Tag:Laval Rocket
Kevin Porter Suspended for Two Games
The American Hockey League announced late Saturday afternoon that Rochester Americans forward Kevin Porter has been suspended for two games as a consequence of an illegal check to the head of an opponent in a game vs. Laval on Feb. 28. Porter will miss Rochester’s games tonight (Feb. 29) at Syracuse and Wednesday (Mar. 4) …
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Recap: Two Goals for Eric Cornel and a Perfect PK
It wasn’t the prettiest of wins but it was a team effort and an entertaining hockey game from start to finish. Eric Cornel and a perfect penalty kill carried the Rochester Americans to a 4-2 win over the Laval Rocket. The Amerks finished the season series perfect against Laval with a 4-0 record against them …
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Amerks Riding a Winning Streak Following All-Star Break
Losing streak? What losing streak? The Rochester Americans return to action tonight following the All-Star break to kick off the final 33 games of the season riding a three game winning streak. Two of the last three games had some moments but each game was a couple steps in the right direction following a dreaded …
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Recap: Fifth Shutout Win of the Season in Laval
I’m running out of different ways to say the Rochester Americans won a game but that’s what they did again Saturday night in Laval with a 5-0 win. The team had five different goal scorers and Andrew Hammond earned a career best fourth shutout of the season. This was the Amerks fifth shutout of the …
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Tage Thompson Leads Amerks to a Win
Tage Thompson was the center of attention Friday night in Rochester. He has spent all season with the Buffalo Sabres and after 65 games played in the NHL he was assigned to the Rochester Americans this week. You could say it’s where he should’ve been months ago, you could call it a demotion, or you …
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Thompson and Fitzgerald are Excited for the Winning Culture
It’s the time of year for minor league hockey teams to experience a lot of roster change. Players being called up, sent down, draft picks out of college, draft picks out of juniors, and even undrafted free agents. Nine players will have passed through Rochester as part of a transaction this week. One has made …
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Amerks Fall to Laval in One Goal Loss
The Rochester Americans split the weekend road trip to Laval with a win on Friday night in a shootout followed by a one goal regulation loss in an afternoon game. They finished with four out of six points for the week with wins over Bridgeport and Laval. The game was what one could expect in …
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Alex Nylander Leads Amerks to a Shootout Win
The Rochester Americans won their second straight game in a shootout beating the Laval Rocket on Friday night in Laval. Alex Nylander scored once in regulation and also scored the winner in the shootout to lead the Amerks to the win. Overall it was a great game back and forth, the Amerks were the better …
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Amerks Weekend at Home and Internal Competition
Welcome to the last weekend of October where the Rochester Americans have a chance to end the month in first place and extend their point streak (and start a new winning streak) against two divisional teams with back to back home games. The team split last weekend with a shootout win against Toronto and an …
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Colin Blackwell Leads Amerks to Third Straight Win
Two weeks ago the Rochester Americans had lost four straight, couldn’t figure out what was going on and talked about needing to string some wins together. Last weekend Chris Taylor shared some “not so nice words” during a first period intermission. Tonight the Rochester Americans came from behind again to win 3-2 over Laval Rocket. …
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Amerks Talk About Clinching a Playoff Spot
The Rochester Americans have missed the playoffs the last three seasons and by the end of Saturday night they’d like to officially end that drought. Getting to the playoffs isn’t going to be enough for this team though, they’re determined to make a run. The Amerks haven’t won a playoff series since the 2004/2005 season. …
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Amerks Finally Get Back to Back Wins
It took almost two months to happen but the Rochester Americans finally have back to back wins after finishing off Laval Rocket at home on Sunday afternoon. They were team wins as well, not just one player leading the way. Adam Wilcox had 21 saves on Sunday, seven of which came in a barrage within …
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