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A gutsy win but the Amerks are a battered bunch

If the adage, “Adversity doesn’t define character, it reveals it,” is indeed true, then Rochester Americans coach Chadd Cassidy learned a lot about his team on Saturday night in Houston. The Amerks...

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Tropp’s road to recovery continues but isn’t over yet; Sabres want to manage...

Being cleared for contact and being given the green light to get back into an American Hockey League game are two very different things, as Rochester Americans right winger Corey Tropp has learned....

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No way Amerks deserved to win — but Leggio did

I’ve been trying to remember if I’ve ever seen a game where one team so was dominant from start to finish yet lost. A Minnesota North Stars game from March 24, 1981, sticks out. The North Stars, with...

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Tropp, Rankin return; ROC still special to MacIntyre

Plenty of story angles tonight when the Rochester Americans play the first-place Toronto Marlies in downtown Rochester at 7:05. ** Amerks right winger Corey Tropp is playing, just 4 1/2 months after...

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This time, neither Leggio nor Tropp can save Amerks

The Rochester Americans, for the second game in a row on home ice, looked lethargic and disjointed when it came time to create offense. Which is why they created virtually none. On Wednesday they were...

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Sabres look to the future; Amerks need D help now

As trade deadlines go, the Buffalo Sabres accomplished their mission, something that can’t always be said. In good times, when they’ve needed one or two parts to push them over the hump in their bid...

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Larsson, Hackett arrive; defenseman on the way?

From the Rochester Americans’ morning skate: Forward Johan Larsson and goalie Matt Hackett, obtained from the Minnesota Wild in the Wednesday afternoon trade for Jason Pominville, arrived Thursday...

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What we learned (or learned again) from Amerks loss

Things we learned, or had re-affirmed, tonight when the Rochester Americans lost 3-1 to the Lake Erie Monsters: 1. Newcomer Johan Larsson certainly has potential. He’s mobile (but not blazing fast),...

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One thing icing touch guarantees: surgery for someone

There will always be injuries in sports, especially in contact sports. It’s a fact of life we must simply accept. We do not, however, need to accept preventable injuries. Usually we don’t. In 1974 the...

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Getting them ready to be a Sabre: oh-so-close to good

I’m not sure why this never dawned on me before, but better late than never, I guess: I think I finally understand Darcy Regier’s philosophy for his American Hockey League farm team. Be borderline...

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No worries; playoffs still in order for decimated D-corps

So the Buffalo Sabres decided to stand pat the past two weeks and do nothing to bolster the Rochester Americans’ already decimated and very inexperienced D-corps for the Calder Cup playoffs. And, no,...

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Leggio, Amerks out to show they can keep winning

The Rochester Americans may be missing a whole lot of pieces from their blue line, but they don’t seem to care. Maybe they shouldn’t, either. Not the way goalie David Leggio is playing. The Amerks gave...

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Catenacci arrives, Adam sent down; surplus at forward

Oh, the decisions that coach Chadd Cassidy and his assistants, Chris Taylor and Bob Janosz, will face come playoff time with the Rochester Americans’ lineup. This, remember, is a team that on several...

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Amerks to play in Switzerland for Spengler Cup in Dec.

In 1996 the Rochester Americans became the first professional team from North America to ever participate in the renowned Spengler Cup in Switzerland. In December the 2013-14 edition of the Amerks will...

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Amerks a playoff team? Not yet, and not close tonight

I’m perplexed as to how a hockey team can play with such indifference and so little care in the third to last regular-season game, with a playoff berth still not secured, and with first-round...

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Amerks vs. Marlies 1st-round matchup very possible

With two games remaining in their AHL regular season, the Rochester Americans still haven’t clinched a playoff berth in the Western Conference. The good news for the Amerks: They get to play the...

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Amerks earn playoff berth; is 7th seed their fate?

Well, the Rochester Americans are officially going to take part in the Calder Cup playoffs after looking like a playoff team tonight. They defeated the Hamilton Bulldogs 5-1 with an effort far, far...

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Amerks’ Tropp expected to miss 1st playoff round

Right winger Corey Tropp, who made what appeared to be an almost miraculous return to the Rochester Americans lineup just 4 1/2 months after ACL repair in his right knee, will very likely miss the...

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If you can predict Amerks lines, you’ll win a nice prize

(Includes one update: I forgot about Justin Kea on list of forwards) Time to have a little fun — and reward one insightful future/wanna-be coach with a prize. The Rochester Americans will have 19...

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Amerks must punish with the body vs. Marlies

If the Rochester Americans are going to defeat the Toronto Marlies — something they have rarely been able to do in the past 14 months — then two things must happen: 1) Their young defense, filled with...

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