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 new merchandise, the party deck appeared to get busier as the night went on, and the between play entrainment seemed to be a little better.
The food that SMG provides still sucks.
The new opening video featured Jody Gage and Ted Nolan talking about what it means to be a Rochester American. A lot of great words spoken by two great guys. I recorded it from my seats, turn up the volume.
If you’re reading this from a feed click here – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woUDjatI9FI
Back to the game.. after watching tonight’s game it’s easy to notice that the team is still missing a few key players and is playing with a few players that shouldn’t be playing at this level.
It was also obvious in the seats that a few key fans are missing as well. The attendance on the game sheet lists 4,124. [...]Read More