(Oswego, NY – September 30)… The Rochester Americans dropped their preseason finale today, 4-3, to the Syracuse Crunch at the Oswego State Campus Center Ice Arena. The Amerks ended the preseason with a 1-2-0-0 record.Rochester got three second-period goals from Martin Lojek, Mike Card and Drew Larman. Rookie Tyler Plante made his first preseason start in goal for Rochester and made 14 saves. Forward Kamil Kreps, who was assigned to Rochester today, did not make the trip.Syracuse got a stellar effort in goal as Tomas Popperle made 37 saves. Jeffrey Szwez led the Crunch with one goal and one assist. Geoff Platt netted the game-winner at the 13:00 mark of the second period.Syracuse opened the game with a 2-0 lead as Chanse Fitzpatrick and Szwez scored first-period goals.Rochester tied the game with goals by Lojek and Crad early in the second period. The Crunch, however, regained the lead on a short-handed goal by Andrew Murray at 5:33. The Amerks evened the score at three at 9:28 on a goal by Larman. Syracuse answered midway through the period as Platt scored on the power play for a 4-3 advantage.Popperle made the score holdup as he made 15 saves in the second [...]Read More

The Amerks put down the Bulldogs in their first preseason game tonight with a 3-2 victory at the ESL Centre, with goals from Tanner Glass, Kenndal McArdle and Adam Taylor.

Adam Dennis had a great showing stopping 16 of 18 shots faced.

Goals for Hamilton came from Duncan Milroy and Thomas Beauregard.

The Amerks took the victory in the first of a two game series with the defending Calder Cup Champions.  The second game will be played tomorrow at the Hagersville Memorial Arena in Hagersville, Ontario at 4:00PM.

The Americans’ home opener is Friday October 5 at 7:35PM against the Syracuse Crunch.

The new Reebok Edge jerseys that the Rochester Americans will be wearing for the 07/08 season were ‘revealed’ in EA Sports NHL ’08 earlier this month, and as expected they are exactly what they’ll be wearing as Recognition Experts now has them for sale online.

Looks like we’ll see these in action at Fridays pre-season game against the Syracuse Crunch, one would’ve expected an ‘official’ press release by now, but here they are:

The jerseys are no longer baggy as we’ve all known for decades, welcome the new lightweight streamlined jerseys that cling to your body and are resistant to moisture.  Many fans in the past have stuck with wearing their jerseys only on game days due to the size of them.  On a recent trip to HSBC arena for a morning at the Sabres training camp I tried on one of the new style of  jerseys and was amazed how it’d be much more comfortable to wearing more often.

Here’s some video I took at the Amerks training camp on Wednesday September 26, 2007.  No claim to have anything professional here, just some clips put together.

The Rochester Americans opened training camp on Monday September 24 at the ESL Sports Center in Henrietta for the 2007/2008 season!  Many players that will form the core roster are still at training camps for the Buffalo Sabres and Florida Panthers but should be expected back by the end of the week.  In the Democrat and Chronicle they talked about how the squad may have no one older than 23, so expect a young team who we’re hoping won’t listen to everyone who doubts them.  Bob Mathews also talkes about how “AHL aint what it used to be.”

So, it seems that we may be the only ones here at LetsGoAmerks.com who’re excited about the upcoming season!

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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today released the complete schedule of regular-season games for the 2007-08 season, the league’s 72nd year of operation. The season, comprising an all-time high of 1,160 games, begins on Wed., Oct. 3 and concludes on Sun., Apr. 13. Each of the league’s 29 clubs will play 80 games, 40 at home and 40 on the road. With a divisional format again in place for the 2008 Calder Cup Playoffs, more than two-thirds of this year’s schedule (782 of 1,160) will feature games between division rivals. The top four teams in each division will qualify for the 2008 postseason, with one possible exception: if the fifth-place team in the West Division finishes with more points than the fourth-place team in the North Division, it would cross over and compete in the North Division playoffs. For the eighth year in a row, the AHL’s regular season opens with a game at the Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza, as the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins play host to the two-time defending Eastern Conference champion Hershey Bears on Oct. 3 at 7:05 p.m. ET.

The AHL returns to Cleveland in 2007-08 as the Lake Erie Monsters hit the [...]Read More