Tag:Kyle Olson
No Line Combinations Yet, Two Player Moves, and More
The Rochester Americans will have one more practice before the regular season begins Friday night and everyone is ready. Here’s a quick run down of some updates from Wednesday from practice and moves that were made. Two moves were made on Wednesday to trim the roster down by assigning Pascal Aquin to Cincinnati and releasing …
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Practice Update: Paper Moves, Pilut Returns, Four Others Cleared
It’s officially October and the Rochester Americans had a full team practice early Tuesday afternoon with 28 players on the ice. This biggest news was that Gord Dineen assumed head coaching duties this morning on an interim basis after Chris Taylor was called up to Buffalo. Don Granato is out on medical leave with pneumonia. …
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Game Preview: Amerks Host Crunch at RIT
It’s a familiar story line – the Rochester Americans will host the Syracuse Crunch. A heated rivalry that has grown over the last two seasons now that both teams are competitive at the same times. Puck drops at 7:00pm tonight at the Gene Polisseni Center on the campus of Rochester Institute of Technology (R.I.T.). Syracuse …
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Start of Amerks Training Camp Presents One Question for this Season
The foundation of the Rochester Americans has been set by management and the coaching staff along with eight players returning for third seasons in the organization but one question will carry on through to Spring – can they win a playoff series? Assistant General Manager Randy Sexton along with the coaching staff of Chris Taylor, …
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Sabres Assign CJ Smith and 13 Others to Rochester, Ruotsalainen to Ilves
The Buffalo Sabres trimmed the training camp roster down by 15 players on Sunday morning by assigning 14 to Rochester and Arttu Ruotsalainen to Ilves (Liiga) in Finland. Arttu Ruotsalainen was a long shot to make the Sabres roster out of training camp and the contract with his team in Finland indicated that if he …
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Sabres Announce 2019 Training Camp Roster
The Buffalo Sabres today announced the roster for the team’s training camp which includes five players on American League contracts and an invite to Kyle Olson. Training camp will be held primarily at KeyBank Center, with sessions on Sunday, Sept. 15, Thursday, Sept. 26 and Friday, Sept. 27 open to the public. On ice sessions …
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Sabres Announce Prospect Challenge Roster Moves
The 2019 Buffalo Sabres Prospects Challenge is in the past and with training camp starting on Friday today was the day for the team to make roster moves. Lukas Rousek (Sparta Praha – Czech) and Matthew Welsh (Charlottetown – QMJHL) have been assigned to their respective clubs to return for the 2019/2020 seasons. The team …
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Seven without Contracts in Sabres Prospects Challenge
There are 26 players on the Buffalo Sabres roster for the 2019 Prospects Challenge this weekend in Buffalo and out of that group of players there are seven without contracts heading into the upcoming season. The contracts of the 26 players range from entry level NHL to American League deals. Here’s the quick break down …
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