By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA With 10 minutes remaining in Friday’s Rochester Americans game, around half of the 7,063 fans were long gone, starting goalie Devon Levi was on the bench and the Laval Rocket were no longer attacking with their trademark ferocity. It’s obviously never a good sign when the opponent has called off the dogs with half a period still remaining, so, yeah, it … [Read more...] about Levi pulled, Amerks ’embarrassed’ as Laval scores nine
Amerk teammates remember Scott Metcalfe: ‘The ultimate competitor’
This article was originally published June 6th, 2025. By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA When Scott Metcalfe was playing youth hockey, he never fixated on being the glamour-boy goal-scorer. Good thing, too. That would have really annoyed his parents, June and Bryan Metcalfe. They weren’t raising some Waltzing Matilda. “That’s what my mom used to call me if I was just out there … [Read more...] about Amerk teammates remember Scott Metcalfe: ‘The ultimate competitor’
History in the making for Hilton: Cadets are finally finals bound
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