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Courtesy of Amerks.com SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- After dropping Friday’s contest in the first game of the weekend home-and-home series with the Syracuse Crunch (45-21-4-3), the Rochester Americans (44-22-4-2) returned the favor Saturday night at War Memorial Arena as they left with a 5-2 victory. On the heels of their 23rd road victory of the season, which is tied for most in the … [Read more...] about Amerks bounce back to knock off Crunch

By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA Unless the Rochester Americans can win in Syracuse on Saturday night, they can pretty much forget about hanging another divisional championship banner from the rafters. And considering the Crunch thumped the Amerks 6-1 Friday night — the worst loss on the ice of Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial this season — a victory would seem improbable. But … [Read more...] about Crunch thump Amerks as rivalry intensifies

Courtesy of Amerks.com ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- The Rochester Americans announced today that tickets for all first-round home games for the 2019 Calder Cup Playoffs will go on sale on Friday, April 5 at 10:00 a.m. The complete opening round schedule will be released at a later date as soon as Rochester’s first-round opponent has been determined.   Rochester secured its … [Read more...] about Amerks first-round playoff tickets set to go on sale Friday, April 5 at 10 a.m.

By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA Tage Thompson finally played for the Rochester Americans on Friday night; emphasis on finally. The question: What took so long? This is a debut in red, white and blue that should have come five months ago, or four months ago, or three months ago; but certainly not this late, in the waning weeks of the regular season. He's here now, though, sliding … [Read more...] about Finally an Amerk, Tage Thompson delivers

By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA For the second consecutive game, the Rochester Americans faced a multi-goal deficit in the second period. For the second consecutive game, they rallied to force overtime. But unlike Sunday, when a 4-1 deficit turned into a 5-4 victory at Toronto, the Amerks (41-21-4-2) lost on home ice to the Lehigh Valley Phantoms 4-3. Here's your Wednesday … [Read more...] about Olofsson up, an OT loss; your Wednesday Amerks Six Pack