Kevin Oklobzija

By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA Officially, Friday night’s promotion at the Rochester Americans game featured a winter hat giveaway. Unofficially, it was welcome night at Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial. The Amerks welcomed center Mason Jobst back to the scoresheet. They welcomed rookie left winger Viktor Neuchev to a prominent offensive role. And they welcomed goalie Eric … [Read more...] about Comrie shines, Jobst and Neuchev find the net as Amerks upend Cleveland

By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA For Tyson Jost, there was a feeling of exuberance when, shift after shift, period after period, Rochester Americans coach Seth Appert kept putting him back on the ice to log key minutes in Friday night’s game against the Hershey Bears. Relegated to spare-part status for most of the season with the Buffalo Sabres, Jost was once again a go-to player. He … [Read more...] about Jost provides a scoring boost but Amerks fall to Hershey

By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA Once a team that could create offense in an instant, the Rochester Americans are struggling mightily to score a goal, let alone the four or five that seemingly came so easily in October and November. On Wednesday, only Lukas Rousek found the net, and that was on a third-period penalty shot, as the Amerks lost 3-1 to the Syracuse Crunch at Blue Cross … [Read more...] about Scoring slump continues as Amerks lose to Syracuse

By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA As a 3-1 deficit for the Rochester Americans turned to 4-1 late in the third period, and then 5-1 not long after, jeers rang out from what remained in the crowd of 6,553 at Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial on Friday night. There were more catcalls when Gerry Mayhew delivered the final dagger for the Charlotte Checkers with 3:29 remaining, inflating … [Read more...] about In a ‘men against boys’ debacle, Amerks thumped by Charlotte