Rochester Americans 2026-27

[inkman]

7 minutes ago, Porous Five Hole said:

Not having one prospect among the forward ranks is odd and disheartening. On the plus side, a bunch of the vets they signed or retained don’t take any BS. Having to worry about teams taking liberties on Helenius, Östlund, Kulich, Quinn, Peterka is no longer an issue. 
 

Some of the young D look spry and willing. Along with watching their development, gauging their toughness and ability to help in that regard will be interesting. 

7 minutes ago, Porous Five Hole said:

Not having one prospect among the forward ranks is odd and disheartening. On the plus side, a bunch of the vets they signed or retained don’t take any BS. Having to worry about teams taking liberties on Helenius, Östlund, Kulich, Quinn, Peterka is no longer an issue. 
 

Some of the young D look spry and willing. Along with watching their development, gauging their toughness and ability to help in that regard will be interesting. 

[dudacek]

Seven players in the press box opening night, even with 6 injured guys (Zucker, Zellweger, Rathbone, Timmons, Lyon, Leinonen) still in Buffalo?

The no-ECHL thing gets even weirder.

At least they will OK when the injury bug bites in the AHL.

But there are going to be more than a few frustrated players.

Edited Friday at 04:03 PM by dudacek

[shrader]

40 minutes ago, dudacek said:

Seven players in the press box opening night, even with 6 injured guys (Zucker, Zellweger, Rathbone, Timmons, Lyon, Leinonen) still in Buffalo?

The no-ECHL thing gets even weirder.

At least they will OK when the injury bug bites in the AHL.

But there are going to be more than a few frustrated players.

The start of the ECHL season is still 2 weeks away.  Those guys in the press box would still be with Rochester anyway.  They'll eventually loan them out somewhere anyway.

[PromoTheRobot]

Don't forget Angela open the season tonight at home vs Toronto. Game on FLO hockey.

[PromoTheRobot]

 

 

Edited Friday at 05:09 PM by PromoTheRobot

[PromoTheRobot]

 

 

[Weave]

I think I know 8 names on that roster.

[DarthEbriate]

Is Strbak injured? Seems curious that Laaouan is starting instead of him. And Boyko the backup instead of Ratzlaff.

[PromoTheRobot]

New jerseys? They look like the Canadiens.

[inkman]

I tuned in for 5 seconds. Amerks dman immediately answers the call for a Markie taking liberties. It matters. 

[PromoTheRobot]

Amerks to celebrate America's 250th with special uniforms during home opener https://share.google/kwQ1Kk89UHhvLAoOe

 

[inkman]

Amerks gonna need to answer. Marlies abusing Amerks in the crease. They have the guys. Let’s go this. 

[PromoTheRobot]

3 minutes ago, inkman said:

Amerks gonna need to answer. Marlies abusing Amerks in the crease. They have the guys. Let’s go this. 

They appear to be dominating the game but the Marlies goalie is standing on his head. Still scoreless halfway thru.

Finally! Fiddler-Schultz power play goal. 1-0.

Edited Saturday at 12:31 AM by PromoTheRobot

[PromoTheRobot]

Mike Leone challenging a no-goal call. Challenge denied. 2 minutes in the box.

Edited Saturday at 12:47 AM by PromoTheRobot

[PromoTheRobot]

Gavin Mc Carthy makes it 2-0 with a minute to go in 2P.

[PromoTheRobot]

I must say Griffin Della Penna's play by play is a huge upgrade from late day Don Stevens.

[DarthEbriate]

Amerks up 2-0, being outshot 8-0 in the third.

[PromoTheRobot]

4 minutes ago, DarthEbriate said:

Amerks up 2-0, being outshot 8-0 in the third.

Amerks goalie Matthew Villalta looks sharp.

[DarthEbriate]

Outshot 15-2, out-scoring the Marlies 1-0 in the third. Sheary with the third tally. 

Because Sheary is a beast! (at the AHL level)

[pastajoe]

I hate that teams only auction off the game worn specialty jerseys instead of making replicas available to everyone. Not all can bid $500-1000 for a jersey. The quantity of jerseys sold would likely bring in more money than just the auction.

[DarthEbriate]

Villalta with the Ryan Miller Shutout. Though, to be fair, he faced 20 shots in the third period. Amerks 3-1 win in the opener.

[K-9]

Villalta deserved a shutout. He made numerous point-blank saves throughout. 

[Taro T]

37 minutes ago, pastajoe said:

I hate that teams only auction off the game worn specialty jerseys instead of making replicas available to everyone. Not all can bid $500-1000 for a jersey. The quantity of jerseys sold would likely bring in more money than just the auction.

They had non-game worn Buffamooses available from last year's Bills day game.  Don't know if they do it for other games or not; but they definitely had those available.  Pretty sure they were only available at the rink though.

[Scottysabres]

Being the Amerks roster to Buffalo, they know how to win.

[CTJoe]

1 hour ago, DarthEbriate said:

Villalta with the Ryan Miller Shutout. Though, to be fair, he faced 20 shots in the third period. Amerks 3-1 win in the opener.

Whom is villalta? Anybody to be intrigued about?