Category:Amerks
Beyond The Blade: Amerks Weekly | Episode 14
Welcome to the 14th episode of our Amerks weekly podcast on Beyond The Blade between myself, Keith Wozniak, and Chad DeDominicis from Die By the Blade. It’s a short podcast where we discuss what’s currently going on with the Rochester Americans and what’s happened since the previous episode. This week we focus on Remi Elie, future call …
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CJ Smith and Eric Cornel Each Scored Twice in 4-1 Win Over Hartford
The Rochester Americans completed a two game road trip with their second win in as many nights with a 4-1 win over the Hartford Wolf Pack on Saturday night. Eric Cornel and CJ Smith each scored a pair of goals in the win with Jonas Johansson in net. Back to back wins that saw the …
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Veilleux and Randell Lead the Way to an Olofsson Game Winner
The game on Friday night in Binghamton wasn’t off to the best start when the Rochester Americans went down 2-0 early in the second period but by the end of the night they were the better team and completed the regulation win. Victor Olofsson scored a game winning power play goal with 61 seconds remaining …
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Weekend Preview, Wilcox Visited Scranton, More thoughts from Sexton
The 2019 AHL All-Star break is over and it’s time for the last stretch of the season to the playoffs. The Rochester Americans went into the break finishing the week with five out of a possible six points and still sitting in first place of the North Division. It took some work to get the …
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Ullmark Opens up about Amerks Playoff Loss
It’s unusual to bring up a playoff loss just over nine months later but in a new Buffalo Sabres Blue & Gold video we’ve learned a little bit more about why Linus Ullmark was so emotional. We also know why his performance wasn’t the best that it could have been. The Amerks were swept in …
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Beyond The Blade: Amerks Weekly | Episode 13
Welcome to the thirteenth episode of our Amerks weekly podcast on Beyond The Blade between myself, Keith Wozniak, and Chad DeDominicis from Die By the Blade. It’s a short podcast where we discuss what’s currently going on with the Rochester Americans and what’s happened since the previous episode. This week we focus on a week that saw …
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Verhaeghe Uses his Ravenclaw Wisdom to Defeat Rochester
It took the fourth match up of the season for the Syracuse Crunch to defeat the Rochester Americans this season and they accomplished that on Saturday night with a 4-3 overtime win. Carter Verhaeghe scored the overtime winner to complete his hat trick. The Amerks had a 2-1 lead going into the third period before giving up …
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Taylor Leier Makes Another Impression in Shootout Win
There’s often games where the team says one thing the morning of or day before a game and then the opposite happens. That wasn’t the case on Friday night when the Rochester Americans kept their feet on the gas pedal and it paid off in a shootout win over the Utica Comets. CJ Smith had …
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Next Guy Up Mentality Leading into the Weekend
The top four positions of the North Division are composed of the same teams as last season, just in a different order right now. Rochester remains in first place with Utica, Syracuse, and Toronto in the next three. All three teams have been on the heels of the Amerks all season. There’s two big games …
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New Challenges with Redmond and Wedgewood Injured
The Rochester Americans finished Wednesday night with a new challenge – they would be without their leading scorer who is also their top defenseman. They’ll also without their number one goalie. Zach Redmond took an awkward fall as he played the puck along the boards behind his own net in the final minute of Wednesdays …
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Amerks Had to Score Seven Goals to Defeat the Devils
Wednesday night finished with the Rochester Americans having to score seven goals to defeat the Binghamton Devils. How they got to that win wasn’t in the best way possible and the team acknowledged that after the game. Games aren’t always going to be pretty but when you win they’re a little prettier. “It’s a good …
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Zach Redmond Sets a New Amerks Franchise Record
Rochester Americans defenseman Zach Redmond has broken the franchise record for goals by a defenseman in the regular season with his 19th goal of the season. It’s a record that stood for 46 years set by Rick Pagnutti during the 1972/1973 season scoring 18 goals. Redmond scored twice against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins on January 18, …
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