By KEVIN OKLOBZJIA Never is a long time, as anyone associated with the Hilton High School hockey program can attest. Not only have the Cadets never won a Section V championship, they’ve never even played in the title game. So when second-seeded Hilton dispatched of No. 6 Fairport in Thursday night’s Class A semifinals, 6-3, the unbridled joy among players and fans was … [Read more...] about History in the making for Hilton: Cadets are finally finals bound
Unbeaten Schroeder skates past pesky Irondequoit to reach Class B finals
By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA They had already finished the regular season a perfect 20-0 and now the Webster Schroeder Warriors have done what no Section V hockey team has accomplished since the 2009 Greece Thunder: reach the sectional championship game undefeated. It’s been history in the making since Game 1 back in November for the Warriors. But there’s no time to savor the … [Read more...] about Unbeaten Schroeder skates past pesky Irondequoit to reach Class B finals
Laval, with plenty of swagger, frustrates Amerks again
By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA The hatred between the Rochester Americans and Laval Rocket is quite real. That’ll happen when you’re playing in-your-face hockey shift after shift, game after game, year after year. And when the team that ended your season the year before – as the Rocket did to the Amerks last spring – acts like they own you. “They’re pricks,” Amerks winger Jagger … [Read more...] about Laval, with plenty of swagger, frustrates Amerks again
For heroes from Amerks 1996 Calder Cup team, the memories live on
By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA Until Friday night, Dixon Ward’s last appearance in Rochester was on June 15, 1996, the day he packed up his hockey-season belongings and headed home for the summer. Just 24 hours earlier, Ward, his Rochester Americans teammates and a few thousand of their suddenly closest friends celebrated on the streets of downtown with the Calder Cup. “I haven’t … [Read more...] about For heroes from Amerks 1996 Calder Cup team, the memories live on
Costantini’s goal gets Amerks a point but they again flop in the shootout
By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA Not everything in the game of hockey is predictable with the Rochester Americans. Take lineup construction and who plays where. It’s not often a player who has spent most of the season in the ECHL ends up playing on a line with a team’s two All-Star forwards. But such was the case on Wednesday night. Matteo Costantini was slotted on a line with Isak … [Read more...] about Costantini’s goal gets Amerks a point but they again flop in the shootout