Tag:Sabres
No excuses this season
It’s over. Â One of the more disappointing seasons of at least the past 35 years has mercifully finished. This isn’t last year’s team who could say Buffalo’s tanking devastated their roster. Â It’s not a season like 2008-2009, 2010-2011, 2011-2012 or 2013-2014 where significant injuries both here and above (Florida+Buffalo) led to too many ECHL’ers playing …
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Frustration
Playoff wins by era this century: Last 5 years of first Buffalo era:  (2000-2001 – 2004-2005) = 15 3 years of dual:  (2005-2006 – 2007-2008) = 2 3 years of Florida:  (2008-2009 – 2010-2011) = 3 First 5 years of second Buffalo era/Buffalo owned (2011-2012 – 2015-2016) = 2 And compared to: Last 5 years …
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Open Letter to the AHL President – 60th Anniversary night
Written by LGA contributor Ted Cichanowicz Mr Andrews….if you weren’t doing anything special on this night, perhaps you should have made a visit to Rochester, NY to take in the festivities at the Blue Cross Arena. And if you had come, it may make you painfully aware of how you have so devalued, besmirched, and …
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Amerks 60th begins
Typically, I don’t consider a hockey season to be a success unless the team gets out of the first round.  Sometimes that’s a reasonable goal and sometimes it’s not. This season with the Amerks, it’s not only completely reasonable, but it may be a low expectation. In fact, anything other than getting out of the …
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The Tank is over….and in Rochester….shouldn’t have ever been
This wasn’t a fun season. The Buffalo Sabres tanking negatively affected the Amerks roster and as a result we had to suffer through a plethora of meaningless games down the stretch. And…..no playoffs. Again. So, this will be the 10th consecutive season our beloved Amerks don’t get out of the first round and the 5th …
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Steve Donner Interview – Part IV
“In today’s AHL, it’s getting harder and harder to achieve the string of successful seasons that we orchestrated here, and I’d like to think that that strengthens the legacy of what we accomplished.” Â LGA:Â It seems unfair that your legacy is what happened at the end vs. bringing a Cup here and having several successful …
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Steve Donner Interview – Part III
“We weren’t asking for handouts – we just wanted to keep some of our own revenue that we were generating.†LGA: On a scale of 1-10 (with 1 being extremely difficult and 10 being extremely easy) how was the city of Rochester to work with regards to the War Memorial lease? Donner: “A rating …
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Steve Donner Interview – Part II
“I wanted to make Rochester proud†LGA: What do you miss the most about owning the Amerks? Donner: “The People! I miss the fans the most – their happiness after a win. The joy of watching the clock count down on a game day. I was a fan first, so being able to do that …
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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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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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Top 11 Articles on Lets Go Amerks from 2011
It was a busy second half of 2011 for this site with acquiring a bigger audience with the sale of the Rochester Americans to the Buffalo Sabres.  Here’s a quick look back at what was popular over the past year (more like 6 months, I didn’t write much last season). ( AHL Playoff Format for 2010-2011 Season ) – The …
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