Tag:Ted Black
Sabres Respond to Reports of Amerks Moving to Another Arena
As another lousy season heads into the home stretch and another year without a long term lease it’s time for some more rumblings and rumors about the future of the Rochester Americans in Rochester. Unless a long term lease was never reported the Amerks have been running on one year lease extensions based on the terms of …
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Amerks Fans, Share Suggestions I Can Deliver to Ted Black
On Tuesday evening the Buffalo Sabres will are having a “Live Suggestion Box” hosted by Ted Black that I’ll be attending (along with others who write about the Sabres/Amerks) to continue the trend they’ve started. Everyone who has been invited is being asked to share what our readers are suggesting, what we’ve heard or what suggestions …
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Ted Black Delivered My Season Tickets, Excitement Building
When the Rochester Americans posted on their Facebook page asking for reasons why people should be selected to get their season tickets delivered I jokingly responded, “Easy answer.. it’s a Friday.. Ted Black likes beer.. my fridge is stocked with Genny Light, a Rochester beer.” I didn’t expect to get a call or even expect …
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Amerks News Stories this Week: Salaries, Coaches, Schedule, Videos
It’s a Friday afternoon and there’s a few different Amerks related news items that were either posted this week or were out there but not posted here. Anyways, in case you missed it here’s a way to catch up on Rochester Americans related news items from this past week or so. This covers everything from …
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Amerks Season Ticket Sales Lead the American Hockey League
When the Buffalo Sabres announced that they had bought the Rochester Americans one of the things they announced was that all season tickets were going to be $10 only for any ticket in the building. Â Sounds like that’s paying off in numbers. Ted Black stated today at the press conference that the Amerks have already …
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Quick Recap of the Sabres Press Conference Buying the Amerks
That was quite the morning at Blue Cross Arena where the Buffalo Sabres officially announced the purchase of the Rochester Americans. At the head table was Dave Andrews, Darcy Regier, Terry Pegula, and Ted Black with the Mayor of Rochester and County Executive sitting in the front row. There was a lot of time spent …
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AHL Approval and Details All that Remain of Amerks Sale to the Sabres
Curt Styres selling the Rochester Americans franchise to Terry Pegula of the Buffalo Sabres has been as much of a secret as Terry Pegula buying the Sabres earlier this year. Â Everyone has known it’s happening, the only thing that held things up was all of the legal mumbo jumbo and league approval, two things that …
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Countdown to the Sale, Shouldn’t be Any Doubters
There’s going to be a lot more to talk about next week once this sale is 100% approved and finalized and signed, until then all we have are these little things that point to it being a done deal for those who still don’t believe. Â The American Hockey League invited teams to Springfield, MA for …
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