Tag:Postgame
Amerks Team Effort Leads to Win Over the Devils
Heading into the game on Friday night there were low expectations due to the fact that the Amerks had lost another forward to a call up, that player being Zack Kassian. Â That meant the Amerks would be without him, TJ Brennan, Corey Tropp and Drew MacIntyre. Â The Amerks are still without forwards Travis Turnbull, Michael …
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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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Amerks Earn Win with MacIntyre and Defensive Effort
There’s a couple of ways to look at the Rochester Americans 2-1 win over the Grand Rapids Griffins on Saturday night but the first way to look at it was that they won the game and Drew MacIntyre made 43 saves. Â It almost doesn’t sound right to say they played a good defensive game considering …
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Amerks Power Play Was Key to Win Over Senators
In my 5 Reasons to go to the Amerks game on Friday night I said one of the reasons was the power play (or lack of) and that the 0 for 26 drought was bound to end and that it did on Friday night. Â After 27 failed power play opportunities the Amerks finally connected not …
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Rookie Time Corey Tropp’s First NHL Goal; Sabres Win 6-5
Corey Tropp created an instant highlight reel moment for scoring his first National Hockey League goal at 9:16 of the first period and also receiving a classic Rick Jeanneret call on the play. Â Jeanneret bellowed out, “Rookie time rookie time Corey Tropp guns it home, Buffalo has tied it at two.” Â The goal was also …
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Amerks End Lousy Road Trip Losing 5-2; Special Teams Needs Work
The Amerks ended a four game road with a 5-2 loss against the Syracuse Crunch on Saturday night and as mentioned elsewhere, it’s a game they shouldn’t forget and likely a low point in this early season. Â The two teams play against each other Sunday evening at 6:05 in Rochester. Â The Amerks also play eight …
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Amerks Fast Start Leads to Win Over Sens; Tonight at Crunch
The Amerks are in Syracuse tonight coming off of a 3-2 win over the Senators in front of a sold out crowd in Binghamton. Â They did something in this game they haven’t done yet this season, got off to a fast start with some early goals and then were able to hold on to the …
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B-Sens Highlights from Last Saturday’s Win Over the Amerks
If few saw it, does it really count?  Well, it does now with these highlights of the Binghamton Senators defeating the Rochester Americans.  The Amerks lost their fifth straight game last Saturday night in Binghamton.  I just noticed I never wrote a postgame report, here’s a little something with video highlights courtesy of the B-Sens. …
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Amerks Erased Two Goal Deficit but Lost in Overtime
The Rochester Americans were down by two goals heading into the third period but goals by Colin Stuart (third of the season) and Derek Whitmore (fourth of the season) narrowed the game and forced the game into overtime. Â Louis Leblanc scored his first professional goal in his first professional game to lead the Bulldogs to …
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Dreadful Power Play Dooms the Amerks in 3-1 Loss
A power play in hockey is pretty simple, you have the man advantage and pass the puck to get the other team out of position and then score. Â Especially when you’re given EIGHT opportunities in a game. Â Unfortunately the Amerks were not able to score and they even gave up a short handed goal in …
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Gameday: Collapse in Toronto; Amerks Back Home vs Adirondack
A wonderful Sunday evening game ahead of us, the third game in three nights for the Rochester Americans and Adirondack Phantoms. Â The Amerks had a third period collapse on Saturday afternoon that resulted in a 5-4 overtime loss to the Toronto Marlies. Â It’s a game that the team knows inside they they squandered but at …
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