Tag:TJ Brennan
Tropp, Szczechura and Brennan Back to the Amerks
Some good news today for the Rochester Americans as Corey Tropp, TJ Brennan and Paul Szczechura were all sent back by the Buffalo Sabres. The Amerks play against the Houston Aero’s and can use all the talent available. The Aero’s have only lost three games in regulation, two in overtime and four in a shootout. …
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Mid Week Amerks Report: Weekend Games, Injuries, Call Ups, etc
There hasn’t been any breaking news out of the Rochester Americans but with the business of Thanksgiving wanted to take time to catch up on everything going on. Besides a few Twitter updates I doubt there’ll be another post until after the game on Friday. Even though most of us will be getting a day …
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TJ Brennan Back With the Amerks
TJ Brennan was sent back to the Rochester Americans after being called up by the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday to be available on the road if there were any more injuries, he didn’t play. He’s back with the team and playing today in Toronto. Mike Weber is said to be out for “weeks” with an injury …
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Amerks Gameday vs Marlies, A Handful of Thoughts
It’s a Friday and the Rochester Americans are back in action with two big games this weekend against the Toronto Marlies, the only other team in the North Division that appears to be ready to compete with the Amerks for the top spot. Â The puck drops at 7:35pm but get there at 6:30pm for “Happy …
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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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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 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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Team Effort by Amerks Leads to Shootout Win (Video included)
What we have here folks is a nice three game winning streak! Â The Amerks played 60 minutes of hockey where we saw them come back from a two goal deficit to defeat the Syracuse Crunch 3-2 in a shootout on Tuesday night. Â Jacob Lagace scored the first goals for the Amerks followed by the tying …
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Gameday: Crunch visit Amerks, Leggio Changing Positions?
The Rochester Americans finish up their stretch of four games in six nights when they host the Syracuse Crunch at 7:05pm at Blue Cross Arena. The Amerks are .500 right now at 2-2 and the Crunch are undefeated 2-0. After losing their first two games of the season being outscored 10-3 the Amerks have won …
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Amerks Score Some Goals and Record Their First Win
The Amerks played it simple, score goals to take a lead instead of trying to play catch up and it resulted in their first win of the season. Â Once the team had the lead they definitely appeared to play with more confidence than as seen during the first two games of the season. Greg Mauldin …
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Amerks Home Opener had Some Awesome and Some Booing
The game that was played for 60 minutes on the ice pretty much speaks for itself. Â The team was outplayed by a more skilled Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins team. Â Going into further detail really won’t accomplish much and does anyone really want to discuss it further? Â It’s only two games into the season, there’s absolutely no reason …
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Video and Updates from Amerks Morning Practice
The Amerks spent a lot of time during practice today working on full line drills, really getting into game day mode. Â One line that appeared to be getting more time than others was Derek Whitmore, Travis Turnbull and Zack Kassian. Â Some other line combinations were Michael Ryan, Colin Stuart and Mark Voakes.. Marcus Foligno and …
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