Rochester rallies to defeat Binghamton in a shootout

From the Democrat and Chronicle
Kevin Oklobzija • Staff writer • March 31, 2008
While Derek Smith and the Binghamton Senators celebrated his short-handed goal midway through the second period, a very loud clatter could be heard coming from the runway behind the Rochester Americans bench.
Having been among the five Amerks on the ice when Smith gave [...]

Rookies, Plante Lead Amerks Over Griffins

Amerks.com - The Rochester Americans beat the Grand Rapid Griffins 5-2 tonight at the Van Andel Arena. The Amerks second win in a row improves the team’s record to 22-40-6-4 on the year.
The teams rookies stepped up big in tonights game. Marc-Andre Gragnani had two goals to put him as the team leader in points [...]

Tyler Plante Perfect In Shootout To Beat Moose

Tyler Plante stopped five of five shots in a shootout tonight to finally put away the Manitoba Moose 5-4.  Drew Larman scored the lone goal in the shootout to put the Amerks ahead.

Luke Beaverson vs Greg Classen

Here’s a video of the fight between newcomer Luke Beaverson of the Amerks vs Greg Classen of the Manitoba Moose.

New Potential Owner of Amerks and Knighthawks

The NLL Insider is reporting that the new owner of the Rochester Americans and  Rochester Knighthawks will be Curt Styres.  An announcement could happen by the end of the week.
Styres, a Six Nations resident, is a huge finanacial backer of local lacrosse and hockey clubs in the Six Nations community, and currently also serves as [...]

Amerks Stomped by the Moose

The Amerks lost yet again to the Manitoba Moose, this time by the final score of 4-1.  The Moose have won the past 11 contests between the two teams dating back to the 06/07 season.  The two teams play again on Friday night at Blue Cross Arena.
Clark MacArthur had the first scoring chance of the [...]

Derek Whitmore Signed by Sabres

Forward Derek Whitmore signed a two-year contract with the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday after completing his four-year career at Bowling Green.  An undrafted free agent, Whitmore had a career-high 27 goals and added 10 assists in 38 games as a senior, A native of Rochester, he finished his NCAA career with 103 points (70 goals, [...]

Amerks Win Two Of Three Games Last Week

Last week the Amerks won Thursday against the Lake Erie Monsters in OT, final score was 5-4.  They won again on Friday against the Grand Rapid Griffins, final score was 4-2.  Their only loss came against the Binghamton Senators on Saturday (7-4 Loss).  The Senators have now won all seven games they have played against [...]

Recent ATO Signings

Over the past week a number of players have been signed to amateur tryout contracts (ATO), here’s the current list of players:

 Mike Kostka (D) - A free agent signing of the Sabres, he joins the Amerks after a four-year collegiate career with the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. A native of Ajax, Ontario, Kostka registered 53 points (15+38) and [...]

Peter Aston Reassigned to Everblades

Florida Panthers have reassigned rookie defenseman Peter Aston to the Florida Everblades. The move is being made to qualify Aston to dress for the ECHL playoffs. Aston played 56 games with Rochester this season, collecting 13 points (3+10).