Tag:Syracuse Crunch
Playoff History – Amerks vs. Crunch
We’ve discussed the Amerks/Crunch first round series a lot this week, and now we’d like to take a look back at the playoff history between these two clubs. If you’re an Amerks fan – you’re going to be a big believer in history repeating itself! 1996: Both teams struggled in the regular season but managed …
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2018 First Round Details: Rochester vs Syracuse
The Rochester Americans finished the 2017/2018 regular season with a 4-2 win on the road in Syracuse and with the win they secured third place and a first round match up against the Syracuse Crunch. The first round is a best of five series, remaining rounds are best of seven. On Saturday night in Syracuse …
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Connor Ingram Shuts Out the Amerks
It only takes one mistake by a team to lose and that’s what happened on Wednesday night when the Syracuse Crunch shutout the Rochester Americans in a one goal game. Matt Tennyson turned the puck over trying to leave the Amerks zone, Syracuse moved the puck around, Carter Verhaeghe fired a shot off the back boards …
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Linus Ullmark Returns Tonight vs Syracuse
The Rochester Americans have three regular season games remaining before the playoffs, two of those games are against the Syracuse Crunch in what could be a preview of the first round of the playoffs. The Crunch have a 5-1-1-1 series advantage this season. Rochester won the first two games of the season against Syracuse and also …
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Amerks Have a Tough Weekend Ahead
The Rochester Americans had a rough week and they only practiced. Since Sunday the Buffalo Sabres have called called up Kyle Criscuolo, Brendan Guhle, and Danny O’Regan. Seth Griffith had gone up the week prior. Two of them have been added to the injured list, Criscuolo (4 to 6 weeks) and Griffith (unknown upper body). …
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Time to Talk About Blue Cross Arena Again
Upgrades and improvements to Blue Cross are coming have happened. Maybe. Eventually. After over a year of silence the topic is back in the news. (Updated April 2, 2024 and originally posted March 2018 — updates are noted below in the timeline) Three things before going a little more in depth: 1) Blue Cross Arena is …
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Amerks Fall to Fourth Place
The Syracuse Crunch played a dominating game on Wednesday night in Buffalo and sent the Rochester Americans sinking to fourth place in the North Division. It’s only a two point spread between second and fourth but it feels more like 20. Sean Malone gave the Amerks an early lead scoring a short handed goal 5:01 …
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Disappointing Weekend for the Amerks
A three game weekend comes to an end for the Rochester Americans and the main question is, what’s happened to this team? The good news is that even on the current pace they’re still guaranteed a playoff spot. Once you’re in anything can happen but that doesn’t mean losing is acceptable. It wasn’t all that …
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Gameday vs Utica; Recap of Friday and Saturday
The story for the Monday afternoon home game will be how the Amerks respond to a big loss against the Syracuse Crunch on Saturday night. The 1pm game vs the Utica Comets will be the eighth of ten games between the two teams this season. The season series right now has the Comets at an advantage …
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Amerks Lose Second in a Row on the Road
The Syracuse Crunch are near the bottom of the league in the standings, they’re a young team but they looked like a league leading team on Wednesday night against the Rochester Americans. Dennis Yan went coast to coast in overtime to lead the Crunch to a 6-5 win. It was a high scoring back and …
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Video Highlights of the Home Opener Shootout Win
10/12/2012 The Crunch and Amerks kick off the 2012-13 AHL season in the Blue Cross Arena. The Crunch erased a 4-1 deficit to take a 5-4 lead. Mark Mancari tied the game at 5 during a 5 on 3 power play with 7 minutes left and then won it in the shootout.
The First Free Agent Signed for the Amerks is Rick Schofield
The first free agency signing for the Rochester Americans has quietly occurred with Rick Schofield being signed. Â Schofield scored eight goals and had nine assists as a center that played in 73 regular season games last season for the Syracuse Crunch. Â He played in four seasons for Lake Superior State University and was signed by …
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