AHL

By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA The role for Konsta Helenius has changed ever since linemate Isak Rosen was traded away two weeks ago by the soaring-toward-the-top Buffalo Sabres. “When I played with Rosie, Rosie was the goal-scorer and I was the passer,” Helenius said. “But I like to score goals too.” On Sunday, Helenius showed that he’s pretty good at it. The second-year … [Read more...] about Hat trick by Helenius powers Amerks past Hartford

By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA With the roster the Rochester Americans have right now, mistakes in what often is a game of mistakes become oh-so-costly. As coach Michael Leone said, there’s little margin for error. Thus, when the Amerks took three consecutive minor penalties in a span of 5:32 in the middle chunk of the second period, they weren’t just tempting fate, they were … [Read more...] about Penalties, goaltending doom Amerks in loss to Crunch

By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA When you go 27 days without experiencing thrill of victory, when an entire month has been nothing but the agony of defeat, there’s good reason for a display of unbridled joy after an overtime victory. Which is why Trevor Kuntar went on a victory sprint – from the blue line at the Court Street end of Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial to the faceoff … [Read more...] about Kuntar’s OT goal allows Amerks to finally celebrate a victory

By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA It doesn’t seem all that long ago that the Rochester Americans were firmly in second place in the American Hockey League’s North Division and providing hints that they could at least make a little noise in the Calder Cup playoffs. Fast-forward to today and they’ve become a team that can no longer score goals or win games. Wednesday’s 4-1 loss to the … [Read more...] about Special teams flop as Amerks winless skid reaches nine

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