In improving to 38-18-3-2, the Amerks moved back ahead of the idle Syracuse Crunch by a point in the AHL’s North Division, 81-80. The Amerks also are just four points behind Charlotte for first overall in the Eastern Conference…
While working in a Buffalo gym, Weisbeck overheard a conversation then-Rochester Americans coach John Van Boxmeer was having. The Amerks, Van Boxmeer was telling a friend, needed a medical trainer because Jim Pizzutelli had been promoted to the Buffalo Sabres…
In playing one of their most complete games of the season, the Amerks halted Bridgeport’s seven-game winning streak and improved to 36-18-3-2. The Sound Tigers had earned 19 of a possible 20 points in their past 10 games and gained a solid hold of second place in the AHL’s Atlantic Division…
With a chance to extend their lead in the American Hockey League’s North Division to four points, the Amerks instead stumbled. Undisciplined play led to three power-play goals (on eight chances) for the Crunch…
The Tigers finished the regular season with a 13-11-4 record in the conference and 15-15-4 overall. A pair of losses this week — 4-3 at Niagara on Wednesday and then Saturday’s loss — meant instead of hosting a best-of-three playoff series as one of the top four seeds, RIT ends up slotted fifth and goes on the road to play Sacred Heart (14-11-3, 15-15-4)…
On Tuesday night, Spencer Nuccitelli, the only fourth-year member of the team, left the ice of the Gene Polisseni Center with a smile, a championship patch and a sense of pride in his teammates and school…
Second-seeded Fairport spent more than two periods trying to figure out how to get a puck past Alex Tidd. Through 34 minutes, the Red Raiders (16-4-3) trailed 1-0 despite at least a half-dozen high-quality scoring chances…
The Amerks let 1-0 and 2-1 leads disappear in the second period, then, unlike Friday in Utica when they rallied from 3-down to win 4-3, they couldn’t beat Senators goalie Marcus Hogberg in the third period…
By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA A year ago, Erik Brown was a horse in front of the opposing net, the immovable Clydesdale who made scoring goals look easy. He scored 30 goals, second-most in the nation. This year, Brown has still been that disruptive-to-a-defense, down-low focal point of the Rochester Institute of Technology power play. Pucks, however, […]
Cory Forster scored two goals, Nick LaMendola, Caleb Kaiser, Colin Herington, Mitchell Zanon and McDonald each scored once, and Nick Krug had three assists as the second-seeded Red Raiders improved to 16-3-3…