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Watch 1996 Game 7 Amerks Defeat Pirates to Win Calder Cup

August 13, 2011 - By
Watch 1996 Game 7 Amerks Defeat Pirates to Win Calder Cup

Here it is, all of game 7 from 1996 broken into three parts.  Those of you who were there will relive the night, the rest of us get to be jealous and dream of the day the War Memorial is packed wall to wall again for some exciting playoff hockey.  The three parts combined are close to three hours in length.  After you watch these if you’d like to see the RNews special that aired about the 1996 season you can see that here.

This is one of those cases where the videos speak for themselves, no need to write anything else.  Sit back and enjoy!

Part 1/3.. Pre game show, first period and first intermission:

Part 2/3.. Second period and second intermission:

Part 3/3.. Third period and cup celebration:

Enjoy and share!  Also, thanks to @TheSchlag for letting me borrow these videos to get them online!

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1996 Video Highlighting Amerks Calder Cup Win

August 12, 2011 - By
1996 Video Highlighting Amerks Calder Cup Win

In 1995 the Rochester Americans home opener was October 13.  They went on to win the 1996 Calder Cup.  In 2011 the Amerks home opener is October 13th. A championship isn’t won off of one date but given hockey superstitions can’t hurt to point it out.  The Amerks defeated the Portland Pirates in seven games to win the Calder Cup on home ice on June 13, 1996, a day that is still clear as day for many fans.

What would happen during that season though was unclear.  Steve Donner had purchased the Rochester Americans from the Buffalo Sabres and rebuilt the team into what they thought would be a winner and it turned out to be just that.

“The seeds of the Calder Cup were planted in the ruins of the previous year,” is said early on in the video.

“They tried to see if a talented development team would work here and I think the answer has been a resounding no,” Steve Donner said.  ”They’ve recognized that and given us a chance to change the equation to help their needs and help us for the future.”

Sounds familiar doesn’t it?  A development team with expected talent rarely wins championships. [...]Read More

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Binghamton Senators One Win Away from Calder Cup

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June 7, 2011 - By
Binghamton Senators One Win Away from Calder Cup

Had a great start to the month of June over the weekend hanging out in Binghamton for two days for games four and five of the Calder Cup finals where we witnessed Binghamton take a 3-2 series lead.  Game 6 is tonight in Houston where the Binghamton Senators are hoping to win their first Calder Cup.  As an Amerks and Sabres fan a part of me dislikes the Senators but it’d be great for the city of Binghamton to get the Calder Cup.

The Senators controlled the game from start to finish on Friday night and won the game 3-0.  On Saturday night they had their backs to the boards for most of the game but in the end won the game 4-2.  Playing in front of a packed arena of over 4,700 fans certainly helped give the players some additional momentum.

The added story line to this series is that Senators assistant coach Steve Stirling underwent successful quadruple bypass surgery on Sunday after experiencing chest pains.  The B-Sens team was obviously wanting to win the cup for themselves, the coaches, the fans, the city and now for Stirling.  I don’t know the guy but it reminds me of the scene [...]Read More

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Amerks Season has High Expectations

October 3, 2009 - By

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?  It’s Curt Styres, Ted Nolan, Jody Gage, and Kerry Atkinson.  Four individuals that have proven with actions over the summer that they want to win and bring back some pride to the City of Rochester.

Ted Nolan has talked all summer about how he loves to win.  Kerry Atkinson has talked about the Amerks being the best organization in any league that provides the best entertainment for fans.  Jody Gage has been busy making sure the roster is one that believes in Amerks pride and tradition.  Curt Styres opened his wallet and invested a lot of cash to make everything happen.

“We’ve lost our identity as a city, it’s not just the Rochester Americans that lost their identity,” Jody Gage said at a media luncheon this summer.  “How do we get the Amerks back to the headlines?”  That’s a question that [...]Read More

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Amerks to Unveil Jerseys and Announce Radio Broadcast

September 5, 2009 - By

The Rochester Americans will be holding a press conference next Friday September 11 to unveil the jerseys the team will be wearing for the upcoming season as well as announcing the radio broadcast.

The team will be wearing white, blue, and stars and stripes jerseys for the 2009/2010 season.  The white and blue jerseys will have the horizontal striping around the bottom of the jerseys.  The stars and stripes jerseys are expected to be the same or similar to the ones the team wore during the 1995/1996 Calder Cup Championship season.

The details will also be announced about the Amerks radio contract with Clear Channel.  They’ll also be talking more about the post-game show and other promotional opportunities.

What is expected and what we’re all hoping to hear is that the Penalty Box post game show with Craig Schaller will no longer be on the air (or at least not directly following Amerks games).  The ideal situation is that the post game show with Ric Seiling will be broadcast from the arena live on the radio.  This will be excellent for fans to be able to tune in on the ride home from the game to listen to interviews and [...]Read More

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Hershey Bears Advance to Calder Cup Finals

May 25, 2009 - By

It’s hard to imagine that at one time the Amerks were considered to be one of the top teams in the league along with the Hershey Bears.  Those days will return to Rochester (we hope).  The Amerks played the Bears twice this past season, they lost the first game 8-3 in Hershey and and won the second 3-2 in Rochester.

The Manitoba Moose and Houston Aeros are still battling for the Western Conference.  The Moose have a 3-2 series lead with Game 6 tonight in Manitoba.

From TheAhl.com -

The Hershey Bears have won the Richard F. Canning Trophy as the AHL’s Eastern Conference champions for 2008-09, claiming the title with a 5-2 victory over the Providence Bruins in Game 5 of their best-of-seven series at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center in Providence on Monday afternoon.

The Bears are heading to the Calder Cup Finals for the third time in four years since becoming the top development affiliate of the Washington Capitals, and for the 21st time overall, extending their own league record. Hershey’s most recent AHL championship came in 2006.

Chris Bourque, whose father Ray played 21 seasons with the Boston Bruins, scored the series-clinching goal on a shorthanded [...]Read More

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