Tag:Post Game
Two High Sticks and a Turnover Results in Another Loss
The Rochester Americans made more mistakes than the Utica Comets and it cost them the game. Utica scored one power play goal that went off of Justin Bailey’s stick, a 5 on 3 power play goal and then a turnover at the Amerks blue line. The post game report doesn’t need more than that. Wednesday night …
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Overtime Loss to the Last Place Devils
The Amerks found a way to get a point on Saturday night in Binghamton battling back from two goals down but lost 34 seconds into the overtime session. Based on the pace of play if someone didn’t know anything about the two teams they would’ve thought these teams were equals. Binghamton Devils are in last …
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CJ Smith in a Scoring Slump; Amerks in a Slump at Home
Rochester joined the ranks of rough days for first place teams on Saturday losing 4-2 vs Laval Rocket. Manitoba and Providence also lost. The fourth team, Stockton Heat was fortunate to have the day off. The good news is that the Amerks are still in first place. The bad news is that they aren’t doing …
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Recap: CJ Smith and Ullmark Lead Amerks to Win over Comets
Rookie forward CJ Smith is on a hot streak and on Wednesday night lead the Amerks to a 3-1 win over the Utica Comets. He tallied one goal, one assist and a team leading seven shots on net. He’s one of four players that has played in all 26 games so far this season and …
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Amerks Defeat Springfield to Continue Success on the Road
The Amerks continued their road success on Friday night defeating the Springfield Thunderbirds 2-1. Linus Ullmark got the win in net with 18 saves to extend the teams road record to 7-1-3-1. Rochester dominated play through the first period and didn’t allow a shot against Ullmark until six minutes into the first period. Seth Griffith …
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Amerks End the Week with a 60 Minute Win
This Amerks team is fun. It’s only 22 games into the season but they’re playing as a team that should make those proud that have previously represented the logo. The team defeated the league leading Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins on Saturday night after two subpar performances. And without a top six forward that was called up. Eric …
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Amerks Lose after Costly Turnovers and Giving Up Another Third Period Lead
The good news is that the Amerks are tied for fourth in total points in the American Hockey League. The bad news is that they continue to giveaway points costing them in the standings. Rochester could easily be in third place overall in the league if it wasn’t for giving up third period leads. In 21 …
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Amerks Head Coach After Loss: That’s Not Acceptable
The Amerks collapsed again and lost 5-2 against the Charlotte Checkers on Friday night and head coach Chris Taylor didn’t hold back saying, “I know it’s a process, I know what happened last year and… but… that’s not acceptable.” (Featured photo from Amerks.com) Adam Krause and Zach Redmond scored their first goals of the season to …
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Game Recap and Notes: Flat on Friday the 13th, Paetsch Injured, Playing as a Team
The Amerks started the season with two wins over the Syracuse Crunch and with only one game this weekend they should’ve come out but the opposite happened, they fell flat from the start. The rest of the game was an uphill battle they weren’t able to recover from. (Featured photo courtesy of Amerks.com) “We weren’t …
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Opening Night Post Game Comments from Taylor, Paetsch, Bailey and Ullmark
The Amerks started the season with a 3-1 win and Justin Bailey had the post game quote of the night that we’re loving. He said, “We wanted to show the city of Rochester it’s going to be a change of pace around here.” Tell your family, friends, neighbors, coworkers and everyone else you can that …
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Bad Start For The Amerks…6-1 Loss to the Crunch
 I thought the Amerks were starting off strong when Karl Stewart scored only 4:46 into the first period. Tyler Plante got a short debut in goal tonight for the Rochester Americans tonight. He played nearly all of the first period, but was pulled in favor of Beckford-Tseu after goals from Mayorov, Filatov and Sestito slipped …
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