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By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA These are tough times for the Rochester Americans, especially when fans thought they would be trending upward. Last weekend, Jack Quinn returned to the lineup. On Wednesday, Sean Malone was cleared to play. Except Quinn was held out of Wednesday’s game – a 7-2 loss on home ice to the Laval Rocket – and Malone apparently aggravated his injury during … [Read more...] about Quinn sits out Amerks lopsided loss, Malone may miss more time

By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA Funny game, this hockey. Especially for goaltenders. On Friday, Ukko Pekka-Luukkonen faced 55 shots from the Syracuse Crunch and stopped 54, allowing the visiting Rochester Americans to escape with a 2-1 in overtime. On Sunday, Lukkonen allowed three goals on 36 shots as the Amerks won 5-3 at Toronto. And on Wednesday night on home ice, against … [Read more...] about UPL struggles as Amerks fall to Crunch

Courtesy of Amerks.com TORONTO, ON –The line trio of Brett Murray (1+3), Arttu Ruotsalainen (2+1) and Linus Weissbach (0+3) combined for 10 points (3+7) to power the Rochester Americans (26-19-3-2) to a 5-3 bounce-back win over the Toronto Marlies (24-15-3-1) in the second meeting as many days between the two teams Sunday evening at Coca-Cola Coliseum. The contest was … [Read more...] about Amerks get bounce-back win in Toronto

By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA Four days after the most memorable day of his hockey career – making his NHL debut – Brandon Biro’s afternoon on the ice with the Rochester Americans came to a premature end. Biro was upended by a hip check, hobbled to the bench and then down the tunnel to the medical room during Saturday’s 4-0 loss to the Toronto Marlies at Blue Cross Arena at the War … [Read more...] about Another injury, this time to Biro, another loss for the Amerks

By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA There are stretches during the American Hockey League season when a whole lot must go right for a team to win. For the first 2 ½ months, the Rochester Americans played teams experiencing real-life AHL problems but never went through it themselves. They could overcome defensive-zone miscues, goaltending mistakes or foolish penalties simply because of … [Read more...] about Amerks find winning very difficult with talent-stripped lineup