Author:Keith Wozniak
Updated: Gord Dineen Assumes Head Coaching Duties of Amerks
The Buffalo Sabres announced this morning that Assistant Coach Don Granato has been hospitalized with severe pneumonia and will be taking a medical leave from the team. While he recovers here are some temporary moves: Rochester Americans Head Coach Chris Taylor will go to Buffalo to assist the Sabres coaching staff in the interim. Current …
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Sabres Assign Three to Rochester, Place Four on Waivers
The deadline to have a NHL roster down to 23 players is at 5pm on October 1, 2019 and the Buffalo Sabres began that process today by assigning three players to Rochester and putting another four on waivers. Three players assigned to Rochester: Rasmus Asplund, Tage Thompson, Lawrence Pilut. Lawrence Pilut is returning from a …
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Will Borgen Assigned to Rochester
The Buffalo Sabres trimmed their training camp roster by one on Sunday morning when they assigned defenseman Will Borgen to Rochester. Last season with the Amerks he recorded 17 points (3G+14A) in 71 games while establishing himself as a shut down defenseman in his own end. He was called up to Buffalo towards the end …
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Amerks Trim 10 Players from Training Camp Roster
The regular season is less than a week away and the Rochester Americans trimmed their training camp roster by 10 players this morning. The moves aren’t surprising in any way. Two players were released from tryouts and eight were assigned to Cincinnati. Released from tryout: Connor Hall, Carl Hessler Assigned to Cincinnati: Justin Baudry (D), Tobie …
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Game Preview: Amerks Host Marlies in Buffalo at Harborcenter
After a brief skate this morning in Rochester the Amerks will be boarding a bus this afternoon and travel to Buffalo for a preseason game against the Toronto Marlies at Harborcenter. The Amerks played Thursday night and lost a 4-1 game against the Syracuse Crunch at RIT. The Crunch had at least eight or nine …
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Recap: Amerks Start Preseason with a Loss to the Crunch
A big hit hit by Dalton Smith less than 90 seconds into the game and a goal by Justin Baudry at 8:16 of the first period were two of the three big highlights for the Rochester Americans in their 4-1 loss against the Syracuse Crunch to start the preseason. The third highlight was a quick …
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Game Preview: Amerks Host Crunch at RIT
It’s a familiar story line – the Rochester Americans will host the Syracuse Crunch. A heated rivalry that has grown over the last two seasons now that both teams are competitive at the same times. Puck drops at 7:00pm tonight at the Gene Polisseni Center on the campus of Rochester Institute of Technology (R.I.T.). Syracuse …
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Comparing 2019-2020 Ticket Prices Around the American Hockey League
After years of trying to tell people in Rochester that ticket prices are a good deal compared to the rest of the league I decided it was time to finally go through the league and compare costs and see where the team ranks to the rest of the league. For everyone else around the American …
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Quick LGA Survey
Another season has started and I’m looking for some quick feed back about the site, what you’re looking for, and any other suggestions. Completely anonymous and takes you through four short pages. Click on through to complete it >>> http://LetsGoAmerks.Fan-Survey-2019.sgizmo.com/s3/ Thank you for following, reading, and sharing! ** Email still has a place in this …
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Start of Amerks Training Camp Presents One Question for this Season
The foundation of the Rochester Americans has been set by management and the coaching staff along with eight players returning for third seasons in the organization but one question will carry on through to Spring – can they win a playoff series? Assistant General Manager Randy Sexton along with the coaching staff of Chris Taylor, …
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Sabres Assign CJ Smith and 13 Others to Rochester, Ruotsalainen to Ilves
The Buffalo Sabres trimmed the training camp roster down by 15 players on Sunday morning by assigning 14 to Rochester and Arttu Ruotsalainen to Ilves (Liiga) in Finland. Arttu Ruotsalainen was a long shot to make the Sabres roster out of training camp and the contract with his team in Finland indicated that if he …
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Amerks Announce 2019 Training Camp Schedule
Only a few days until the Rochester Americans begin the 2019 season. The team issued the following press release below that provides details on the first week of training camp. All practice dates are open to the public. Heads up – if you show up and the doors to the arena are locked just stop …
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