Author:Keith Wozniak
AHL Cancels Remainder of the 2019-2020 Season
The 2019-202 American Hockey League season has officially been cancelled. Something that everyone knew would happen but hadn’t officially been announced yet. The press release from the league is below. All the answers to your questions regarding the cancellation of the 2019-20 Season ⬇️https://t.co/BwigSt8HfC pic.twitter.com/tbSJYxV5og — Rochester Americans (@AmerksHockey) May 11, 2020 *** SPRINGFIELD, …
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Rule Change Allowed Amerks to Sign Dominic Franco
There’s always a first signing in the off-season and Dominic Franco is that player and he’s also the first player to sign a professional contract following a rule change. Franco signed an American Hockey League contract with the Rochester Americans for the 2020-2021 season (whenever that will be). The rule change is a memorandum that …
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Defenseman Zach Redmond Signs in Germany
It was only a matter of time before news would start coming out regarding players going oversea’s but I didn’t expect that first bit of news to be related to now former Rochester Americans defenseman Zach Redmond. The German team EHC Red Bull Munich announed that they have signed Redmond for the 2020-2021 season. Redmond …
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LeBrun: Chances are Pretty Much Zero
It’s been 44 days since the Rochester Americans last skated on the ice together as a team and it continues to look like that’ll go down as the last game of the 2019-2020 season. Pierre LeBrun has reported about the American Hockey League season on TSN saying that “the chances are pretty much zero” and …
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New Site Name, Same Content
Welcome to the same site but now with a new name! For a variety of reasons it was time to rename the site so that the word ‘Amerks’ was no longer in the name and this is it – say hello to LGA585. Still the same site ownership, content, ideas, thoughts, etc etc.. the only difference …
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Update on Suspension of the 2019-2020 AHL Season
The American Hockey League executive team held a meeting Monday and the decision was made that the indefinite suspension will not be lifted before May. No indication has been given at this time whether that means some regular season games and playoffs can still be played, shortening both, or just jumping into some playoff hockey …
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AHL Pauses the 2019-2020 Season
The American Hockey League has followed behind the NHL in pausing the 2019/2020 season for the time being due to COVID-19 aka coronavirus pandemic. There haven’t been any direct cases related to the American League but following NBA player Rudy Gobert testing positive everything started to take a turn. The leagues all have indirect connections …
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Recap: Amerks Win Back to Back Games in Belleville
The Rochester Americans conquered the weekend with back to back regulation wins over the league leading Belleville Senators. The Amerks played two full 60 minute games and outscored the highest scoring team in the league and headed home with two big wins. Andrew Hammond made 25 saves Friday night and Jonas Johansson made 24 saves …
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AHL Team Winning Percentges Before and After Christmas
There’s always teams throughout a league that are hot all season, cold all season, get better, stay the same, and some that decline. A great start can set a team up for a decline but a poor start can also hurt a team trying to get caught up. I took a look at the records …
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Recap: Scott Wedgewood Defeats the Amerks
There’s only 18 games left in the regular season and time is running out fast for this Rochester Americans to figure out how to score goals on a regular basis. The 4-2 loss on the road in Syracuse was another example, something that’s happened a lot lately, where the Amerks had more shots and more …
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Kevin Porter Suspended for Two Games
The American Hockey League announced late Saturday afternoon that Rochester Americans forward Kevin Porter has been suspended for two games as a consequence of an illegal check to the head of an opponent in a game vs. Laval on Feb. 28. Porter will miss Rochester’s games tonight (Feb. 29) at Syracuse and Wednesday (Mar. 4) …
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Recap: Two Goals for Eric Cornel and a Perfect PK
It wasn’t the prettiest of wins but it was a team effort and an entertaining hockey game from start to finish. Eric Cornel and a perfect penalty kill carried the Rochester Americans to a 4-2 win over the Laval Rocket. The Amerks finished the season series perfect against Laval with a 4-0 record against them …
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