Category: Rochester Amerks

he Rochester Americans announced today that the team has named Adam Mair and Mike Weber to serve as assistant coaches on the staff of head coach Seth Appert. “Adam and Mike are perfect fits to help establish a winning culture and develop ... MORE

The Rochester Americans announced today that the team has agreed to terms with goaltender Michael Houser on a one-year American Hockey League contract for the 2020-21 season. Houser, 27, appeared in 26 games with the Cincinnati Cyclones (ECHL) last season, posting a ... MORE

The Rochester Americans announced today that the team has agreed to terms with defenseman Ryan Jones on a one-year American Hockey League contract for the 2020-21 season. Jones, 24, spent the previous four seasons at the University of Nebraska-Omaha (UNO), where he ... MORE

Buffalo Sabres General Manager Kevyn Adams announced today the appointment of Seth Appert as head coach of the Rochester Americans. “Seth has a proven track record of developing talent at various levels and we are looking forward to him being the next head coach ... MORE

he Buffalo Sabres have signed forward Brett Murray to a two-year, entry-level contract. Murray, 22, was selected by the Sabres in the fourth round (99th overall) of the 2016 NHL Draft. He joined the organization on a one-year AHL contract prior to ... MORE

American Hockey League President and CEO Scott Howson has announced a revised start date for the 2020-21 AHL season, as approved by the league’s Board of Governors during its 2020 Annual Meeting held today via conference call. At the recommendation of the ... MORE

West Seneca native Sean Malone, who has spent the last three seasons as a key role player for the Rochester Americans, has signed a one-year, two-way contract for the 2020-21 season with the Nashville Predators. The team announced the deal Wednesday and said ... MORE

The Rochester Americans (31-19-4-5) came back from a one-goal deficit 5:43 into the second period, but the Utica Comets (32-21-3-2) scored twice in the third period, including an empty-netter with 60 seconds remaining, to take a 3-1 victory Wednesday at The Blue ... MORE

Forward C.J. Smith (1+2) and defenseman Jacob Bryson (1+1) each recorded a multi-point game to help the Rochester Americans (32-19-4-5) to a 5-3 victory over the first-place Belleville Senators (38-18-4-1) at CAA Arena Friday night. The contest served as the first game of a weekend set ... MORE

The Buffalo Sabres announced this morning that the team has recalled defenseman John Gilmour from the Rochester Americans. Gilmour has played in four games this season for Buffalo. He’s registered five shots on goal and has averaged 17:03 of ice time per ... MORE

The Rochester Americans (33-19-4-5) faced a one-goal deficit going into the final period of regulation, but thanks to three unanswered goals, including a pair in the final 1:12, the Amerks completed the weekend sweep over the North Division-leading Belleville Senators (38-19-4-1) with ... MORE

The Rochester Americans (33-20-4-5) came within a goal of tying Wednesday’s contest against the Binghamton Devils (33-24-4-0) but could not pull even as they dropped a 5-2 decision at The Blue Cross Arena. Despite the loss, the Amerks remain six points behind ... MORE

The Buffalo Sabres have recalled goaltender Andrew Hammond and defenseman John Gilmour from the Rochester Americans (AHL). Hammond briefly joined the Sabres last week, serving as backup to rookie Jonas Johansson during Sunday’s game against Anaheim while Carter Hutton was unavailable due to a family circumstance ... MORE

The Buffalo Sabres placed veteran defenseman Zach Bogosian on waivers Friday, Saturday the team announced he was assigned to the Rochester Americans. The Sabres acquired Bogosian in a trade with the Winnipeg Jets in February of 2015. Across six seasons with the Sabres, Bogosian ... MORE

After tying the Syracuse Crunch (24-21-3-5) twice during Saturday’s contest at Upstate Medical University Arena to force overtime, the Rochester Americans (28-17-2-4) scored a pair of goals in the shootout to end a four-game losing skid and come out on top with ... MORE