Amerks

By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA It was bad enough that the Rochester Americans gave the Syracuse Crunch five power plays in the first period, creating a 1-0 deficit. But then, just 2:03 after Alex Nylander's 10th goal tied the score for the Amerks early in the second period, defenseman Will Borgen cross-checked and roughed up Crunch super-pest and super scorer Cory Conacher. Boom, … [Read more...] about Too many penalties cost the Amerks dearly in loss to Crunch

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