Tag:Syracuse Crunch
Cheesy Title Time.. Amerks Crunch Syracuse!
If the Amerks can continue the style of game they played on Monday night they should be able to start winning some fans back into the building. Everyone scored who is supposed to score. The four goals were scored by Chris Taylor, Graham Mink, Jeff Taffe, and Michal Repik. Four players that are here for …
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A Rare Monday Hockey Night in Rochester
Tonights game is simple, the Amerks need to win. That’s it. No other outcome will be acceptable. There’s been talks about the team not having had a full week of practice together. The fact that Taffe, Repik, and Duco were late to joining the team. That may have been the case for some sloppy play …
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Rats Win Big Against the Amerks; Only the Third Game
The easiest thing to do is just say it, the Amerks were destroyed in Albany on Saturday night. They were slow, they were rarely able to generate consistent offense, and they looked tired. There’s no excuses. The team should have been going off the momentum of Friday nights win and carried into Saturday. Instead it …
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Amerks have Three Games in Four Nights
The Amerks have three games in four nights coming up and we’ll get the chance to see what this team is made of. Last weekend some key players were missing that will be back. Here’s my guesses for changes in the lineup this weekend: Out of the lineup: Matt Duffy, Dan Collins, Peter Aston, Jimmy …
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Amerks vs Crunch 09-29-2009 Pictures
Here’s my pics from the Amerks vs Crunch game on 9/29/2009 in Syracuse. The Amerks won 4-2 (game recap) I don’t consider myself a professional photographer at all and chances are you may have a better camera than me. After two seasons of taking thousands of pictures I’m finally getting around to uploading the decent …
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Amerks Defeat the Crunch with a Strong Performance
The Amerks won a game on the road in Syracuse. Amazing. What an odd drive home that was talking about how well the team played instead of the other way around. With two minutes left in the game my sons face lit up with excitement that he finally saw a win in Syracuse, something he’s …
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Jeff Taffe, Preseason Game #3 vs Crunch, End of Camp
The Amerks wrapped up training camp this morning at the always freezing cold ESL Centre in Henrietta. The team will also finish there preseason with a game tonight in Syracuse against the Crunch at the On Center. The puck drops just after 7pm and I’ll be there. Tickets are $5, no idea if they’ll charge …
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Amerks Lose Second Preseason Game
Something familiar happened on Sunday evening, the Amerks lost to the Crunch. The final score was 4-1, the fourth goal was on an empty net. If you showed up to the game expecting to see some finesse hockey you would have been let down. The games going on in the other rinks were probably smoother …
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Preseason Game #2: Amerks vs Crunch at ESL Centre
It’s hockey night in Rochester Henrietta! The Amerks play their first home game tonight at the ESL Centre in Henrietta to take on the Syracuse Crunch. The two teams will play again against each other in Syracuse on Tuesday night. These games have a little more meaning in terms of players looking to make the …
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Mike Sgroi is Passionate about Hockey and Fighting
When the name Mike Sgroi is brought up in the world of hockey fighters you’ll get responses ranging from a great heavyweight fighter that can skate to someone who is a lunatic, a cancer in the locker room, and a whack job with a highly inflated ego. Some of things may have been true years …
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Another Tough Guy, Trevor Gillies Invited to Camp
Last summer at this time we were excited that Steve MacIntyre had been signed over the summer and was going to provide some toughness on the ice. MacIntyre didn’t even make it through half the practice before we learned that the Edmonton Oilers had claimed him off waivers. Once he left the two other tough …
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Amerks 2009 Training Camp and Preseason Schedule
The Rochester Americans will officially open their 2009-10 training camp on Thursday September 24th at the ESL Sports Centre in Henrietta. The team will close training camp on September 29th. During those six days of camp the Amerks will also play in three pre-season games. The Florida Panthers are heading to Finland to close out …
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