Tag:Jamie Johnson
Taffe and A Couple Bounces Lead Amerks to Win
“Bounces part of the hockey game,” Benoit Groulx said after the game. “Last night (6-1 loss to Hamilton) they had tons of bounces.” The Rochester Americans bounced back on a Saturday night with a 5-3 win against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in downtown Rochester. Jeff Taffe led the way with two goals. Daniel Steiner, Michal Repik, …
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Amerks Pickup First Shootout Win of the Season
The positive on Friday night was that the Amerks were able to win in a shootout over the Hamilton Bulldogs to add a much needed two points to the standings. The five regulation goals were all scored by different players with Evgeny Dadonov, Daniel Steiner, and Jeff Taffe leading the way in the shootout. Alexander …
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Gameday: Amerks @ Hamilton; Mid Season Thoughts
The Amerks are back in action tonight and on the road to take on the Hamilton Bulldogs. The Bulldogs are slowly pulling away from the pack in the North Division, much like the Amerks did earlier in the season. In five games this season the Amerks are 3-1-1 against the Bulldogs and have outscored them …
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Johnson and Taffe Lead Amerks to a Win
The Amerks game on Sunday was a game that they had to win and they did just that defeating the Binghamton Senators by the score of 6-1, the biggest margin of victory all season. With the win they snapped a five game losing streak and moved back into second place in the North Divison. The …
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Bonneau vs Spencer Fight Video; Team Stands Tall Together
The Amerks did something on Sunday night that I don’t think they have done a lot of throughout the season, sticking up for each other when the Binghamton Senators started hitting hard. Jamie Johnson scored the first goal of the game at 7:53 of the first period to take a 1-0 lead. On the ensuing …
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Grand Rapids Trounces Amerks; Time to be Concerned?
The Amerks lost the first game of a three game home stand to the Grand Rapids Griffins on Friday night by the final score of 6-3. As the game entered the third period it was still a 2-2 game and it was still anyones game. Grand Rapids took matters in their own hands and with …
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AHL All-Star Rosters Announced Tuesday and Wednesday
It’s that time of year again for the AHL All-Star rosters to be announced. The playing rosters for the 2010 Time Warner Cable AHL All-Star Classic will be announced on Tuesday and Wednesday. The 24 man roster for Team Canada on Tuesday at 2pm and the PlanetUSA roster on Wednesday at 2pm. I’ll post the …
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Amerks Getting Back on Track with 5-3 Win Over B-Sens
After a month long skid for the Rochester Americans I believe that things are headed back in the right direction. The Amerks won their second game of the weekend by defeating the Binghamton Senators 5-3 in front of 4,367 in downtown Rochester on Sunday evening. There are still some concerns, but the lineup that has …
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Salak Hurt; Bulldogs Move to First Place with OT Win
The Amerks took the Hamilton Bulldogs to overtime but in the end the Bulldogs were the ones that scored and won the game to take two points away. The game had it’s ups and downs and twists and turns. I think the game took us on an emotional roller coaster ride. Heading into the game …
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Late Comeback Not Enough, Bears Win 5-4
The one positive out of Saturday nights game on the road against the Hershey Bears is that it was a better game than the previous two. Evgeny Dadonov, Chris Taylor, Jamie Johnson, and Daniel Steiner all had two point games. In the end the Bears were able to take advantage of a weak defense and …
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Amerks Win Seventh Game this Season vs Crunch
The second period may have been one of the worst this season for the Amerks but they were able to hold on and after 60 minutes left the ice with a win and two more points in the standings. It was the seventh win this season for the Amerks against the cross state rival Syracuse …
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Gameday: Amerks Travel to take on the Hamilton Bulldogs
The Amerks will be getting on a bus to head north of the border later this afternoon to play against the Hamilton Bulldogs in the second of ten games between these two teams this season. The Amerks defeated the ‘Dogs on November 10 by the final score of 4-1. That game featured Chris Taylor, David …
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