Tag:Cincinnati Cyclones
Sabres Acquire Matt Spencer in Trade with Tampa
In a move that can be best described as ECHL defenseman for ECHL defenseman the Buffalo Sabres and Tampa Bay Lightning made a trade late Sunday. Buffalo acquired Matt Spencer in exchange for Devante Stephens from Tampa. Stephens is a left handed defenseman, Spencer is right handed. This wasn’t the block buster trade that fans …
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No Line Combinations Yet, Two Player Moves, and More
The Rochester Americans will have one more practice before the regular season begins Friday night and everyone is ready. Here’s a quick run down of some updates from Wednesday from practice and moves that were made. Two moves were made on Wednesday to trim the roster down by assigning Pascal Aquin to Cincinnati and releasing …
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Amerks Sign Boomhower and Hora to AHL Contracts
The Amerks announced today that they signed forward Shaw Boomhower and defenseman Frank Hora (from Amherst, NY) to American Hockey League contracts. Two players that will be heading to the Cincinnati Cyclones when the season starts. Two players that will be a tremendous help to the Cyclones as they work to build off a great …
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Gosselin to Make AHL Debut; Peterson Likely to Play
The Rochester Americans will have a player making his American League debut tonight when Kurt Gosselin suits up and plays defense against the Lehigh Valley Phantoms. Gosselin was signed on March 13th to an ATO (Amateur Tryout Contract) to finish the remainder of the season and also sign an AHL contract for the 2019/2020 season. …
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Peterson and Gosselin Up from Cincinnati
The Rochester Americans announced two moves on Monday afternoon by assigning forward Judd Peterson and defenseman Kurt Gosselin to Rochester from Cincinnati. The Amerks return to practice Tuesday morning at which time more information will be known on the reasons for the moves. Gosselin was signed by Rochester on March 13 through the 2019/2020 season …
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Amerks Sign Kurt Gosselin Through 2019-2020 Season
The Rochester Americans announced that they’ve signed their first new player through next season. Defenseman Kurt Gosselin signed an ATO (Amateur Tryout Contract) to finish the remainder of this season with the Cincinnati Cyclones and has also signed a two-way American League contract through next season. He’ll have a chance to compete for a roster spot on …
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Injury Updates and Three Roster Moves. Two Down, One Up.
It’s been an active few days for the Rochester Americans roster with one player going up and two players going down. There’s also good news on the injury front with one player returning and another closer than expected. Remi Elie was sent down to Rochester from the Buffalo Sabres after clearing waivers. In only 16 …
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Veilleux Suspended Two Games; Glotov Called Up
The day after the Christmas break and we’re right back into news and updates. Yannick Veilleux was suspended two games and the Amerks called up Vasily Glotov from Cincinnati. On Wednesday morning the American League announced that Amerks forward Yannick Veilleux was suspended two games “as a consequence of his actions in a game vs. …
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Roster Moves, Conditioning Assignment, Practice Notes, and Some Winning Stats
The Amerks returned to practice this week riding a three game winning streak and holding on to the first place spot of the North Division. They’re also second overall in the conference and second overall in the league. Three roster moves were made on Tuesday related to injuries in Rochester and Buffalo. Myles Powell was …
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Interview with Cyclones Head Coach Matt Thomas
There’s always a Rochester connection and new Cincinnati Cyclones head coach Matt Thomas has one. He played four seasons of hockey as a center at RIT and graduated in 1998. His older brother lived in Rochester for 10 years as well. Thomas made a return trip to Rochester not long after the Gene Polisseni Center opened …
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Amerks Reduce Training Camp Roster by 10
The Amerks roster was reduced by 10 players this morning sending four forwards, four defensemen and two goals to the Cincinnati Cyclones. These moves were all expected. To see who is currently on the Amerks roster, who is in Buffalo and who is in Cincinnati check out our roster page -Â http://www.lga585.com/roster/ *** From the Rochester …
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Amerks Roster – Gone, Returning and New
Training camp starts today for the Rochester Americans, fall weather has arrived and it’s time to go over the roster changes for the upcoming season. This list of players includes everyone who could play in Rochester this season. This is being published before the training camp roster is released so there’s likely to be changes …
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