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From the D&C – Gates residents can take a bus to watch the Rochester Amerks play the Manitoba Moose on March 28. The bus will leave the Gates Community Center at 6 p.m. The game starts at the Blue Cross Arena at 7:35 p.m. The trip is open to people 3 and older; children 16 …
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The Rochester Americans were shutout 3-0 on Friday against the Syracuse Crunch, and then lost 4-3 in OT against the Binghamton Senators on Saturday.  Both losses were frustrating for different reasons.  The Crunch game featured an unconsistent team, the Senators game featured a hard working team.

The Buffalo Sabres have recalled defenseman Mike Funk, which now leaves the Amerks with four regular defenseman – Peter Aston, Martin Lojek, Franklin MacDonald, and Jordan Henry.  Marc-Andre Gragnani has been playing on offense, but with only four men on defense chances are he’ll move back. The Rochester Americans are on the road this weekend …
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The Rochester Americans dropped another game in Texas tonight when they lost to the Houston Aeros 3-2 in Overtime.  It has been made very apparent over this season that when the Amerks score first you shouldn’t get excited…it means nothing. Peter Aston came back this weekend from a head injury he sustained fighting Danny Bois …
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The Florida Panthers have come forward stating that the Amerks need to get there financial issues fixed soon, or they won’t be back next season. The Buffalo Sabres have said they won’t be back as an affiliate next season without new ownership. Steve Donner plans to sell a majority share of the franchise to a …
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The future of the Rochester Americans needs to be discussed given the recent news of the Rochester Raging Rhino’s and PAETEC Park. I’ll start by summing up events of recent days and how they’re tied to the Amerks: PAETEC Park is home of the USL Rochester Raging Rhino’s soccer team.  One of the owners of …
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 Amerks’ coach Randy Cunneyworth got his 300th win last night in a 5-3 victory against the Iowa Stars. Marc-Andre Gragnani had a four point game against the Stars.  Gragnani started his season in Rochester as a defenseman but when the Amerks had a shortage of forwards he was moved to left wing.  His play has …
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The Amerks lost there third straight game against the Syracuse Crunch by the final score of 3-1 in Syracuse.  Randy Cunneyworth is still looking for win #300 and is probably hoping for it by the end of the season.  The only odd thing to report about the game is that during the first period apparently …
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The company that usually makes the cards for team sets “goofed,” now it’s too late to have them made, so there won’t be a set of Amerks hockey cards this season.  The Amerks and Recognition Experts had all intentions of getting a set out this year, appears as though this is outside of there control.