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Video and Updates from Amerks Morning Practice

The Amerks spent a lot of time during practice today working on full line drills, really getting into game day mode.  One line that appeared to be getting more time than others was Derek Whitmore, Travis Turnbull and Zack Kassian.  Some other line combinations were Michael Ryan, Colin Stuart and Mark Voakes.. Marcus Foligno and …
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1996 Video Highlighting Amerks Calder Cup Win

In 1995 the Rochester Americans home opener was October 13.  They went on to win the 1996 Calder Cup.  In 2011 the Amerks home opener is October 13th. A championship isn’t won off of one date but given hockey superstitions can’t hurt to point it out.  The Amerks defeated the Portland Pirates in seven games …
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The American Dream The Drive for Five 1987 Calder Cup Video

There really aren’t enough words that could describe this video from WHEC highlighting the Rochester Americans 1986/1987 Calder Cup Championship season, you need to just watch it.  Working on getting more classics like this online to share.  There’s so many classic Amerks videos out there that have never been seen by most of us “newer” fans. …
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Amerks 1983 Calder Cup Championship Highlights

The Rochester Americans won their fourth Calder Cup in 1983 and just from the start of the video it’s interesting to see some similarities nearly 30 years later.  The beginning of the video talks about Scott Bowman and the “youth movement” of the Buffalo Sabres and Rochester Americans, gone were the high scoring veterans and …
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Tortorella, Nichol, Biron and Highlights from the Sharky Memorial Classic

The Craig Charron Memorial Classic on Sunday in Rochester was a great time for many reasons.  The two obvious reasons being the meaning behind the benefit and also the great hockey game in early August featuring so many great players.  At the start of the game John Tortorella and Scott Nichol gave two speeches which …
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McArdle and Grant Saturday Night Fight Videos

In preseason games players like Kenndal McArdle and Triston Grant are playing their hearts out trying to show some toughness and skill to keep them on the NHL roster for the regular season.  On Saturday night both of them dropped the gloves to try and show some energy and skills and here’s the results.  McArdle …
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Video: Amerks at Heat Game Five Scoring

Thanks to the Abbotsford Heat for supplying scoring highlights pretty quickly to the media after games.  Here’s the four goals scored during the game and the Jason Jaffray penalty shot. 1. ABB Rheault, (2) (Spurgeon, Sutter), 7:45 1. ABB Murray, (1) (Lammers, Cunning), 10:27 1. RCH York, (2) (Matthias), 13:04 3. ABB Van der Gulik, …
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Gameday: Amerks Can Move on With Win; Games 3 and 4 Highlights

The Rochester Americans can move on to the second round for the first time since the 2004/2005 season with a win tonight against the Abbotsford Heat.  Considering the way the Amerks have played the last two games I think it’s safe to say that it’s probably, but overconfidence can be dangerous. To borrow from the …
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Saturday Night Fight Videos with Roy and Matthias

The game on Saturday night between the Amerks and Heat was hard hitting and filled with a lot of punches, pushing and shoving.  Tyler Plante set the tone early keeping his crease safe and clearing it out when the Heat got too close. Mathieu Roy got into the first fight of the night against Matt …
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