Tag:Ron Rolston
Amerks Using a Mulligan after 5-2 Loss to the Barons, Try Again Friday
The Rochester Americans weren’t very good on Thursday night and it showed on the scoreboard with the Oklahoma City Barons easily skating away with a 5-2 win. Â The team will use a mulligan and forget the game ever happened and move on to the rematch on Friday night on the same ice surface. Â I’ll continue …
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Amerks Gameday Notes, Lineup and Injury Updates
The biggest news in Rochester other than Kodak filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy is that Michael Ryan is back in the lineup for the Rochester Americans. Â The last appearance of Michael Ryan on a gameday was October 16th when he was on the ice for warmups but didn’t come out for the game. Â It was …
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Amerks to Practice Outdoors on Monday Morning in Rochester
The Amerks will be practicing at 11am Monday morning January 16, 2012 at Manhattan Square Park in downtown Rochester so if you have the day off from work or school make sure to get down there and watch the guys have some fun.  I’m sure it’ll be well covered by the Amerks and the other media …
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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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Top 11 Articles on Lets Go Amerks from 2011
It was a busy second half of 2011 for this site with acquiring a bigger audience with the sale of the Rochester Americans to the Buffalo Sabres.  Here’s a quick look back at what was popular over the past year (more like 6 months, I didn’t write much last season). ( AHL Playoff Format for 2010-2011 Season ) – The …
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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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Persson to Play, Brennan out and the Amerks Are Always Looking for Players
The Amerks are just finishing up their Thursday morning practice where they spent most of the time working on special teams. Â Everyone was present and accounted for at practice with no current call ups. Â Rolston said that he hadn’t talked to the Sabres yet but with the Sabres playing at home Friday night there’s no …
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Big Joe Finley, Strong on Defense, Can Also Throw Lawn Mowers and Attack Mascots
The big news out of the Buffalo Sabres on Monday is that they have signed defenseman Joe Finley to a three year two way contract making an NHL salary of $525,000. Â He came to training camp on a tryout and has now signed a National Hockey League contract with the Buffalo Sabres. Â A pretty good …
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5 Reasons To Attend The Amerks vs Senators Game Tonight
The Rochester Americans are back on home ice this weekend for games against the Binghamton Senators and Grand Rapids Griffins. Â Below is a list of five reasons I’ve put together that you should go to the game or encourage others to go. Based on the current rotation of goaltenders it’s likely that Drew MacIntyre will …
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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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Crunch Tackled Two Goal Deficit but McNabb’s First Won it in OT for Amerks
The Amerks win in overtime over the Syracuse Crunch on Sunday night had a little bit of everything, from wanting to ship the team out of the arena to jumping up and down celebrating a dramatic overtime win. Â It was a game that the team battled for and found a way to redeem themselves after …
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Szczechura and Legault Back, Finley Moves Up, Ryan Out 3 Weeks
The good news from the Amerks morning practice today was that Paul Szczechura and Maxime Legault are cleared for action and assuming there’s no last minute set backs they’ll be in the lineup Friday night against the Binghamton Senators and for the remainder of the season. Â Szczechura has been out of the lineup since last …
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