All-Minnesota defense pairing leads Amerks
After an uninspiring performance on Wednesday night against a team they simply can’t beat, the Rochester Americans rebounded to defeat the not-so-good Binghamton Senators…
RIT’s backup goalie responds in a big way for women’s hockey team
She had essentially been a designated practice goalie for RIT’s women’s hockey team, going through all the drills but never getting to play in a game…
Smith gets back to scoring as Amerks defeat Hershey
While the Amerks have earned nine of a possible 14 points by going 4-2-0-1 in their first seven games, they want their big guns to start scoring. So far, only Tage Thompson (3-4-7) has been doing that…
For RIT, big saves, big goals, big defense, big balance mean big winning
Yes, it’s early, but a 3-1 record — including a victory over Bowling Green, at the time the No. 17-rated team in the country — is a nice look, especially when you haven’t even played in your home rink…
Luck of the Tigers: Notre Dame will be 2020 Brick City Homecoming foe
As RIT’s Brick City Homecoming game has grown into an annual can’t-miss event in downtown Rochester, some of the biggest names in college hockey have come to town…
Friday Amerks 6-pack: Pilut returns; Dea-Wilson chemistry; Asplund hurt
While it was clear he hadn’t played in six months, Pilut showed flashes of his talent with and without the puck in the 4-3 shootout loss at Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial…
Wings’ Skinner, Cliburn sent packing by parent Twins
By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA When you’ve been in professional baseball for 42 years, catch phrases become your thing. For Rochester Red Wings pitching coach Stu Cliburn, it was “Now we go.” If the team was in a rut, Cliburn always had the inspirational three-word message: Now we go. When it was game time, he was quick […]
Given a message by Sabres, Thompson responds with one of his own
Thompson met the challenge head-on Friday night. He scored two goals, including the game-winner with 43 seconds left in overtime as the Amerks won their season opener for the fifth time in six years…
Minor rule changes for AHL (and NHL)
A new hockey season means … rule changes. Here’s a quick look at what’s new in the AHL (and NHL):
RIT hockey seniors know ’19-20 is last chance to win ‘their’ title
The Tigers will find out a lot about themselves early. The season starts Saturday at Colgate, and the Raiders will be looking for a little payback after losing 6-1 in the 2018 Brick City Homecoming game…