Amerks

By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA After a 5-3 loss to the Belleville Senators on Saturday night, Rochester Americans coach Chris Taylor was already looking forward to practice next week. "It'll be a hard practice on Monday, I can tell you that," he said. "I'm really disappointed at what transpired here. It was just a bad game by our team." Winger C.J. Smith was also perturbed, but … [Read more...] about Demotion perturbs Smith; loss depresses Amerks

By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA Now in the twilight of his career and playing for a team with a stable of young defensemen, Nathan Paetsch doesn't get on the ice very often anymore with the Rochester Americans. Andrew Oglevie also hadn't played much lately, although his time at suite level was due to injury, not a coach's decision. Both, however, made big contributions to Sunday … [Read more...] about Your Sunday Big Ditch Six Pack: Paetsch, Oglevie lead Rochester Amerks

By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA For the first time in 43 days, the Rochester Americans are no longer officially in first place in the American Hockey League's North Division. The Amerks lost 1-0 on home ice to the Syracuse Crunch on Friday and now sit percentage points behind their Thruway rivals, with a rematch at the Onondaga County War Memorial on Saturday night. The Amerks … [Read more...] about Your Big Ditch Brewing Amerks Six Pack from Friday night

By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA The year was 1972 and Steve Langdon was thinking his hockey career might very well be over before it ever really got rolling. Cut by the Toronto Marlboros heading into the 1971-72 season, he spent the year playing right wing for their Junior B team, then began making plans to attend the University of Western Ontario in London. Common sense told him … [Read more...] about A trade that launched an Amerks Hall of Fame career

By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA The Rochester Americans broke out the throwback stars and stripes sweaters for Hall of Fame night on Friday -- then went out and played like they belonged in them. "Those are sick, really nice," Victor Olofsson said of the jerseys, which were made popular by the 1996 Calder Cup championship team. "Old-school." Olofsson may lobby for the stars and … [Read more...] about Olofsson’s hat trick powers Amerks past Springfield