Tag:Marcus Foligno
Gameday Notes: Amerks vs Bulldogs; Big Crowd Expected
The Amerks have a chance to take first back first place in the North Division with a win tonight over the Hamilton Bulldogs, a team they’ve had difficulty beating so far in six games this season. Â The Bulldogs have 12 wins this season and five of those have been against the Rochester Americans. Â Both teams …
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Amerks Shootout Win Extends Streak to Four Games; Adversity is No Problem
(Update: Added shootout video and Travis Turnbull incident) This Rochester Americans team is supposed to lack goal scoring. Â It’s supposed to be missing a couple of players as veteran leadership. Â It’s supposed to lack depth. Â It’s also supposed to be torn apart by all of the injuries and call ups but the players put everything …
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Grit, Guts and Goaltending Leads to Amerks 4-1 Win
The story leading up to the Rochester Americans vs Lake Erie Monsters game on Wednesday night was that the Amerks were short on players with what seems like half the team up with the Buffalo Sabres. Â On paper there wasn’t much hope for the game considering they’re a squad that at times has had problems …
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Amerks Add a Campbell and Igor to the Lineup; Foligno Sent Back
The press release is below from the Amerks announcing the addition of Scott Campbell and Igor Gongalsky. Â Marcus Foligno was also sent down by the Sabres. Â The chances of Foligno playing are very slim, this would be his fifth game in six nights if he plays and that’s something no team wants a player going …
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Amerks Need Some Players with 163 Man Games Lost Already
Here we are in late December and the offensive side of the Rochester Americans lineup has just about dried up and as of this morning the team is short on players heading into tonights game against the Lake Erie Monsters. Â Based on the Amerks roster that played on Sunday minus Whitmore and Foligno they have …
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Sabres Call Up Whitmore and Foligno from the Amerks
Another day and more players called up to the Buffalo Sabres from the Rochester Americans. Â The Amerks returned from Texas today and good news awaited Derek Whitmore and Marcus Foligno as both players are on their way to join the Sabres. Whitmore has played in 272 regular season games between the Portland Pirates and Rochester …
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Stuart Up; Brennan In; Devils Postgame; Phantoms Gameday
A handful of updates on the Rochester Americans on this sunny but cold Saturday afternoon. Â The Amerks had their first shutout win of the season on Friday night against the Albany Devils winning 3-0. Â They left last night after the game to head to Glens Falls where they’re playing the Adirondack Phantoms tonight at 7pm. …
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Amerks Lost in Albany and Lose All Three Weekend Games
The first of three sets of three game weekends in December is completed but not with the results anyone wanted. Â The Amerks lost all three games this weekend to the Houston Aeros, Hamilton Bulldogs and Albany Devils. Â The scores of the games were 4-3, 3-2 and 4-2 and the positive way to look at those …
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Amerks Injury Updates, MacIntyre is Back and The Positive Effect of Call Ups
The big news out of Amerks practice this morning was that Drew MacIntyre was back on the ice with the team in net after spending some time with the Buffalo Sabres. Â The first thought was maybe they just sent him down for the day but Ron Rolston confirmed that MacIntyre is here for the weekend. …
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Joe Finley vs Zack Fitzgerald Fight Video
Halfway through the Rochester Americans 5-3 win over the Hamilton Bulldogs on Saturday night we saw this short fight below between Joe Finley and Zack Fitzgerald of the Hamilton Bulldogs. Â Fitzgerald partially hit Marcus Foligno with a hip check near center ice and Finley immediately stepped in to drop the gloves with Fitzgerald. Â If Finley …
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Short Handed Goal Lifts Marlies Over the Amerks, Thoughts and Video Highlights
The game wasn’t all that exciting but on the scoreboard it was a close one, the Toronto Marlies defeated the Rochester Americans by the score of 2-1. Â A Marlies shorthanded goal late in the third period was the winning goal for the Marlies. The worst part of the game seemed to be when Marcus Foligno …
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Season High 44 Shots and Standup Defense Leads Amerks to Win
The way the game started out on Wednesday night against the Syracuse Crunch the game could have gone completely in favor of the Crunch or it could’ve been one of the fastest games of all time. Â Once the puck dropped around 7:05pm the first whistle wasn’t until five minutes and 13 seconds into the game. …
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