Category:Amerks
Amerks Lose in Overtime to the Senators
The Amerks were less than 15 seconds away from winning in regulation but a late goal allowed the Senators to tie it up and eventually win in overtime. A bright spot is that Rochester continues to lead the league with their road record and is still the only team halfway through the season to only …
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Marty Biron to the Amerks Hall of Fame
Everyone loves Marty Biron and that’s why the Amerks Hall of Fame Committee selected him to be inducted into Amerks Hall of Fame as the Class of 2018. He’ll be the 62nd member to be inducted on Friday February 16 before the Rochester Americans play against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. Marty lead the Amerks to the …
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Ullmark and Guhle to the Sabres; Amerks Add Johansson
The Buffalo Sabres made a Monday morning move by calling defenseman Brendan Guhle and goalie Linus Ullmark up from the Rochester Americans. In need of a second goalie the Rochester Americans added Jonas Johansson to their roster calling him up from the Cincinnati Cyclones. This is the first call up of the season for Guhle …
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Amerks Reach 50 points with Win over the Phantoms
The Rochester Americans defeated the Lehigh Valley Phantoms on Saturday night at home to reach 50 points in the standings and the third team to do that in the league. The 3-1 win caps off a weekend of back to back home games when the team knew they had to win. The Amerks are on …
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Gill and Guhle are Being Pushed by Taylor
The Rochester Americans won in overtime Friday night after Brendan Guhle turned on his after burners to score on a breakaway. If only the team could have the first minute of regulation back. And also the last but this team operates with the mindset of it’s all about how you respond and they responded yet …
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Gameday Notes and Quotes vs Sound Tigers
The second place Amerks start the new year with back to back home games with the intent of turning their home record around. They play Friday night vs Bridgeport Sound Tigers and Saturday vs Lehigh Valley Phantoms. This will be the second meeting between the Amerks and Sound Tigers, the first was December 10 in …
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AHL All-Stars Linus Ullmark and CJ Smith
The American Hockey League has announced that Linus Ullmark and CJ Smith will be representing the Rochester Americans at the 2018 AHL All-Star Classic at the end of the month in Utica, NY. Linus UIlmark is headed to his second straight AHL All-Star game and is currently tied for first in the league with 15 …
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Patrick Kaleta Deserved to be at Legends Night
Patrick Kaleta played in 120 games over the course of four separate seasons with the Rochester Americans so why is he part of a Rochester Americans Legends Night? He gave everything he had every night, played with pride for the logo and continues to give back to the community. Kaleta was a part of the …
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CJ Smith in a Scoring Slump; Amerks in a Slump at Home
Rochester joined the ranks of rough days for first place teams on Saturday losing 4-2 vs Laval Rocket. Manitoba and Providence also lost. The fourth team, Stockton Heat was fortunate to have the day off. The good news is that the Amerks are still in first place. The bad news is that they aren’t doing …
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Ullmark and Team Shutout the Marlies
The Rochester Americans shutout the Toronto Marlies on Friday night and at least for now moved into first place in the North Division. This was the first time the Marlies have been shutout all season. The Amerks also continue with their road success as the only AHL team to have one regulation loss on the …
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Mike Weber Retires from Playing Hockey
Mike Weber was drafted in the second round (57th overall) by the Buffalo Sabres in the 2006 draft and started his professional hockey career with the Rochester Americans in the 2007/2008 season. Today he announced his retirement from playing and hopes to get into coaching in the future. It was his only season with the …
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Amerks Gameday Notes: Tied for First on a Four Game Winning Streak
The Amerks are back on home ice tonight after three days off for Christmas break and are tied for first place in the North Division. Rochester is on a four game winning streak headed into the game tonight, a streak that includes two come from behind overtime wins. Laval is the opponent again tonight, a team …
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