Tag:Amerks
Steve Donner Interview – Part I (Intro)
“They were the love of my life.” In 1994, the Buffalo Sabres needed to divest money losing entities like the Rochester Americans – to be scuttled or sold – in order to finance and build the Marine Midland Arena, now known as the First Niagara Center. Steve Donner had already made it known to close …
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Here’s Why I Think The 2013-14 Season Was A Success
Unlike Eric I’m a relatively green Amerks fan. While Eric has admirably supported the team for more than 3 decades I’ve spent less than a decade as a fan. I discovered the Amerks after moving to Rochester for college and I only became a season ticket holder in 2011. My interest in the team coincided …
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Video: Frozen Frontier Shootout (Amerks vs. Monsters)
If you missed last night’s game at Frozen Frontier, you missed a magical event. It was cold. It was snowy. It was the perfect setting for a winter classic. The Amerks almost etched out a 4-3 win but the Monsters managed to tie it all up with 1/10th of a second remaining in the 3rd …
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Amerks, Playoffs and Darcy
After a second frustrating trade deadline in a row, Eric Bourgeois and Jason Bonno discuss the Amerk playoff roster (who’s on it, who is not), playoff chances……..and Darcy Regier. Kevin Porter Eric: He was clearly very important to the team in many ways as its captain and is sorely missed. Good for him in getting …
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Does Buffalo care about winning in Rochester?
-Written by Jason Bonno Buffalo Sabres management is failing the Rochester Americans. The season, which arrived amidst much hoopla with the NHL lockout, is starting to come off the rails by the middle of December, with apparently no help in sight. To the contrary, the positive is just that, it’s only the middle of December …
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Survey for Hockey Fans About an App to Be Released Soon
I think it’s safe to say that just about every hockey player, fan and anyone in the media has HockeyDB set as one of their bookmarks or can type the name of the site faster than just about any other site. Â A few professional hockey players are trying to take a piece of that pie …
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Weekend Home Games: Amerks vs Crunch and Marlies
After what seems like an eternity since last weekends road win in Binghamton the Amerks are finally back to action tonight against the Syracuse Crunch. On Saturday night they’ll take on the Toronto Marlies. The last time the Amerks and Crunch played was October 25th when Amerks shutout the Crunch 3-0. That same game ended …
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Panthers Call up Oreskovich and Ellerby
The Florida Panthers booked Victor Oreskovich and Keaton Ellerby on a plane this morning to join the team in St Louis to increase the recent callups from the Rochester Americans to five players. Earlier in the week Kenndal McArdle, Michal Repik, and Jeff Taffe were called up. Ellerby was called up to play in place …
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Amerks Win Again, Longest Streak Since 2005
The Amerks came into Friday night riding a seven game winning streak that started back on October 12th, two days after they were pretty much destroyed by Albany. When they left Binghamton on Friday night the Amerks extended the winning streak to eight games, the longest since early 2005. A big concern coming into tonights …
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Jeff Taffe Called Up
The Florida Panthers have recalled Jeff Taffe from the Rochester Americans. While the Amerks are on a hot streak the Panthers are in need of help. More later, not too easy posting from a blackberry. Updated 8:03pm… Finally home and in front of a computer. As posted earlier Taffe was called up to fill in …
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McArdle Gets Tough in Panthers Game
Kenndal McArdle was called up to the dance from the Amerks and played in Wednesday nights Florida Panthers vs Ottawa Senators game. McArdle is currently second in the American Hockey League in penalty minutes showing that he’s standing tall and willing to use his body to make a name for himself. He did just that …
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Interest in group sale for Amerks vs Portland in Buffalo Nov 12th?
The Amerks travel to Buffalo to play the Portland Pirates on November 12th at HSBC Arena. The game is only about two weeks away. The Amerks are off to a HOT start and having a large group of fans there to support them would be a massive boost in morale for the team. It would …
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