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The Rochester Americans play the Syracuse Crunch tonight at Blue Cross Arena to begin the final weekend of the season.  The team is hoping for a better game tonight than last Sundays embarrassing 10-3 loss against the Crunch. The Amerks have lost 9 out of 11 games against the Crunch this season, and have also …
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After building a 4-1 lead shortly into the second period, the Amerks allowed the Hamilton Bulldogs to score seven more goals and win the game 8-4. At the end of the first period as I got up to walk around Copps Coliseum I said, “I won’t get my hopes up especially heading into the second period.”  I …
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As the Rochester Americans head into the final four games of the season, the city has issued an ultimatum to Steve Donner, the co-owner of the Amerks and Knighthawks – sell the teams or vacate the Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial. We’ll find a way to summarize all of this next week, until …
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The Amerks got runover by the Crunch on Sunday night losing by the final score of 10-3, with six of the 10 goals coming in the third period.  The Amerks also broke a franchise record with 43 losses in regulation.  As there are only four games remaining let’s see if they can muster a winning streak to end …
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The Rochester Americans couldn’t hold the Grand Rapids Griffins when a late penalty by Adam Dennis gave the Griffins a power play opportunity that they capitalized on, allowing the go ahead goal to take the lead 3-2 in the game with less than five minutes left. Two games in two nights the Amerks have taken undisciplined …
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The Rochester Americans lost in the final minute of the game against the Syracuse Crunch last night.  They have now lost the last eight games played against the Crunch.

As the season winds down and many teams around the American Hockey League are scrambling for points in the final games to make the playoffs, the Rochester Americans are hoping to finish the last seven games strong to stay out of last place. The Amerks are currently at 56 points, trailing the Lowell Devils and Norfolk Admirals …
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Tyler Plante stopped five of five shots in a shootout tonight to finally put away the Manitoba Moose 5-4.  Drew Larman scored the lone goal in the shootout to put the Amerks ahead.

The Amerks lost yet again to the Manitoba Moose, this time by the final score of 4-1.  The Moose have won the past 11 contests between the two teams dating back to the 06/07 season.  The two teams play again on Friday night at Blue Cross Arena. Clark MacArthur had the first scoring chance of …
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David Brine scored the game winning goal in overtime as the Rochester Americans beat the Lake Erie Monsters 5-4.  The Amerks took an early 2-0 lead in the first period only to allow the Monsters to score four unanswered goals in the second. A come back victory on the road, feels strange to write that.

From 13WHAM:  Changes at the top may be on the way for more Rochester sports teams.  13WHAM News has learned that the Amerks and Knighthawks will soon reach a deal with a new major investor Sources tell 13WHAM News that the deal may be finalized by the middle of next week. The name of the …
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