Tag:Zack Kassian
Amerks Earn Win with MacIntyre and Defensive Effort
There’s a couple of ways to look at the Rochester Americans 2-1 win over the Grand Rapids Griffins on Saturday night but the first way to look at it was that they won the game and Drew MacIntyre made 43 saves. Â It almost doesn’t sound right to say they played a good defensive game considering …
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Amerks Power Play Was Key to Win Over Senators
In my 5 Reasons to go to the Amerks game on Friday night I said one of the reasons was the power play (or lack of) and that the 0 for 26 drought was bound to end and that it did on Friday night. Â After 27 failed power play opportunities the Amerks finally connected not …
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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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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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Video Highlights from the Amerks 6-5 OT Win Against the Crunch
The Amerks winner in overtime was an interesting game. Â There was 11 goals scored. Â Penalties. Â Breakaway goals. Â Defensive breakdowns. Â Great passing and even some questionable goaltending. Â By the time the game was over the Amerks had the win and two additional points in the standings. There are some highlight reel goals in here from Mark …
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Amerks Fast Start Leads to Win Over Sens; Tonight at Crunch
The Amerks are in Syracuse tonight coming off of a 3-2 win over the Senators in front of a sold out crowd in Binghamton. Â They did something in this game they haven’t done yet this season, got off to a fast start with some early goals and then were able to hold on to the …
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Gameday: First Place Amerks at Toronto Marlies
It feels like we just walked out of the War Memorial but it’s already time to think about aother Rochester Americans game. They travelled to Toronto last night after the game where they’re scheduled to play the Marlies at 3pm. Three games in three nights and by the time Sunday is over it’ll have been …
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Postgame: Bulldogs Shootout Win Ends Amerks Winning Streak
The Amerks 3-2 shootout loss to the Bulldogs on Friday night felt like a tennis match at times, back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. Â It was much better than the first game of the season though when the Amerks lost 5-2. Â One of the big differences in this game was the Amerks …
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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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Recap: Amerks First Home Win Had It All, Including Seven Goals
It’s amazing how one solid hockey game can put another one in the past, even if there’s only four games played on the season. Â The Rochester Americans on Sunday evening showed what they can be capable of when all of the right pieces fall into place with a 7-2 win over the Grand Rapids Griffins. …
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Zack Kassian and Marcus Foligno Fight Video
During the third period of the Amerks 7-2 win over the Grand Rapids Griffins this fight broke out on the ice. Foligno was being given a boarding penalty for a hit just before this fight broke out. Marcus Foligno vs Travis Ehrhardt on one side, Zack Kassian vs Garnet Exelby on the other. Late at …
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