Tag:Will Borgen
Recap: Amerks Win Back to Back Games in Belleville
The Rochester Americans conquered the weekend with back to back regulation wins over the league leading Belleville Senators. The Amerks played two full 60 minute games and outscored the highest scoring team in the league and headed home with two big wins. Andrew Hammond made 25 saves Friday night and Jonas Johansson made 24 saves …
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Recap: Two Goals for Eric Cornel and a Perfect PK
It wasn’t the prettiest of wins but it was a team effort and an entertaining hockey game from start to finish. Eric Cornel and a perfect penalty kill carried the Rochester Americans to a 4-2 win over the Laval Rocket. The Amerks finished the season series perfect against Laval with a 4-0 record against them …
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Recap: Frustration has Arrived and Another Overtime Loss for Luukkonen
It was another night for the Rochester Americans where they had more scoring chances than the other team but unfortunately results are based on goals, not chances. The Cleveland Monsters capitalized on what few they did have and departed Rochester with a 3-2 win and giving goalie Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen his second overtime loss in his …
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Recap: Another Loss to Binghamton
Another one bites the dust. That could be the Binghamton Devils locker room song after defeating the Rochester Americans for the third time in three weeks. The last place devils have figured out the first place Amerks and made them pay the price. The only good news from the game was that Casey Mittelstadt extended …
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Recap: Amerks Shutout by Louise Domingue in Binghamton
After a thrilling home ice win the Amerks travelled to Binghamton where they were shutout 2-0 by Louise Domingue and the Binghamton Devils. It’s the second loss to Binghamton in a week and a half for this Rochester team. Louise Domingue made 32 relatively easy saves in holding the Amerks off of the scoreboard to …
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Recap: Amerks Extend Winning Streak to Five with a Close 4-2 Win
The Rochester Americans extended their winning streak Saturday night to five games with a close 4-2 win on the road against the Binghamton Devils. The game didn’t match the best game of the season from Friday night but a strong team effort for 57 minutes allowed them to hold on for the win. John Gilmour …
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Will Borgen was Called Up and then Reassigned to Rochester
Will Borgen took a quick trip to Detroit for a call up to the Buffalo Sabres and was sent back down in time to hop on the bus in Rochester to join the Amerks for the weekend road trip to Syracuse and Springfield. This was the first call up of the season for Borgen and …
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Recap: Nathan Gerbe Leads Monsters to Shootout Win
A familiar name to Buffalo Sabres fans made sure his name was repeated after every Cleveland Monsters goal which carried his team to a 4-3 shootout win Friday night in Rochester. Gerbe had a primary assist on all three regulation goals and then scored the only shootout goal. The game had the chances to be …
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Will Borgen Assigned to Rochester
The Buffalo Sabres trimmed their training camp roster by one on Sunday morning when they assigned defenseman Will Borgen to Rochester. Last season with the Amerks he recorded 17 points (3G+14A) in 71 games while establishing himself as a shut down defenseman in his own end. He was called up to Buffalo towards the end …
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Start of Amerks Training Camp Presents One Question for this Season
The foundation of the Rochester Americans has been set by management and the coaching staff along with eight players returning for third seasons in the organization but one question will carry on through to Spring – can they win a playoff series? Assistant General Manager Randy Sexton along with the coaching staff of Chris Taylor, …
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Nine to Sit Out the Finale, Five Up from Cincy
Today is the last game of the regular season for the Rochester Americans and it’ll be a meaningless game for them. The team traveled to Belleville following the 4-3 loss in Syracuse and while half of the team boarded the bus there were nine other players that went back to Rochester. Syracuse clinched the North …
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Overtime Loss Raises Questions About Home Ice
The Rochester Americans have talked about winning the North Division title all season and Friday night that opportunity likely slipped away from them on home ice. Again. A path to winning the division title was simple – win three straight and it’s theirs. But yet again they played a bad game on home ice in …
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