Courtesy of Amerks.com Wilkes-Barre, PA – A night after picking up their historic 2,500th win in franchise history, the Rochester Americans (7-4-0-0) were unable to solve neither the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (8-3-0-0) nor goaltender Filip Larsson in a 5-0 shutout loss Saturday at Mohegan Arena at Casey Plaza. Despite the loss, Rochester has won six of its last seven … [Read more...] about Amerks win streak snapped in 5-0 loss to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
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Streaking Amerks make it six straight by thumping Hartford
By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA Don’t look now but the Rochester Americans are hot. Well, actually, go ahead and look, because they’re fun to watch. Winger Isak Rosen scored a goal after setting up the first two and defenseman Zach Metsa assisted on three as the play-at-a-blazing-tempo Amerks ran their winning streak to six by throttling the Hartford Wolf Pack 6-3 on Friday … [Read more...] about Streaking Amerks make it six straight by thumping Hartford
Amerks sweep weekend with shootout win over Utica
Courtesy of Amerks.com Utica, NY – The Rochester Americans (5-3-0-0) completed a two-game sweep over the Utica Comets (0-8-0-1) by way of a 3-2 shootout win Saturday at the Adirondack Bank Center. With the win, Rochester has won four consecutive games while outscoring and outshooting its opponents 22-8 and 147-117, respectively, and scored five power-play tallies dating … [Read more...] about Amerks sweep weekend with shootout win over Utica
Helenius nets shootout winner, Amerks top Cleveland, 5-4
Courtesy of Amerks.com Cleveland, OH – In the sixth round of the shootout, Sabres prospect Konsta Helenius netted the game-winning-goal to lift the Rochester Americans (3-3-0-0) to a 5-4 win over the Cleveland Monsters (2-3-0-1) Saturday night at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse. With the win, the Amerks jump to .500 on the season for the first time, having topped Cleveland in … [Read more...] about Helenius nets shootout winner, Amerks top Cleveland, 5-4
Early scoring success hasn’t changed how Amerks’ Kozak plays hockey
By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA To understand what Tyson Kozak is all about as a hockey player, you just need to know about his play late in the second period of Wednesday night’s game against the Cleveland Monsters. The Rochester Americans were ahead 5-0 after just 29 minutes, and they were very much in cruise control thereafter in what became a 6-1 victory. But here was Kozak, … [Read more...] about Early scoring success hasn’t changed how Amerks’ Kozak plays hockey