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Dalton Smith Suspended for One Game

The American Hockey League handed out six different suspensions on Tuesday afternoon as consequences for various actions across the league. One of those suspensions went to Amerks forward Dalton Smith. Here’s how the league announced it: Rochester Americans forward Dalton Smith has been suspended for one (1) game as a consequence of a boarding incident in a …
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Friday Nights with the First Place Amerks; Wedgewood and Tennyson Called Up

The first place Rochester Americans have home games every Friday night in the month of December starting tonight against the Providence Bruins. The Amerks have been in first place in the North Division since the start of the season and with eight games against divisional teams before the end of the month they have the …
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Bailey Scores Twice, But Amerks Fall in Overtime to Bruins

This weekend hasn’t gone as planned for the Rochester Americans. A regulation loss on Friday that no one will want to remember followed by giving up a two goal and losing in overtime on Saturday. They’ll have a chance to salvage the weekend with three out of a possible six points against Hartford. I was …
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Weekend Preview – Careers are made on Sundays

The Rochester Americans are on the road this weekend against Springfield, Providence and Hartford for three games in less than 48 hours. This is their first of five sets of three games in three days this season, up from three last year. In those nine games last season the team finished with a 4-2-2-1 record. With …
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Amerks Have a Tough Weekend Ahead

The Rochester Americans had a rough week and they only practiced. Since Sunday the Buffalo Sabres have called called up Kyle Criscuolo, Brendan Guhle, and Danny O’Regan. Seth Griffith had gone up the week prior. Two of them have been added to the injured list, Criscuolo (4 to 6 weeks) and Griffith (unknown upper body). …
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Seth Griffith Earned the Call Up

The day after the NHL trade deadline the Jason Botterill era has shown yet another sign that things are different. The Buffalo Sabres were in need of a forward when Kyle Okposo’s wife went into labor, they called up Seth Griffith, a leading scorer on the Rochester Americans this season. Seems logical but in the …
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Seth Griffith Clears Waivers, Amerks Gain Offensive Strength

A November miracle has occurred, a player destined for the Rochester Americans wasn’t claimed off of waiver. Seth Griffith has cleared waivers and will join the Amerks. (Featured picture: Seth Griffith, Buffalo Sabres vs Carolina Hurricanes Pre-season game at KeyBank Center. Photo by Bill Wippert. September 18, 2017) Griffith has averaged just under a point per …
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2011-2012 The Hockey News AHL Predictions vs End of Season Standings

At the start of every season most publications try and predict the season ending standings, something I would never want the task of doing.  I decided to take a look back at the The Hockey News predictions for the 2011/2012 season compared to the final standings and for the most part they were way off. …
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Toronto Loss, Jakaitis Injury, Equip Manager, Rolston’s Wife and More

Welcome to a post with a few links to get caught up!  A lot of these things are posted on Twitter @LetsGoAmerks but I realize not everyone stays caught up with or even uses Twitter.  Here’s seven bits of information and links that are worth checking out and getting caught up on if you’ve missed …
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Other Blogs Covering AHL Teams

Without anything Rochester Americans related to write about this morning I thought I’d take a minute to share some links to other blogs out in cyberspace covering AHL teams, much like I cover the Amerks here. We’re all unique in how we cover our teams but all hold one thing in common, being passionate about the …
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The Hockey News Ranks Amerks to be 4th in the West

The Hockey News has published it’s preview of the American Hockey League’s 2011/2012 season and the Rochester Americans are ranked 4th in the West and based on those predictions would win the North Division.  The rankings were put together by the D&C’s Kevin Oklobzija. Thanks to Admirals Roundtable for the rankings.  Looking back at the …
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