Author:Keith Wozniak
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen is Rochester Bound
Goalie Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen has completed his loan playing for TPS of the Liiga league in Finland and will be traveling back to North America to join the Rochester Americans for the 2020-2021 season. He’ll be the top goalie for the Amerks with Dustin Tokarski playing primary role of backup and Michael Houser will be available …
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Defenseman Casey Nelson Announces Retirement
Defenseman Casey Nelson signed a one-year two-way contract with the Buffalo Sabres in the off-season before choosing to opt-out of the 2020-2021 season and has now announced that he’s hanging up his skates. Over the span of four seasons with the Amerks he played in 151 regular season games as one of the teams top …
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Amerks 2020-2021 Training Camp Roster
The Rochester Americans will open training camp Friday morning with an intimate 16 man roster of two goalies, four defensemen, and ten forwards. Where’s the rest of the roster? That remains to be seen but the organization will have to add more players by the time the season starts on February 5. There’s a lot …
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AHLTV Prices for the 2020-2021 Season
Subscriptions are on sale now through AHLTV to watch games ahead for the 2020-2021 season. The prices are affordable and if you had a subscription last season you likely have a credit coming your way. If you are a season ticket member through a team that has offered a subscription you may have some options …
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Amerks Announce 2020-2021 Training Camp
It’s been a long time but there’s finally some professional hockey news in Rochester. The Rochester Americans have announced that training camp will start Friday January 15, 2021 at Blue Cross Arena. The American Hockey League regular season (shortened) is expected to start on February 5, 2021. Home practices and games will be closed to …
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American League Announces Revised Start Date for 2020-21 Season
As the NHL returned to play this week we have some news regarding the American Hockey League. The Board of Governors met during its annual meeting and per the press release below announced a revised start date of December 4, 2020. The news was first shared by Tony Androckitis of Inside AHL Hockey and per …
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Sean Malone Signs with Nashville Predators
Sean Malone is now a former Rochester Americans player with the news today that he signed a one-year two-way contract with the Nashville Predators. Malone rebounded to have his best pro year during the shortened 2019/2020 season following a knee injury and then a string of other injury issues during the prior season. The off-season …
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City Requests Interest for Restaurant Operator at Blue Cross Arena
It’s been just over two years since the idea of a restaurant at Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial was first mentioned and on Friday the City of Rochester took the next step by issuing a request for expression of interest (REOI) for a restaurant operator. This could be an excellent addition to the …
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Amerks Coaching Staff Fired – Taylor, Dineen, and Petersen
The Buffalo Sabres followed up the Tuesday morning firing of management staff to announce that the Rochester Americans coaching staff was fired as well. That included Head Coach Chris Taylor along with assistants Gord Dineen and Toby Petersen. All three had been behind the Amerks bench for the last three seasons. Combining the last 3 …
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Sabres Fire Botterill, Sexton, Greeley and Hire Kevyn Adams
The Buffalo Sabres made headlines Tuesday morning by announcing that General Manager Jason Botterill has been fired along with Assistant GM’s Randy Sexton and Steve Greeley. The team has named Kevyn Adams as the new General Manager. Later in the day the organization also fired the entire Rochester Americans coaching staff of Chris Taylor, Gord …
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Multi-Million Dollar Upgrades in Progress at Blue Cross Arena
The Rochester Americans 2019-2020 season didn’t end as planed, like many other teams, but an estimated $8.7 million in upgrades to Blue Cross Arena in the City of Rochester has started as planned. Construction started this month and the projects listed below with an anticipated completion in spring 2022. These uprgrades were originally proposed in …
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Amerks Sign Forward Jesper Olofsson
There had been rumblings over the last few days that the organization was going to sign forward Jesper Olofsson and the news was made official today. The Rochester Americans announced that Olofsson (the older brother of Victor) has signed a one-year American Hockey League contract. His numbers have improved season over season and the signing …
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