Tag:Matt MacKenzie
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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Video Highlights of Amerks 3-1 Win Over the Senators
The Amerks need every win they can get and continued to do that on Friday night with a 3-1 win over the Binghamton Senators to move into eighth place, at least for the time being.  Paul Szczechura, Luke Adam and Derek Whitmore are three players the Amerks need to rely on for scoring and they did just …
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View the Amerks Clear Day Roster; Drew Schiestel to the Texas Stars
The biggest news of the day is that Drew Schiestel has been assigned to the Texas Stars. Â He had been an odd man out defenseman for much of the season never fully recovered from a knee injury. Â He also made a few costly mistakes in games and was sat out after those were made. Â Based …
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Predicting the Amerks Clear Day Roster Due at 3pm Today
Today is one of the more important days for all 30 teams in the American Hockey League since by 3pm a 22 man roster has to be submitted of players eligible to play for the remainder of the season and into the playoffs. Â Teams can also list players as in residence to be used for …
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Amerks Look for Back to Back Wins vs Marlies; MacKenzie Up from Gwinnett
The Amerks are back at home tonight at 6:05pm against the Toronto Marlies for the second of a home and home series. Â The Amerks beat the Marlies 2-1 on Saturday afternoon in Toronto, Paul Szczechura scored the game winning goal at 8:57 of the third period on the power play. Â Brayden McNabb passed the puck …
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Szydlowski Back to the Amerks; MacKenzie and Fienhage to Gwinnett
Three minor moves this week for the Amerks moving players to and from the Gwinnett Gladiators. Matt MacKenzie was finally cleared to play after missing 34 games with the Amerks and was sent to the Gladiators. Â He had his leg sliced open by a skate in December and after a long recovery is finally ready …
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Rolston Looks to Get Amerks Chemistry Back Together
There are only 26 games left in the regular season for the Rochester Americans and it feels as if they finally have a lineup that they should have had to start the season. Â The race has started and it’s going to be close down the stretch for the playoffs so it’s almost as if it …
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Amerks Injury Updates; A Healthy Future is Near
It’s probably safe to say that every hockey fan in Western New York is tired of hearing about injuries. The Buffalo Sabres and Rochester Americans are slowly returning to health though and will hopefully stay that way. For the Amerks, Corey Tropp is set to return on Wednesday morning against the Toronto Marlies. Tropp has …
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Update and Info about Matt MacKenzie Injury
Matt MacKenzie is a defenseman on the Rochester Americans roster that only played 15 games up until his nasty injury on December 3rd against the Hamilton Bulldogs in which he had his leg cut wide open.  Lisa McRitchie who writes for the Oil Patch on Kukla’s Korner recently caught up with MacKenzie and wrote the following …
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Injury Updates but No Timeframe for Ryan, MacKenzie or Rankin
As of writing this there are three Rochester Americans players still out with injuries, Michael Ryan, Matt MacKenzie and Evan Rankin. Â I guess we could also include Colin Stuart on this list even though he’s still on the Sabres roster and has not been sent back down yet. Â So here’s a quick update on these …
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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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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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