ending standings, something I would never want the task of doing. Â I decided to take a look back at the The Hockey News predictions for the 2011/2012 season compared to the final standings and for the most part they were way off. …
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Amerks Season is Down to the last Two Games after 5-4 Loss in OT
This is it folks. Â There’s two regular season games left for the Rochester Americans and the race is close. Â The Amerks are not out of the playoff race just yet but if they want to make it they can’t afford to lose a game. Â It sure does sound familiar, the Sabres were in the same …
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Amerks Blow Two Goal Lead and Lose to the Griffins
What happened on Friday night in Grand Rapids is exactly what the team didn’t need to happen. Â They got out to an early lead but couldn’t hold on to it and went on to lose 4-3 to the Griffins. Â The Amerks remain in 10th place and the Griffins are now four points behind them in …
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2012 AHL Western Conference Playoff Race and Projections
This post will be updated daily and can be easily found on the right sidebar of the site at any time. Updated: Updated through 4/13/2012 If the Amerks WIN in regulation/OT in Cleveland they clinch a playoff berth as long as Houston doesn’t win both of their games in regulation/OT by as of now 10+ …
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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 Earn Win with MacIntyre and Defensive Effort
There’s a couple of ways to look at the Rochester Americans 2-1 win over the Grand Rapids Griffins on Saturday night but the first way to look at it was that they won the game and Drew MacIntyre made 43 saves. Â It almost doesn’t sound right to say they played a good defensive game considering …
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A Few Hours Away From Amerks vs Griffins
It seems weird to have back to back home games on a Friday and Saturday night but it’s happening this weekend, following the Amerks 3-1 win over the Senators on Friday night they’re back on the ice in a few hours against the Grand Rapids Griffins. Based on Ticketmaster numbers it looks like a crowd …
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Amerks Power Play Was Key to Win Over Senators
In my 5 Reasons to go to the Amerks game on Friday night I said one of the reasons was the power play (or lack of) and that the 0 for 26 drought was bound to end and that it did on Friday night. Â After 27 failed power play opportunities the Amerks finally connected not …
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