By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA Don Stevens has signed off the air at the close of a season countless times in his 58-year broadcasting career. Hockey seasons, baseball seasons, soccer seasons, even pro tennis. Each time, there was the promise of what may lie ahead for the team the next season. But on Sunday evening, Stevens simply said goodbye to the radio listeners on WGR … [Read more...] about Stevens says a tearful goodbye to Amerks fans
Early deficit too much to overcome as Amerks season comes to an end
By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA Whenever the Rochester Americans had truly needed to win during the season, whenever they had desperately need to earn a point, they somehow managed to find a way, even if it wasn’t always pretty. That ability to rise to the occasion is, after all, how they slithered into the Calder Cup playoffs on the regular season’s final day as the fifth seed in the … [Read more...] about Early deficit too much to overcome as Amerks season comes to an end
Amerks blank Marlies to force deciding game
By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA Two games, same team, two vastly different performances. And two vastly different outcomes, which is why the Rochester Americans will be playing at least one more game this season. On Wednesday, the Amerks played a game fit for a three-in-three weekend in November, not the Calder Cup playoffs. As a result, they weren’t even competitive, losing 5-0 on … [Read more...] about Amerks blank Marlies to force deciding game
Lettieri, Marlies overwhelm listless Amerks in playoff opener
By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA The refrain in every sport as the regular season winds down is the same: be playing your best heading into the playoffs. The opposite was true for the Rochester Americans, however. They lost their last five and eight of the final 11, needing a near-Herculean effort to get to overtime to earn a point in Sunday’s regular-season finale at Hershey just to … [Read more...] about Lettieri, Marlies overwhelm listless Amerks in playoff opener
After 40 years as Voice of the Amerks, Stevens is saying goodbye
By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA He once broadcast high school football games from a platform affixed to a light pole, suspended a dozen or so feet above the ground. There were no stairs, just rungs sticking out of the pole. That was how Don Stevens was welcomed into the glamorous world of small-market radio in Nebraska in 1969. Not long after, he called a playoff football game … [Read more...] about After 40 years as Voice of the Amerks, Stevens is saying goodbye