Tag:Clay Wilson
Amerks Win with an Early Goal and Penalty Killing
When the Lake Erie Monsters scored only 1:40 into the third period to make it a one goal game I became a little worried. The Amerks held on to a 2-0 lead for the previous 39 minutes and with this team you never know what could happen, so a third period meltdown was on my …
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Amerks Win 9th Game of the Season vs Crunch
The Amerks had a 5-0 lead through 24 minutes of play and what seemed like a game that should go on and end as another big win against the Crunch but it almost turned into the opposite. The Crunch battled back and scored two goals half way through the third period but it wasn’t enough. …
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Amerks Loss to Portland is like Groundhog Day
It’s only fitting that as I find a movie to watch as I write about the Amerks fourth straight loss the movie Groundhog Day is on. Can someone check the alarm clocks of the Amerks and make sure I’ve Got You Babe is not waking the players up every morning? It sure does feel like …
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Another Amerks Friday Loss.. Defense.. Offense..
There’s only one way to describe most of Friday nights Rochester Americans game and that is with the word boring. The players and coach seem to disagree so I could be wrong. The scoreboard says that the Amerks only lost by one goal but there’s a lot more to it than that. It took the …
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As Expected Amerks Rebound to Defeat Senators
This Rochester Americans team has become predictable lately. Play a bad game on a Friday night and come back with a strong effort on Saturday, which is exactly what they did on Saturday in a 5-4 win over the Binghamton Senators. Graham Mink scored at 10:21 of the first period to put the Amerks up …
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Plante, Amerks Blank Marlies for 2-0 Win
I was not able to watch or really listen to the game so here’s the Amerks press release about the win on Saturday: (Rochester, January 30)…Goaltender Tyler Plante recorded his first shutout of the season with a 22-save effort and defenseman Clay Wilson chipped in with two points (1+1) as the Rochester Americans defeated the …
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Amerks Defeat Crunch for the 8th Time this Season
After a rough stretch of games the Amerks are now riding a three game winning streak into the All-Star break after defeating the Syracuse Crunch for the 8th time this season. That’s the best way to look at things right now, two points is two points in the standings and a three game winning streak …
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Amerks Pickup First Shootout Win of the Season
The positive on Friday night was that the Amerks were able to win in a shootout over the Hamilton Bulldogs to add a much needed two points to the standings. The five regulation goals were all scored by different players with Evgeny Dadonov, Daniel Steiner, and Jeff Taffe leading the way in the shootout. Alexander …
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Amerks Lost Second in a Row on New Years Eve
The Amerks lost their second in a row on New Years Eve against the Lake Erie Monsters. I was on my way out of town and barely caught any of the action so the Amerks press release is below recapping the game.. They’re back in action on Saturday night on the road against the W-B/S …
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Salak Hurt; Bulldogs Move to First Place with OT Win
The Amerks took the Hamilton Bulldogs to overtime but in the end the Bulldogs were the ones that scored and won the game to take two points away. The game had it’s ups and downs and twists and turns. I think the game took us on an emotional roller coaster ride. Heading into the game …
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Amerks Win Seventh Game this Season vs Crunch
The second period may have been one of the worst this season for the Amerks but they were able to hold on and after 60 minutes left the ice with a win and two more points in the standings. It was the seventh win this season for the Amerks against the cross state rival Syracuse …
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Weekend Recap and Plante vs Spencer Video
Rochester Americans goalie Tyler Plante became involved in a rare goalie fight on Saturday night vs Tim Spencer of the Binghamton Senators. If you watch at the beginning of the clip you’ll see Tim Spencer try and take a run at Clay Wilson on the back boards. As Spencer skated past the left hand side …
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