If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Beat ‘Em…Amerks Lose 6-1 To The Crunch

The Rochester Americans lost tonight to the Syracuse Crunch in a sad 6-1 final score.  This, of course, is better than last year on the Crunch’s “Pink Out” night when the Amerks were creamed 9-2.

Emmerson made his AHL debut tonight and did a good job.  But, more on that later.
The first period started out with [...]

Amerks Lose Home Opener to Crunch

It may sound like a familiar story, the Rochester Americans lose to the Syracuse Crunch, but what sets this one apart from last season is that the team put in a solid effort.  The Crunch had a few lucky bounces, and the Amerks appeared to have scored a goal but the light never went on.  [...]

Amerks Opening Night Festivities

The start of the 2008/09 Rochester Americans season is finally upon us!!  The organization has new ownership, a new sole affiliation, new players, new fans, new web site.. let’s play some hockey.  Here’s some additional notes for opening night, along with events at the arena.
When asked about Fridays opener after practice on Thursday morning, head [...]

Amerks Fall To Crunch 5-2 In Preseason Matchup

The Amerks lost to the Syracuse Crunch tonight 5-2 in their first preseason game.
Everyone knew they could look forward to a few fights tonight and I’m sure a lot of people wanted to see (or hear about) Ryan James Hand take on Jon “Nasty” Mirasty.  But, who was ready for the four fights that took [...]

Amerks and Crunch End of Season Brawl

At one of the last regular season games between the Rochester Americans and Syracuse Crunch nine out of ten players on the ice got into a fight. The Amerks were pushed around the entire season by the Crunch, it was sad that it took all season for something like this to happen. I managed to [...]