On December 28, 2012, The First Niagara Center was sold out for the first time this hockey season. No, the NHL was not in session but the Buffalo Sabres AHL affiliate Rochester Americans delighted the 19,070 fans in attendance. This also broke a Rochester Americans franchise record as the previous high for attendance was 17,898 at HSBC Arena back in ... Read More »
The Rochester Americans won against the Binghamton Senators by a score of 6-5 in a shootout. The Amerks had several different scorers including T.J Brennan and Luke Adam. Goaltender David Leggio had 34 saves in the high scoring affair. Including the Dec 21st game vs Binghamton, the Amerks are 3-2 in their last 5 games. Despite being 13th in the ... Read More »
Rochester won this past Friday against the Albany Devils by a score of 5-2. Leading the charge for the Amerks was rookie forward Brian Flynn, who had his first career hat-trick. In addition, he added an assist for a four point night. Goaltender and Buffalo area native David Leggio, was stellar in net as he made 33 saves in the ... Read More »
This past Friday I had the pleasure of driving up to Rochester for the season opener against the Syracuse Crunch. I was very excited to be able to watch a hockey game live in person. I knew it would be a good game as Rochester was facing the roster of the defending league champs. (Tampa Bay switched affiliations to Syracuse ... Read More »
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