Amerks

By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA Being in the right place at the right time landed Kent Weisbeck his first full-time job as an athletic trainer in professional sports. That was 34 years ago, and it remains the only job he's had in pro sports. While working in a Buffalo gym, Weisbeck overheard a conversation then-Rochester Americans coach John Van Boxmeer was having. The Amerks, Van … [Read more...] about Amerks honor Weisbeck for working 2,500th game as athletic trainer

By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA The Rochester Americans billed Friday as Irish night, with a rendition of the Irish National Anthem, bagpipes and green uniforms providing a little Celtic flair. Rasmus Asplund and Alex Nylander apparently didn't get the memo. They turned it into Swedish Night. Asplund scored twice and Nylander once as the Amerks steamrolled the Bridgeport Sound … [Read more...] about Luck o’ the Swedes? For the Amerks on Irish Night, yes

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