Tag:Rochester Americans
Tracking the 2021-2022 Amerks Roster
A new and full American Hockey League season is full speed ahead after two consecutive seasons without a Calder Cup being awarded. The last team to win a Calder Cup was the Charlotte Checkers in 2019. The Rochester Americans 2021/2022 regular season will start Sunday October 17, 2021 on the road in Utica with the …
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Amerks Sign Brett Murray to One-Year AHL Contract
Brett Murray was the last remaining training camp invite on the ice for practice Thursday morning and this afternoon the Rochester Americans confirmed that he signed a one-year American League contract with the team. At 6 feet 5 inches tall he’s a player that stands out on the ice. The signing was obvious when Gord …
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Amerks Trim 10 Players from Training Camp Roster
The regular season is less than a week away and the Rochester Americans trimmed their training camp roster by 10 players this morning. The moves aren’t surprising in any way. Two players were released from tryouts and eight were assigned to Cincinnati. Released from tryout: Connor Hall, Carl Hessler Assigned to Cincinnati: Justin Baudry (D), Tobie …
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Comparing 2019-2020 Ticket Prices Around the American Hockey League
After years of trying to tell people in Rochester that ticket prices are a good deal compared to the rest of the league I decided it was time to finally go through the league and compare costs and see where the team ranks to the rest of the league. For everyone else around the American …
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Details on the Amerks 2019-2020 Schedule
The American League announced schedules today for the 2019-2020 season which means it’s time to break down the Rochester Americans schedule and see how many times they play the same teams. Rochester opens the season at home Friday October 4 against Syracuse and finishes the season Saturday April 11, 2020 on the road in Binghamton. …
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Amerks Sign Defenseman Justin Baudry
Randy Sexton has already been working at signing depth players for the 2019/2020 season and today it was announced that Justin Baudry signed a one year American Hockey League contract for the 2019-20 season. Kurt Gosselin was recently signed to an AHL deal as well for next season. The Sabres also recently signed Casey Fitzgerald …
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Zach Redmond Sets a New Amerks Franchise Record
Rochester Americans defenseman Zach Redmond has broken the franchise record for goals by a defenseman in the regular season with his 19th goal of the season. It’s a record that stood for 46 years set by Rick Pagnutti during the 1972/1973 season scoring 18 goals. Redmond scored twice against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins on January 18, …
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Zach Redmond has Settled into Breaking a Record
When Zach Redmond was traded to the Buffalo Sabres organization on the eve of the 2017/2018 NHL regular season starting it’s highly unlikely that anyone could have predicted that Redmond would be entering the record books of the Rochester Americans. On the surface it was a simple trade between two NHL teams sending defenseman to …
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Rochester Americans 2018/2019 Mid Season Report Card
We’ve officially reached the halfway point of the 2018/2019 season for the Rochester Americans which means it’s time to take a look at where things are after 38 games. I’ve spent time breaking things down into five game segments which have been a roller coaster at times, but now it’s time to look at half of …
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Alex Nylander is Playing a Confident Game this Season
There isn’t a player in a Rochester Americans uniform that has received as much criticism as Alex Nylander has since the start of the 2016 season. That’s also because he’s only one of three players in his third full season with the Amerks. As a first round draft pick in 2016 NHL draft, eight overall, the …
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Beyond The Blade: Amerks Weekly | Episode 2
Welcome to the second episode of a new weekly Amerks podcast on Beyond The Blade between myself, Keith Wozniak, and Chad DeDominicis from Die By the Blade. Due to scheduling we missed a week but the plan is to make this a weekly thing. This week we talk about a team that has won five of their …
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Beyond The Blade: Amerks Weekly | Episode 1
Welcome to the first episode of a new weekly Amerks podcast on Beyond The Blade between myself, Keith Wozniak, and Chad DeDominicis from Die By the Blade. If you’re on this site you’re probably familiar with Die By the Blade as a Sabres site. We’ll be recapping the Amerks previous games, games ahead, who’s good, who’s bad, …
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