It’s a Friday afternoon and there’s a few different Amerks related news items that were either posted this week or were out there but not posted here. Anyways, in case you missed it here’s a way to catch up on Rochester Americans related news items from this past week or so. This covers everything from the teams long tenured trainer, assistant coaches, salary stashing and some videos.
Kent Weisbeck
After 26 years a Rochester Americans Hall of Famer and someone many players consider one of the best trainers was advised he would be without a job heading into the coming season. A tough situation.
This is very much a case of life not being fair. The Sabres actually were being fair in one regard: to the people they hired to work for them in Portland. It would not have been right to kick to the curb the Pirates’ medical guy, Robert Frost, or the Pirates’ equipment manager, Rochester native Ben Laing. They were members of the Sabres organization; they deserved just treatment.
But it’s very unfair to someone who for 26 years was loyal to the Amerks. All those games. All those practices. All those bus rides. [...]Read More
