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Grading the 2011-2012 Amerks Roster
It’s time to finally post our grades for the 2011-2012 Amerks roster and no, it’s not a mistake that it’s the end of June. Â Once the season is over interest pretty much fades and so does traffic, even when new content is posted. Â This is the time of year that there’s also renewed interest in …
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Amerks vs Marlies Game 2 Video Highlights
There hasn’t been anything to say about the game two loss that hasn’t been said elsewhere. Â If you watched the game you saw the same thing as everyone else. The Marlies were the better team for most of the game. Â Rochester found a way to stay in the game like they have with just about …
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Video Highlights of Amerks 3-1 Win Over the Senators
The Amerks need every win they can get and continued to do that on Friday night with a 3-1 win over the Binghamton Senators to move into eighth place, at least for the time being.  Paul Szczechura, Luke Adam and Derek Whitmore are three players the Amerks need to rely on for scoring and they did just …
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Video Highlights from Amerks Shootout Win Over the Marlies
The Amerks won their second game in a row on Sunday against the Toronto Marlies in a home and home series. Â The two games gave the Amerks a much needed four points in the standings and also proved again that they can compete with the best when they want to. Â The videos below feature fights, …
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Amerks Steal Shootout Win from the Marlies (with shootout video)
After a Friday night loss on the road against the Grand Rapids Griffins the Amerks completed the unexpected, two straight wins over the division leading Toronto Marlies. Â They were able to hold on to a 2-1 lead on Saturday evening in Toronto and then battle back from a 2-0 deficit on Sunday night to eventually …
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David Leggio Leads the Amerks to a Second Straight Win
The Amerks are in need of a push to the playoffs and they gave themselves just that with their second win in a row on Friday night against the Adirondack Phantoms. Â David Leggio played a superb game for his second shutout of the season with 27 saves. Â There was also at least four or five …
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Amerks Dim the Stars with a 9-4 Win
It was only one game but it was an enjoyable game. Â Out of 18 skaters on the ice only five ended the game without a point for the Rochester Americans, a pretty impressive accomplishment. Â There were seven different players who scored goals and 11 different players tallied assists. Â The last time the Amerks had a …
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Amerks Highlights from 3-0 Win Over the Heat on February 2
The Amerks started the month of February on a good note with a 3-0 win over the Abbotsford Heat on February 2nd.  For a full recap of the two games against the Heat you can read that here. Goaltender David Leggio also debuted his new mask at this game, you can read about that here. Thanks …
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Leggio Earns the Amerks 3 out of 4 Points Against the Heat
We’re now in the month of February and this is the time of the season that teams make a push for the playoffs and determine how they’ll be able to play once in the playoffs. Â The NHL trade deadline is Monday February 27, 2012, just over three weeks away. Â There’s one position that the Amerks …
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Griffins 3 Goals in Under 3 Minutes Defeats Amerks; Gongalsky vs Piche
The Amerks lost on Wednesday night and there’s two ways you could look at the standings after this game. Â The glass half empty way is that the Amerks are following the Buffalo Sabres lead and slowly sinking in the standings. Â There’s only four points that separates the Amerks from the Rockford IceHogs who are in …
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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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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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