Tag:Hershey Bears
Recap: Five Different Goal Scorers Carry Amerks to a 5-1 Win
The questions Wednesday morning were about shots, scoring, and the power play. Wednesday night the Rochester Americans took care of all three in a 5-1 win over the Hershey Bears where five different players scored goals and one of those was on the power play. After the game Gord Dineen said, “Tonight we were not …
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Preview: Amerks Home Tonight Before Weekend Road Trip
Another set of games is ahead for the Rochester Americans starting tonight on home ice against the Hershey Bears. There was a time when it was an event when these two historic franchises played (this is the 459th game between them) but now that they only play twice a season it’s just another Wednesday game. …
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Poor First Period Ends the Amerks Point Streak
It only took five seconds for the game on Friday night to get off to a rough start and it didn’t get any better the rest of the first period. Hershey scored three in the first, Rochester didn’t score until the third period when it was too late and there’s your game summary. Kevin Porter …
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The Bears Attacked and Won in Overtime
The Rochester Americans continued their league lead in one statistic on Sunday afternoon in Hershey, games that have gone into overtime. The team leads the league with 42% of their games going into overtime. Hershey Bears forward Wayne Simpson scored with three seconds left in regulation to tie the game 2-2 and send the Amerks …
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Road Trip, Still Having Fun and Returning Players
The Amerks are still in second place even after only winning two of their last 10 games but that may not last for long. Utica won on Friday night putting them in 3rd place and only two points behind Rochester in the standings. Ten games ago they were 14 points behind. The coaching staff put the …
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Amerks Win in a Shootout After Six Goals in the 2nd Period
Chris Taylor walked into the post game press conference and jokingly said, “that all went according to the game plan.” The team is resilient and it paid off. Eric Cornel for the second game in a row scored in the shootout to give the Amerks their fourth win out of the last five games. “That’s …
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Oct 20 Video Highlights of Amerks Win Over Hershey
The longest rivalry in the AHL continues as the Bears open up their 75th season at home. The Amerks fell behind by 3 in the second period but made a huge comeback fueled by a 4 for 6 performance on the power play and some awful goaltending by Dany Sabourin (4 goals against, 3 saves …
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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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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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Amerks Comeback Takes the Bears to the Shootout; Successful Weekend
The Amerks loss to the Hershey Bears can be looked at a few ways but the best way to look at it is that this team has a lot of heart, character and a never say die attitude that’s awesome to watch. Â After two periods the Bears were winning the game and had a 36-9 …
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Gameday: Maturing Amerks Hit the Road Again; Morrisonn and Tropp Return
The Amerks hit the road again for the start of a busy almost second half of the season. Â They’ll be playing three games in three nights starting tonight against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins and then Binghamton Senators and then closing out the weekend against the Hershey Bears on Sunday. Â The team will play every Friday and …
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Big Joe Finley, Strong on Defense, Can Also Throw Lawn Mowers and Attack Mascots
The big news out of the Buffalo Sabres on Monday is that they have signed defenseman Joe Finley to a three year two way contract making an NHL salary of $525,000. Â He came to training camp on a tryout and has now signed a National Hockey League contract with the Buffalo Sabres. Â A pretty good …
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