Erik Brown and his returning linemates, center Gabe Valenzuela and winger Abbott Girduckis, are ready for the responsibility that comes with being the target as the Tigers officially open the season this weekend at UMass-Lowell…
By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA Impressions from another loss by the Rochester Americans. Two games, two losses, both to the Charlotte Checkers. A 6-2 embarrassment on Friday followed by a 4-2 marginally competitive setback on Saturday night. An 0-2 start is the opposite of last year That doesn’t mean things are really all that different, believe it […]
By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA They talked about how this would be the season they’d take the next step, and maybe a giant one at that. They talked about the balance of experienced veterans and talented youth on defense. They talked about the depth of quality forwards. They talked about focus and pride and opportunity and potential. […]
By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA Former Rochester Americans winger Michael Duco will be back at Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial wearing a different uniform. All stripes. Duco will be one of the two referees in Saturday’s Amerks game against the Charlotte Checkers. He made his professional officiating debut in Friday night’s AHL game in Cleveland […]
The 91 points earned by the Rochester Americans last season looked good on the stat sheet and even in the American Hockey League standings…
The Tigers opened the season last weekend on home ice against Holy Cross of Hockey East with a 2-0 victory and 1-1 tie. Junior goalie Terra Lanteigne made 25 saves for the shutout on Friday and stopped 24 shots the next day…
The Amerks will start the regular season on home ice with games Friday and Saturday against the Charlotte Checkers, anxious to continue the process of elevating the franchise back to AHL prominence…
By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA The last time Myles Powell played at the Gene Polisseni Center, he was fighting the bitter pain of a career coming to an end. The RIT Tigers lost their Atlantic Hockey Association playoff series to Sacred Heart on the first weekend of March, bringing to a crushing end Powell’s collegiate career. But […]
A native of Cedar City, Utah, one reason Finger Lakes became his second home for nearly three decades was the proximity to Hill Cumorah. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints…
Foiled Again, the richest horse in harness racing history, will circle the Batavia Downs oval one last time as his final season of racing nears an end…