Amerks.com – The Rochester Americans beat the Grand Rapid Griffins 5-2 tonight at the Van Andel Arena. The Amerks second win in a row improves the team’s record to 22-40-6-4 on the year. The teams rookies stepped up big in tonights game. Marc-Andre Gragnani had two goals to put him as the team leader in …
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Tyler Plante stopped five of five shots in a shootout tonight to finally put away the Manitoba Moose 5-4. Drew Larman scored the lone goal in the shootout to put the Amerks ahead.
Here’s a video of the fight between newcomer Luke Beaverson of the Amerks vs Greg Classen of the Manitoba Moose.
The NLL Insider is reporting that the new owner of the Rochester Americans and Rochester Knighthawks will be Curt Styres. An announcement could happen by the end of the week. Styres, a Six Nations resident, is a huge finanacial backer of local lacrosse and hockey clubs in the Six Nations community, and currently also serves …
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The Amerks lost yet again to the Manitoba Moose, this time by the final score of 4-1. The Moose have won the past 11 contests between the two teams dating back to the 06/07 season. The two teams play again on Friday night at Blue Cross Arena. Clark MacArthur had the first scoring chance of …
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Forward Derek Whitmore signed a two-year contract with the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday after completing his four-year career at Bowling Green. An undrafted free agent, Whitmore had a career-high 27 goals and added 10 assists in 38 games as a senior, A native of Rochester, he finished his NCAA career with 103 points (70 goals, …
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Last week the Amerks won Thursday against the Lake Erie Monsters in OT, final score was 5-4. They won again on Friday against the Grand Rapid Griffins, final score was 4-2. Their only loss came against the Binghamton Senators on Saturday (7-4 Loss). The Senators have now won all seven games they have played against …
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Over the past week a number of players have been signed to amateur tryout contracts (ATO), here’s the current list of players: Mike Kostka (D) – A free agent signing of the Sabres, he joins the Amerks after a four-year collegiate career with the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. A native of Ajax, Ontario, Kostka registered 53 …
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Florida Panthers have reassigned rookie defenseman Peter Aston to the Florida Everblades. The move is being made to qualify Aston to dress for the ECHL playoffs. Aston played 56 games with Rochester this season, collecting 13 points (3+10).
Article in The Buffalo News on Sunday talking about the Amerks/Sabres relationship that basically says the Sabres suck as an NHL affiliate team. Tugs-of-war take their toll on Amerks Team caught in middle of parent clubs, owners By Bucky Gleason NEWS SPORTS REPORTER Updated: 03/23/08 7:26 AM His name was synonymous with the team he now …
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The Buffalo Sabres reassigned defenseman Mike Funk to the Rochester Americans. In four games with the sabres he was -3 with 1 shot on goal. In 61 games with the Amerks he has had 2 goals and 5 assists.
David Brine scored the game winning goal in overtime as the Rochester Americans beat the Lake Erie Monsters 5-4. The Amerks took an early 2-0 lead in the first period only to allow the Monsters to score four unanswered goals in the second. A come back victory on the road, feels strange to write that.