By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA On a night when two defensemen were forced to play forward, another showed why he's one of the best blue liners in the American Hockey League. Lawrence Pilut scored the first goal and then made perfect passes to set up the other two — including the overtime winner by Andrew Oglevie — as the Rochester Americans defeated the Cleveland Monsters 3-2. A week ago … [Read more...] about Pilut flies high as Amerks, with 2 D-men at forward, win in OT
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Cornel, Murray, Malone lead Amerks past Syracuse
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
Takeaways: Franciscan Cup stays in Albany as Siena outplays St. Bonaventure
By CHUCKIE MAGGIO The St. Bonaventure Bonnies took care of one lacking category on Tuesday night and regressed in a few others. The law of averages made an appearance at the Albany Times-Union Center as Bonaventure made more three-pointers (10) than it did through two games last week (seven). Mark Schmidt's trifecta of defense, rebounding and taking care of the ball, however, … [Read more...] about Takeaways: Franciscan Cup stays in Albany as Siena outplays St. Bonaventure
Heyen: Rochester basketball put everyone on notice Friday night
By BILLY HEYEN Earlier on Friday, basketball analytics guru Ken Pomeroy tweeted out the highest scoring averages by listed hometown in college basketball. Rochester, N.Y. was third on the list. To anyone from Rochester and Section V, that's not that surprising. Back home, these players already receive one-name treatment. "Lamb." "Naz." "Q." But national recognition for … [Read more...] about Heyen: Rochester basketball put everyone on notice Friday night
Three-point misses plague Bonnies; Lamb scores 15 in Vermont victory
By CHUCKIE MAGGIO ST. BONAVENTURE -- Dominick Welch rose and fired, hoping to bring the Reilly Center faithful to their feet and shave three points off St. Bonaventure's deficit. A swish from behind the arc would bring the Bonnies within a point with 1:46 remaining and mitigate a forgettable shooting night. The look was great, but the result summarized Bonaventure's entire … [Read more...] about Three-point misses plague Bonnies; Lamb scores 15 in Vermont victory