Amerks

By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA Two things happened on Wednesday that haven't happened very often this season for the Rochester Americans. They scored a power-play goal on home ice and they squandered a lead but then recovered to win. Eric Cornel's power-play goal 1:13 into the third period snapped a 3-3 tie and the Amerks held on to win 4-3 behind the clutch-save goaltending of Jonas … [Read more...] about Cornel, Murray, Malone lead Amerks past Syracuse

By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA On Saturday, the Rochester Americans blitzed the riding-high Utica Comets 6-0 on the road, their signature win for the first 30 days of the season. On Friday on home ice, that same Amerks team opened a 2-0 lead against the finding-their-way Binghamton Devils and managed to lose. Brett Seney scored an extra-attacker goal with 45.6 seconds left, then Ben … [Read more...] about Power (play)-less Amerks squander lead, lose

By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA After an uninspiring performance on Wednesday night against a team they simply can't beat, the Rochester Americans rebounded to defeat the not-so-good Binghamton Devils. The 4-3 loss to the Providence Bruins — the ninth time in the past 10 meetings that Providence has defeated the Amerks — provided some of the motivation in Friday's 4-2 victory at Blue Cross … [Read more...] about All-Minnesota defense pairing leads Amerks

By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA He has had plenty of opportunities to score goals in the first three weeks of the American Hockey League season. Breakaways. Uncontested shots from the slot. Point-blank rebounds. Yet going into Wednesday night's matchup against the Hershey Bears, just one of the 26 shots C.J. Smith had fired on goal in the first six games actually went in. "He's probably … [Read more...] about Smith gets back to scoring as Amerks defeat Hershey