Year: 2012
Amerks Injury Updates; A Healthy Future is Near
It’s probably safe to say that every hockey fan in Western New York is tired of hearing about injuries. The Buffalo Sabres and Rochester Americans are slowly returning to health though and will hopefully stay that way. For the Amerks, Corey Tropp is set to return on Wednesday morning against the Toronto Marlies. Tropp has …
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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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Szczechura Hat Trick Leads Amerks to Comeback Win Over the Crunch
Anything is possible with this Amerks team. Â The Amerks came back for the second night in the row to tie a game in the third period, this time they were able to leave the arena with two points and an overtime win. Â Paul Szczechura was the hero of the game for the second night in …
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Playing the What If Game with the Amerks Standings and Roster
One of the biggest challenges for the Rochester Americans is an inconsistent effort in games they have the chance to win (like Friday night against the Abbotsford Heat) which can be attributed to young players and the expectations of players to put in a lot of ice time. Â The result? Â The Amerks have lost 15 …
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Amerks Jersey Auction Raises Over $8000, Joe Finley Sold the Highest
On Friday February 3, 2012 the Rochester Americans had on special Men’s Healthy Night jerseys to raise both funds and awareness for prostate cancer.  The Amerks teamed up with Urology Associates of Rochester for this special promotion.  The jerseys were a unique design and color that most agreed looked pretty good.  Based on the unofficial numbers in …
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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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Update and Info about Matt MacKenzie Injury
Matt MacKenzie is a defenseman on the Rochester Americans roster that only played 15 games up until his nasty injury on December 3rd against the Hamilton Bulldogs in which he had his leg cut wide open.  Lisa McRitchie who writes for the Oil Patch on Kukla’s Korner recently caught up with MacKenzie and wrote the following …
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New Goalie Helmet for Amerks David Leggio
I’ll always find goalie helmets in hockey fascinating because of the stories some of them have behind them. Â David Leggio is debuting his new helmet this week which again has a split theme between the Rochester Americans and Buffalo Sabres. Â The new paint job is because he has a new helmet from Bauer that they …
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Much Delayed 2012 AHL All-Star Game Recap
The 2012 version of the American Hockey League All-Star festivities ended on Monday night and for the most part I’d say it was another successful event. Â The skills competition was “so so” and the game itself didn’t get exciting until the last half of the third period when the West realized it needed to make …
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Talking with Joe Crozier at the Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony with Video
Joe Crozier is turning 83 years old and hockey is still an every day part of his life and when he was called and told he was being inducted to the American Hockey League Hall of Fame he said, “It was like winning another Calder Cup.” Â It’s almost impossible to put into words how amazing …
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Dave Andrews 2012 AHL State of the League Address
Every season the morning of the American Hockey League All-Star Game the media gathers in a room with AHL President Dave Andrews to discuss the state of the league. Â Some seasons there’s a lot to talk about with teams in financial troubles, team movement or affiliation changes but there really wasn’t any of that this …
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2012 AHL All-Star Game Coverage; Joe Crozier Hall of Fame Induction
The 2012 American Hockey League is holding it’s All-Star festivities this Sunday and Monday in Atlantic City and I’ll be travelling down there to cover the event. Â I’ll have news on everything from the skills competition, the All-Star game itself, the state of the league address and also the Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Â I’ll …
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