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Shaone Morrisonn Suspended 3 Games for this Hit

January 17, 2012 - By Keith Wozniak

The American Hockey League suspended Shaone Morrisonn for three games for this hit on January 14th to the head of Brian Willsie of the Hamilton Bulldogs. This is the second suspension of the season for Morrisonn which puts him on the repeat offender list. He was also suspended for one game for a hit during the Amerks vs Rampage game back on December 16th.

Watching the video even though Willsie had his head down I suspect Morrisonn was suspended because he didn’t keep his arm tucked into his body and in the end he did hit him in the head, something that is against the rules.

The Amerks have had extra defensemen for most of the season but heading into the game on Thursday they’ll only have five (as of writing this). Alex Biega, Dennis Persson, Drew Schiestel, Nick Crawford and Corey Fienhage. The other defensemen, TJ Brennan and Joe Finley are on recall to the Buffalo Sabres. Unless one of those guys is sent down the team will need to go hunting for someone in the ECHL to fill in the gap.

What’d you think?

Tags: Brian Willsie ι Hamilton Bulldogs ι Shaone Morrisonn ι Suspension ι VideosCategories: Amerks

Whitmore and Bonneau Interviews on the Power Play Post Show

January 16, 2012 - By Keith Wozniak

The Power Play Post Show is a weekly podcast/online radio show that is a must listen to for every fan of the American Hockey League. If you don’t have it bookmarked to download weekly you’re missing out. I say that because it’s the only show that talks in depth about the AHL and interviews a variety of players (and even myself once in a while).

This past week Bob Howard interviewed three former Amerks and all are great interviews. He talked to Jimmy Bonneau and the topic of fighting (even brings up the many battles with the Amerks against Mirasty). Click here for many Bonneau fights as an Amerk. He also talks to Derek Whitmore about the team and the season so far in Rochester as well as Colby Robak who played for the Amerks last season.

Season 8 Episode 14: (Download Link and More Info)

A much anticipated interview with Worcester Sharks enforcerJimmy Bonneau was Bob’s first guest for this episode. Bob and Jimmy discuss fighting in hockey; Jimmy’s introduction into the fighting aspect of hockey and Bob gets into the mind of a hockey player who knows what his role truly is. This is a [...]Read More

Tags: Alex Henry ι Audio ι Colby Robak ι Derek Whitmore ι Hamilton Bulldogs ι Interviews ι Jeff Zatkoff ι Jimmy Bonneau ι Power Play Post Show ι Tim McManus Alex AckermanCategories: Amerks

Leggio Leads the Amerks to the Second Half of the Season with a Win

January 15, 2012 - By Keith Wozniak

Another weekend has come and gone and another pair of solid performances by the Rochester Americans. The team finished the set of games with three out of a possible four points with an overtime loss to the Toronto Marlies on Friday and regulation win against the Hamilton Bulldogs on Saturday night. David Leggio has stepped up to becoming the star of the team right now with his fourth straight standout performance. Leggio had 35 saves in a win against the Bulldogs on Saturday and over the course of the past four starts he has made 165 saves in net. That’s a lot of pucks to be stopping. Oh defense where are you?

This team has needed the goalie to steal wins and the win against Hamilton could be considered one of those games. Right now that goal is David Leggio and he’ll have more starts on the horizon.

Back to the win over Hamilton.. the Amerks are now 9-0-1-0 when leading after two periods of play. When this team can find a way to build a lead they’ve done an outstanding job of holding on to it.

Mark Voakes put the Amerks on the board first with his fifth goal [...]Read More

Tags: Alex Biega ι Alex Henry ι David Leggio ι Hamilton Bulldogs ι Jonathan Parker ι Marcus Foligno ι Mark Voakes ι Nick Crawford ι Postgame ι Shawn Szydlowski ι TJ Brennan ι Toronto Marlies ι Zack FitzGerald ι Zack KassianCategories: Amerks

Gameday Notes: Amerks vs Bulldogs; Big Crowd Expected

December 30, 2011 - By Keith Wozniak

The Amerks have a chance to take first back first place in the North Division with a win tonight over the Hamilton Bulldogs, a team they’ve had difficulty beating so far in six games this season. The Bulldogs have 12 wins this season and five of those have been against the Rochester Americans. Both teams are playing improved hockey lately so it should be a competitive game starting at 7:35 at the War Memorial.

Rochester is on a four game winning streak having just defeated the Oklahoma City Barons in a shootout and overtime. They handed the Lake Erie Monsters a 4-1 loss last Wednesday and almost two weeks ago defeated the Houston Aeros on the road. The winning streak has the Amerks within one point of first place in the North Division and thanks to a Toronto Marlies loss on Thursday they have a chance to move up. They’re a young team finding ways to win through injuries, call ups and overall simply working as a team.

Hamilton on the other hand has won six of their last 10 games and picked up points in eight of those games. On Monday the Toronto Marlies were winning 3-0 at the [...]Read More

Tags: David Leggio ι Derek Whitmore ι Drew MacIntyre ι Evan Rankin ι Gameday ι Hamilton Bulldogs ι Injuries ι Jacob Lagace ι Marcus Foligno ι Matt MacKenzie ι Michael Ryan ι Paul Szczechura ι Phil Varone ι Shaone Morrisonn ι TJ BrennanCategories: Amerks

Amerks Lost in Albany and Lose All Three Weekend Games

December 5, 2011 - By Keith Wozniak

The first of three sets of three game weekends in December is completed but not with the results anyone wanted. The Amerks lost all three games this weekend to the Houston Aeros, Hamilton Bulldogs and Albany Devils. The scores of the games were 4-3, 3-2 and 4-2 and the positive way to look at those is that on paper they were close games. It’s surprising the scores weren’t different but this Amerks team works hard and even though they’re short on players due to injuries and call ups they’re not using that as an excuse and throwing in the towel. With these three losses and wins by other teams the Amerks are now in the eighth spot in the conference with four other teams breathing down their necks.

Albany was the last stop of the weekend for the Amerks and they didn’t put anything on the scoreboard until there was less than five minutes left in regulation. Marcus Foligno scored at 15:16 of the third period and then Drew Schiestel scored his first of the season with only a minute and 12 seconds left on the clock. At that point they were only down 3-2 until Albany scored an empty [...]Read More

Tags: Albany Devils ι Drew MacIntyre ι Drew Schiestel ι Hamilton Bulldogs ι Houston Aeros ι Joe Finley ι Marcus Foligno ι Matt MacKenzie ι PostgameCategories: Amerks

Turnovers a Factor in Amerks 3-2 Loss to the Bulldogs

December 4, 2011 - By Keith Wozniak

The Amerks have played two games this weekend and so far they’ve lost to one of the better teams in the conference and now the worst team in the conference. The Bulldogs got their first win in seven games on Saturday against the Amerks, one of the only teams in the league that they can seem to beat. Joonas Nattinen scored an unassisted goal thanks to a Drew Schiestel turnover halfway through the third period to score the game winning goal as the Hamilton Bulldog went on to win the game 3-2.

The Amerks got on the scoreboard first thanks to a great pass from Mark Voakes to Alex Biega from the bottom of one face off circle across ice to the top of the other face off circle where Biega was able to put a shot on Bulldogs goalie Nathan Lawson. The rebound went to the side of the in a spot that Derek Whitmore was occupying and he put in the rebound.

The Bulldogs tied the game 1-1 at 18:46 of the first period courtesy of a turnover by Corey Fienhage. Fienhage had the puck behind the Amerks net and was trying to clear the puck around the [...]Read More

Tags: Alex Biega ι Brayden McNabb ι Brian Willsie ι Colin Stuart ι Derek Whitmore ι Drew MacIntyre ι Drew Schiestel ι Evan Rankin ι Gabriel Dumont ι Hamilton Bulldogs ι Joe Finley ι Joonas Nattinen ι Mark Voakes ι Mike Blunden ι Nathan Lawson ι Postgame ι TJ BrennanCategories: Amerks

Video of Whitmore’s Four Goal Game in Amerks 5-3 Win

November 27, 2011 - By Keith Wozniak

On Saturday night Derek Whitmore scored the first hat trick by an Amerk on home ice since Jamie Johnson during the 2009/10 season and was also the first Rochester American since Jason Pominville in 2005 to score four goals in a game. Pominville went on to score a fifth in that game. The Amerks went on to win the game 5-3 thanks to the outstanding effort by Whitmore to put four goals on the board.

The video highlights recorded off of the scoreboard speak for themselves. Whitmore hustled for the chance to score every goal jumping over a goalie, falling to the ice, hunting for a rebound and out skating defenders. He had scored his first two goals during the first minute and 53 seconds of the game to give the Amerks an early 2-0 lead.

The Bulldogs battled back and tied the game 3-3 (notice the angry door slam by Colin Stuart) but Whitmore eventually scored the game winner and fifth goal for insurance. With all of the recent players called up to the Buffalo Sabres this was a great display by Whitmore who’s still trying to get the chance to play in his first regular season NHL game.

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Tags: Alex Henry ι Dany Masse ι Derek Whitmore ι Hamilton Bulldogs ι Joe Callahan ι Maxime Legault ι Postgame ι VideoCategories: Amerks

Joe Finley vs Zack Fitzgerald Fight Video

November 27, 2011 - By Keith Wozniak

Halfway through the Rochester Americans 5-3 win over the Hamilton Bulldogs on Saturday night we saw this short fight below between Joe Finley and Zack Fitzgerald of the Hamilton Bulldogs. Fitzgerald partially hit Marcus Foligno with a hip check near center ice and Finley immediately stepped in to drop the gloves with Fitzgerald. If Finley hadn’t been there we likely would’ve seen Foligno drop the gloves as he looked for an altercation when he got up.

It was a short fight with Fitzgerald getting a nice shot in on Finley. As each game passes Finley is working closer and closer to deserving an NHL contract if there’s more injuries with the Buffalo Sabres defense.

Zack Fitzgerald was also involved in this fight below during the 2009/2010 season when he played for the Albany River Rats and squared off against Steve MacIntyre in an Amerks uniform.

As always, enjoy and share!

Tags: Albany River Rats ι Fights ι Hamilton Bulldogs ι Joe Finley ι Marcus Foligno ι Steve MacIntyre ι Video ι Zack FitzGeraldCategories: Amerks

A Few Hours Away From Amerks vs Griffins

November 12, 2011 - By Keith Wozniak

It seems weird to have back to back home games on a Friday and Saturday night but it’s happening this weekend, following the Amerks 3-1 win over the Senators on Friday night they’re back on the ice in a few hours against the Grand Rapids Griffins. Based on Ticketmaster numbers it looks like a crowd of around 4,000 should be expected. If you don’t have tickets yet make sure to wear Amerks or Sabres gear to the box office to get discounts.

The Amerks lit up the scoreboard with a 7-2 win the last time these two teams played in the middle of October. The Griffins scored eight goals last night against the Hamilton Bulldogs so they’ll be ready to shoot some pucks.

Whether or not it’ll be David Leggio or Drew MacIntyre in net for the Amerks is an unknown at this time, we’ll likely find out when the team skates out for warmups. The rotation has Leggio in net but MacIntyre had a great game last night, maybe it’s the weekend the rotation ends.

Travis Turnbull is an unknown after he left the game after a hit by Tim Conboy (see it here) late in the second period on [...]Read More

Tags: Corey Tropp ι David Leggio ι Drew MacIntyre ι Gameday ι Grand Rapids Griffins ι Hamilton Bulldogs ι Lokomotiv ι Lokomotiv Yaroslavl ι Transactions ι Travis TurnbullCategories: Amerks

Amerks Erased Two Goal Deficit but Lost in Overtime

October 28, 2011 - By Keith Wozniak

The Rochester Americans were down by two goals heading into the third period but goals by Colin Stuart (third of the season) and Derek Whitmore (fourth of the season) narrowed the game and forced the game into overtime. Louis Leblanc scored his first professional goal in his first professional game to lead the Bulldogs to the win in overtime.

It’s great to hear the team come back from being down two goals to tie the game up. They didn’t quit playing, they continued to battle for the puck and found ways to beat Bulldogs goaltender Nathan Lawson. The two goals were scored by two players considered leaders of the team, Colin Stuart and Derek Whitmore.

David Leggio made 25 saves out of 27 shots faced in regulation time.

You can read the Amerks postgame report below, I didn’t get the chance to watch or listen to the game so I can’t offer anything else on it.

There’s a couple ways to look at things from here after only nine games.

The Amerks have earned points in six of their last seven games. They’re keeping the games close. They may not be as talented as their opponents but they’re not getting [...]Read More

Tags: Andreas Engqvist ι Andrew Conboy ι Colin Stuart ι David Leggio ι Derek Whitmore ι Hamilton Bulldogs ι Louis Leblanc ι Marcus Foligno ι Nathan Lawson ι Postgame ι TJ BrennanCategories: Amerks

Postgame: Bulldogs Shootout Win Ends Amerks Winning Streak

October 22, 2011 - By Keith Wozniak

The Amerks 3-2 shootout loss to the Bulldogs on Friday night felt like a tennis match at times, back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. It was much better than the first game of the season though when the Amerks lost 5-2. One of the big differences in this game was the Amerks being down two top forwards due to suspensions, Marcus Foligno and Jonathan Parker.

Zack Fitzgerald got a lucky deflection to put the Bulldogs ahead 1-0 at 15:32 of the second period. He had a clear opening and took the shot on Drew MacIntyre and as he did that Travis Turnbull reached with his stick and ended up deflecting the puck past MacIntyre.

Corey Tropp tied the game up 1-1 at 10:49 of the second when he took the puck down into the Hamilton zone along the boards, went around defender Zack Fitzgerald towards the bottom of the face off circle and then beat Nathan Lawson high on the opposite side of where he skated in from. It was his first goal of the season.

The Amerks penalty kill had been perfect through three home games until tonight. I blame the person sitting behind me who [...]Read More

Tags: Brock Trotter ι Corey Tropp ι Dany Masse ι Drew MacIntyre ι Frederic St Denis ι Gabriel Dumont ι Hamilton Bulldogs ι Mark Voakes ι Nathan Lawson ι Phil DeSimone ι Postgame ι Shaone Morrisonn ι Travis Turnbull ι Zack FitzGerald ι Zack KassianCategories: Amerks

Bulldogs Outplay the Amerks and Win 5-2

October 8, 2011 - By Keith Wozniak

The first game of the Terry Pegula owned Rochester Americans is in the books, now it’s time to figure out how to erase it from the history books. The Bulldogs easily defeated the Amerks by the final score of 5-2.

If you look at the stat sheet it shows Amerks had 32 shots on goal but very few of them I would have considered quality scoring chances. They rarely had the puck for extended periods of time in the Bulldogs zone really making them work to defend the puck.

Corey Tropp had a couple of great chances with an open net but wasn’t able to put his stick on the puck.

David Leggio made 22 saves in the game and even though he allowed five goals, two of them were on the power play (one was a five on three) and the others he wasn’t given much help on defense. Whether it was turn overs or giving the shooter the advantage I’d hardly put much blame on him.

Rookies Brayden McNabb and Phil Varone made some poor passes throughout the game and probably quickly learned that the American Hockey League is a whole different level than what they’re used to.