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Gameday: Amerks Close out Weekend at Home vs Crunch
The Amerks are back at home today to play against the Syracuse Crunch and close out their first long stretch of games this season. The Amerks are wrapping up four games in five nights and have so far played well in all of the games. Last week we knew this weekend would be a test …
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Amerks Come Back to Win in Over Time
Michal Repik scored the game winner in OT to extend the Amerks winning streak to six games with a come from behind victory in Syracuse on Saturday night. The Amerks were down 2-0 in the first period but found a way to come back and win the game 3-2 in overtime. 3:33 into the first …
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Duffy to the Blades; Salak to the Panthers
The regular season is less than a week old and players are starting to collect some frequent flyer miles. Alexander Salak was called back up to the Florida Panthers after he had already landed in Rochester. I should have known Tuesday morning that something was up when he was not in the locker room but …
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Amerks Lose Home Opener in Overtime
The Rochester Americans home opener on Saturday night was supposed to have ended with a win and made headlines on the 11 o’clock news casts. It didn’t really end that way.. but it wasn’t a bad game. A few changes at the arena for the new season were positives. The new team store had some …
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Amerks Season has High Expectations
The Rochester Americans open their 54th season in the American Hockey League tonight against the Lake Erie Monsters at Blue Cross Arena. The past is the past. It’s a clean slate. It’s a new season. It’s time for the actions of the dream team to finally pay off. What is the dream team you ask? …
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Bonneau Signs, Friday Morning Practice, Party Deck
The Amerks are on the ice this morning for possibly the last practice before their first game on Saturday night at home against the Lake Erie Monsters. As of right now Benoit Groulx has tomorrow morning scheduled off but that could change any at any minute. Post Practice Update: Jimmy Bonneau and Jon Landry signed …
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Jeff Taffe, Preseason Game #3 vs Crunch, End of Camp
The Amerks wrapped up training camp this morning at the always freezing cold ESL Centre in Henrietta. The team will also finish there preseason with a game tonight in Syracuse against the Crunch at the On Center. The puck drops just after 7pm and I’ll be there. Tickets are $5, no idea if they’ll charge …
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Amerks Lose Second Preseason Game
Something familiar happened on Sunday evening, the Amerks lost to the Crunch. The final score was 4-1, the fourth goal was on an empty net. If you showed up to the game expecting to see some finesse hockey you would have been let down. The games going on in the other rinks were probably smoother …
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Preseason Game #2: Amerks vs Crunch at ESL Centre
It’s hockey night in Rochester Henrietta! The Amerks play their first home game tonight at the ESL Centre in Henrietta to take on the Syracuse Crunch. The two teams will play again against each other in Syracuse on Tuesday night. These games have a little more meaning in terms of players looking to make the …
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Day #2 at Amerks Training Camp
The Amerks just wrapped up day two of training camp with another scrimmage at ESL Centre. The Red team won the game with a flurry of goals in the second half against a struggling Ryan Mior. Chris Beckford-Tseu looked great in goal during the first half of the scrimmage. The fans remember last year but …
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Amerks Open Training Camp With A Scrimmage
The Rochester Americans opened the 2009 training camp getting right to the point, playing hockey! There was not any skating, passing, or shooting drills. The players got on the ice, skated a few laps and went right into playing a scrimmage. It feels like a it was only a few weeks ago that the Rochester …
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Amerks Training Camp Roster Here
Here’s a quick list of the players that will be with the Amerks during training camp. Many of them were just cut by the Panthers on Wednesday so no idea if they’ll be here on Thursday. The players still with the Panthers are Mike Duco, Jeff Taffe, Alexander Salak, Michal Repik, and Shawn Matthias. Chances …
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