One night after falling to the league-leading Hamilton Bulldogs, the Rochester
Americans traveled down I-90 to take on the Syracuse Crunch.  Behind a 41-save
effort made by Ryan Miller and two goals by Amerks rookie Jason Pominville,
Rochester took the first game of the home-and-home series by a score of 3-2.

Pominville opened scoring 56 seconds into the game with his fifth goal of the
season.  Doug Janik and Doug Houda earned assists on the score.  Syracuse's Matt
Dzieduzzycki tied the game at 12:42 of the period with his sixth goal of the
season, assisted by Tim Jackman.  Rochester's Jason Botterill, arguably one of
the best acquisitions by the club in the off-season, scored his 21st goal of the
season at 17:47 of the first while Rochester was on the power-play.  Jarolsav
Kristek and Chris Taylor made the goal possible.

Syracuse tied the game again at 5:27 of the second period when Blake
Bellefeuille scored his sixth goal of the season, assisted by Matt Davidson. 
The game remained tied until the 2:18 mark of the final period, when Pominville
scored the game winnner with help from Rory Fitzpatrick, who was reassigned to
Rochester earlier in the day.

The Rochester club can finally get some rest, as they've been busy the past few
days.  They can't sleep too long, however, as they host the Syracuse Crunch on
Monday night at the Blue Cross Arena.  The puck drops at 7:05pm.

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The Hamilton Bulldogs visited the Blue Cross Arena at the Rochester War Memorial
last night and rallied from a two-goal deficit to skate away with a 6-4 victory.
A four-goal final period and scores by three players who already own
double-digit goal tallies this season contributed to the Bulldogs' win.

Rochester opened scoring in the game when Jaroslav Kristek scored his 11th goal
of the season at 11:27 of the opening period.  Jason Botterill and Chris Taylor
earned assists on the score.  Hamilton's Chad Hinz tied the game at one with his
fourth of the season under six minutes later, assisted by Jani Rita and
goaltender Ty Conklin.  Rochester's Francois Methot scored his eighth of the
season at 8:08 of the second period to regain the lead for the Amerks.  Methot,
who seems to score a vast majority of his goals while serving on special teams,
did it again as Chris Taylor assisted during the man-advantage opportunity. 
Milan Bartovic then scored his seventh goal of the season under a minute later,
with assists to Methot and Norm Milley.  Hamilton's Jason Ward answered with his
17th goal of the season while Hamilton was a man short at 16:50 of the period. 
Benoit Gratton and Francis Bouillon assisted on the score.  Rochester's Jason
Pominville erased that gain at 18:58 of the period with his fourth of the
season, coming on a power-play opportunity.  Norm Milley and Chris Taylor helped
out on the score.

Hamilton came out seeking blood in the final period and scored four unanswered
goals to claim the victory.  Jani Rita scored his 14th on the year at 7:18,
assisted by Benoit Gratton.  Jason Ward scored his second of the night at 15:21
of the period to tie the game once again, helped out by Gratton and Fernando
Pisani.  Pisani then put the Bulldogs ahead with the eventual game-winner at
18:58 of the period with help from Francis Bouillon.  Benoit Gratton sealed the
victory with an empty-net goal with less then twenty seconds left in the game.

Rochester put 21 shots on goal in the game and converted two of five power-play
opportunities.  Ryan Miller stopped 34 of 39 shots on goal to put his record at
11-10-3 for the season.  The Americans are in Syracuse tonight to face the
Crunch, then return to the Blue Cross Arena on Monday night to complete the home
and home series vs. Syracuse.

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The Rochester Americans continued their amazing turnaround after a horrid start
to the 2002-03 season by defeating the Cleveland Barons this past Thursday night
at the Gund Arena.  Rochester came into the game with a two-game winning streak
and facing the first of three games in three nights.

Cleveland drew first blood at 9:06 of the opening period when Eric Laplante
scored on assists from Patt Rissmiller and Chris Longo.  Rochester's Jaroslav
Kristek tied the game only 29 seconds later with his ninth goal of the season,
assisted by Doug Janik and Chris Taylor.  The Barons' Travis Hansen regained the
lead for his club at 16:03 of the period with assists to Chad Wiseman and
Miroslav Zalesak, but Rochester's Radoslav Hecl, newly reassigned to the Amerks,
tied the game again with four seconds left in the period with his fifth goal of
the season for the Amerks..  Norm Milley, also reassigned to the Amerks with
Hecl, earned an assist on the goal.

Rochester's Milan Bartovic took the lead from Cleveland with the eventual
game-winner at 2:38 of the second period while the Americans were on the
power-play.  Radoslav Hecl earned an assist on the scorem Bartovic's fifth of
the season.  Bartovic then scored his second of the night at 14:01 of the second
period while teams were at full-strength; this time Francois Methot earned an
assist.  Jaroslav Kristek sealed the win with his 10th goal of the season, an
empty-net score at 19:46 of the final period, with help from Ryan Jorde.

Tom Askey was in net for the Amerks and stopped 33 of 35 shots on goal in the
game to improve his record to 2-3-3 on the season.  Rochester put 28 shots on
goal while the special teams were 1-5 with the man-advantage.  Rochester boarded
the bus after the game to head home as they take on the Hamilton Bulldogs at the
Blue Cross Arena tonight (Friday) at 7:35, then head to Syracuse for the first
of two meetings in three days (home and home) against their Interstate 90 rival,
the Crunch.

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Amerks forward Jason Botterill was named the American Hockey League Player of
the Week after notching six points for the week ending December 22nd.  Botterill
scored five goals and one assist in two games against Cincinnati and one at
Hershey. In addition,he scored game-winning goals in consecutive games on the
21st and 22nd and he now has a five-game point streak (6+4) from the 13th to the
22nd of December.

Botterill leads the league and his club with 20 goals and is tied for eighth in
the league with 31 points (20+11). He is one goal away from tying his career
high of 21, set during the 2001-02 season with Saint John. The Edmonton,
Alberta, native also leads the team with seven power-play goals in 32 games. He
has also played in one game with the Buffalo Sabres this season.

In other news, the Amerks have had several player moves over the past couple of
days.  Denis Hamel was recalled to the Buffalo Sabres while Norm Milley and
Radoslav Hecl were returned to the Amerks and Peter Ratchuk was a scratch for
tonight's game in Cleveland with an undisclosed illness.  In addition, Jiri
Novotny is playing the World Juniors, therefore leaving the club with one less
player than currently suit up during the game.

Results from the Cleveland game will be sent as soon as they are available.

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After defeating the Hershey Bears at the GIANT Center the previous evening with
Ryan Miller's second career shutout, the Amerks returned home for their last
game before Christmas, taking on the Mighty Ducks for the second time in three
games.  It was a revenge of sorts, as the Cincinnati squad defeated Rochester
Friday evening to interrupt their nine-game winless streak.

Rochester's five goal first period lit up the visiting Ducks, with four
different players scoring during the period.  Denis Hamel continued his strong
offensive showing in the AHL by opening the scoring with his 16th goal of the
season, shorthanded, at 5:17 of the first period.  Paul Guastad and Doug Janik
assisted on the score.  Jason Pominville scored his 3rd goal with the club at
13:39, assisted by Guastad and Hamel to put the score at 2-0.  Francois Methot
then went on to score two goals within four minutes to ratchet up the score. 
His first came at 14:48 with assists to Jason Botterill and Jaroslav Kristek and
his second was at 17:58 unassisted.  Botterill then scored a goal of his own at
19:20 for what would eventually be the game winner.  Doug(s) Janik and Houda
assisted on the score.

Botterill wasn't finished, however, as he came out and buried another goal only
20 seconds into the second period.  Chris Taylor and Jarolsav Kristek assisted
on the score.  Milan Bartovic's fourth goal of the season ended the Amerks'
offensive romp; he was unassisted.  Cincinnati staged a tough rally in the final
period of play, but in the end the Amerks prevailed.  Ben Guite, Francis
Belanger, Alexei Smirnov and Mark Popovic all scored within the first 12 minutes
of the period, but the Ducks were unable to overcome the Amerks massive
first-period barrage.  Ryan Miller stopped 31 of 35 shots on goal to earn his
8th victory in his last nine starts.

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Rochester's Ryan Miller notched the second professional shutout of his young
career last night, stopping all 35 shots in a game at the GIANT Center in
Hershey, PA.  It was the second meeting this season between the AHL's two oldes
teams, the Americans and the Hershey Bears.  The first meeting in October saw
the Bears skate away with a 4-1 victory at the opening night of their new arena.

Jason Botterill scored his 18th goal of the season unassisted at 5:17 of the
first period to give his club an early lead.  Denis Hamel then notched a short
handed goal at 16:41 of the second for his 15th score of the year to put
Rochester up 2-0.  Paul Guastad assisted on the score.  Both teams played
nicely, but neither could convert a total of 7 power-play opportunities.

Rochester is back home tonight at the Blue Cross Arena at the Rochester War
Memorial to face the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks for the second time in three days. 
It is the last game the club will play before Christmas; faceoff is 6:05pm.

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The following is an excerpt from the Rochester Americans website
(www.amerks.com) regarding the signing of Jody Robinson to a professional
tryout.  As a sidenote, Robinson earned an assist in Friday night's game vs.
Cincinnati Mighty Ducks.

(Rochester, NY)… Rochester Americans General Manager Jody Gage announced today
the signing of defenseman Jody Robinson to a professional tryout contract.

The 6-2, 205-pound defenseman will play in his 100th pro game tonight as the
Amerks host the Central Division rival Cincinnati Mighty Ducks at 7:35 p.m. at
The Blue Cross Arena.

Robinson was recalled from the Elmira Jackals of the United Hockey League, where
he registered one goal and seven assists in 27 games. The Scarborough, Ontario,
native broke into pro hockey last season with the Jackals. During the 2001-02
campaign, he played in 72 games and collected three goals and eight assists. He
was named to the UHL All-Rookie Team for his efforts.

He played his college hockey at Division I Mercyhurst College in Erie, Pa. He
played four seasons with the Lakers and was a member of the 2000-01 Mercyhurst
team that won the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Hockey League and advanced
to the NCAA Tournament.

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It was bound to happen.  The Rochester Americans, who have pulled off an amazing
turnaround since the first month of the 2002-03 season, suffered their first
defeat since November 27th at the hands of the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks this past
Friday evening.  Rochester scored first with a power-play goal at 4:50 of the
opening period, but starting netminder Tom Askey went on to allow five goals on
13 shots before being pulled early in the second period.

Peter Ratchuk scored with the man-advantage to give the Amerks the lead in the
opening minutes of the first period, his second score of the season.  Jaroslav
Kristek and Francois Methot earned assists on the play.  Cincinnati's Cory
Pecker tied the game at 8:25 of the period with help from Chris O'Sullivan and
Jarret Smith.  Alexei Smirnov gave the Mighty Ducks the lead just over four
minutes later with his fifth goal of the season, assisted by Ben Guite and Brian
Gornick.  Travis Brigley then gave Cincinnati a two-goal lead at 9:15 of the
second period while shorthanded.  Rob Valicevic assisted on the goal. 
Rochester's Jason Botterill, who has provided offensive spark most of the
season, brought the game back within one goal at 10:29 of the second period
while on the power-play.  Botterill's 16th goal of the season was assisted by
Jaroslav Kristek and Chris Taylor.  However, Cory Pecker scored again to regain
the two-goal lead at 12:29 while the Ducks were on the power-play.  Pecker was
assisted by Josh Dewolf and Tony Martensson.  Ben Guite then put the Ducks up by
three at 13:05 with his fourth goal of the season, assisted by Nick Smith.

Jason Botterill buried the biscuit again at 17:02 in an attempt to start a
Rochester rally.  However, the rally fell short as Doug Janik's second goal of
the season came at 18:57 of the final period, and no other scores were made as
Rochester fell 5-4 to the Mighty Ducks.

Rochester boarded the bus for Pennsylvania following the game as they will take
on the Hershey Bears tonight then return to Rochester on Sunday evening to take
on the Ducks once again.  Stay tuned to amerks@yahoogroups.com for all the
latest!

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 "hott4ryan07 <hott4ryan07@...>" <hott4ryan07@...> wrote:

do u think norm milley is going to come down? We r doing good lately.
thast good.



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i hope so

do u think norm milley is going to come down? We r doing good lately.
thast good.

Here are the results for the past threee games; my apologies but my Internet
service has been down as a result of a driver mixing it up with a telephone
pole.

Rochester currently sits in second place in the Central Division with a 10-10-7
(2) record and is riding an 8-game unbeaten streak into three back-to-back games
this weekend, beginning with Cincinnati Mighty Ducks at home on Friday, at
Hershey on Saturday and back at home against Cincinnati on Sunday.

This past Saturday, Rochester traveled to Binghamton to take on the re-born AHL
franchise.  It was the club's first trip to their old rival's home ice since
1997, when the team was the Rangers and the affiliates of the New York version
of the same name.  Rochester fell behind early and ended up playing a majority
of the game without Head Coach Randy Cunneyworth or Captain Doug Houda. 
Cunneyworth was given a delay of game penalty and subsequent game misconduct for
throwing a puck on the ice 13 seconds into the period.  The reason behind the
action was apparently related to Denis Hamel's pre-period warm up lap before he
was to serve out the remainder of a five minute major penalty for fighting,
assessed in the closing minutes of the first period.  Houda received a
unsportsmanlike conduct, misconduct and game misconduct seven minutes in, one of
several misconduct penalties assessed to the Amerks that night.

Binghamton skated to the lead just over five minutes into the game when Brian
Mcgratten scored on a power-play opportunity, assisted by David Hymovitz and
Brian Pothier.  Joe Murphy made the score 2-0 at 18:34 of the period with help
from Chris Kelly, scoring on a short-handed opportunity.  Rochester's Chris
Taylor broke in the Amerks' offensive attack 51 seconds into the second period
with his fourth goal of the season.  Jaroslav Kristek and Peter Ratchuk assisted
on the score.  Brian Pothier returned a 2-goal lead to the baby Sens at the 2:00
mark while on the power-play, assisted by Jason Spezza and Antoine Vermette. 
Brad Smyth made the score 4-1 less than five minutes later, assisted by Chris
Kelly and Joe Murphy.  Rochester's Jiri Novotny scored his second goal of the
season at 13:43 to start the Amerks' rally, with help coming from Francois
Methot and Jason Botterill.

Denis Hamel scored his 13th goal of the season at 5:21 of the final period to
nudge the score closer, assisted by Jason Pominville, then scored again on the
power-play at 8:41 with help from Peter Ratchuk and Francois Methot. 
Binghamton's Antoine Vermette gave the Sens the lead once again at 14:04 of the
period, but Rochester's Jaroslav Kristek preserved a tie with his score at 18:03
of the period.  Assisting on Kristek's 8th goal, coming on the power-play, were
Jason Botterill and Radoslav Hecl.  Ryan Miller stopped 41 of 46 shots on goal
to improve his record to 9-9-3 on the season.  Rochester's power play converted
2 of 12 opportunities and the offense put 34 shots on goal.

On Friday the 13th, Rochester hosted I-90 rival Syracuse in the first of 12
meetings this season.  Ryan Miller put on a stellar performance stopping all 38
Crunch shots on goal to earn his first professional shutout in a 5-0 decision. 
Francois Methot began the feast at 11:47 of the opening period with his fifth
goal of the season, assisted by Jason Pominville.  Denis Hamel's 11th goal of
the year cam at 16:34 of the period for a 2-0 lead, assisted by Chris Taylor and
Jaroslav Kristek.

Jiri Novotny earned his first goal of the season at 4:08 of the second period,
assisted by Francois Methot and Jason Botterill.  Botterill then notched a goal
of his own, his 15th of the season, at 18:27, assisted by Methot and Jaroslav
Kristek.  Denis Hamel's 12th goal of the year ended the romp, coming shorthanded
at the 12:00 mark and assisted by Radoslav Hecl.  Rochester cam up empty in five
attempts on power-play opportunities.

On the 12th of December, Rochester traveled to Cleveland to take on the Barons
and skated away with a 2-1 victory.  Rochester's Chris Taylor opened scoring at
18:49 of the secon period while the Amerks were skating with a man advantage. 
His third goal of the year was assisted by Francois Methot and Peter Ratchuk. 
Cleveland's Jeff Jillson scored at 12:56 of the final period to force overtime,
something Rochester is intimately familiar with this season.  However, this game
ended with a positive note for the Americans when Radoslav Hecl connected on a
pass from Kevin Bolibruck with a minute to play in the extra period.  Jason
Pominville also earned an assist.  Ryan Miller stopped 24 shots on goal to
improve to 8-9-2 on the season.  Rochester put 30 shots on goal and was 1-6 on
the power-play.

Go Amerks!
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Does anyone think that any of the amerks will be called up to the sabres?

 hott4ryan07 <hott4ryan07@...> wrote:

i Think they have been doing good lately. milley is doing pretty
good. Do u think will win this friday?



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The amerks win both games over the weekend, earning them 4 out of the possible 4 points. Kristek was definetly great out there, scoring many goals. The amerks actually won against  norfolk, who are in 1rst place in the ahl!

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anyone going to fridays game against norfolk?

i Think they have been doing good lately. milley is doing pretty
good. Do u think will win this friday?

The Rochester Americans are on a three-game unbeaten streak following last
night's 1-1 tie with the Cleveland Barons.  Cleveland took the lead at 8:16 of
the opening period when Mirolav Zalesak connected for his 13th score of the
season, assisted by Matt Carkner and Lynn Loyns.  Jaroslav Kristek's 3rd goal of
the season tied the game at 14:06 of the final period with help from Francois
Methot and Chris Taylor.  The power-play score was the last goal in regulation
and neither team scored in overtime.  Tom Askey stopped 26 shots for the Amerks
to preserve the tie.

Saturday night the team was in Albany to square off against the River Rats. 
Rochester struck first as Jaroslav Kristek scored with the man advantage at
10:23 of the third period.  Chris Taylor and Francois Methot assisted on the
score.  Albany's Jiri Bicek tied the game at one with his third goal of the
season, unassisted at 12:58.  However, it was Rochester's Francois Methot who
won the game with his fourth goal of the season 33 seconds into the overtime
period.  Chris Taylor and Peter Ratchuk assisted.  Ryan Miller stopped 40 shots
on goal to improve his record to 5-9-2 on the season.

Prior to that game, Rochester was at home to take on the Milwaukee Admirals and
skated to a 7-3 rout over their guests.  Jason Botterill opened scoring with his
13th goal of the season at 15:49 of the first period.  Peter Ratchuk and Chris
Taylor assisted on the power-play goal.  Norm Milley made the score 2-0 with his
sixth of the year at 16:03 of the first period.  Newcomer Ben Gustavson and
Denis Hamel assisted on the score.  Chris Taylor put the score up to 3-0 at
17:05 of the period with his second goal of the season, assisted by Ratchuk. 
Denis Hamel's unassisted goal early in the second period made the score 4-0,
then Jaroslav Kristek added yet another goal before Milwaukee was able to put a
goal on the board.  Reid Simpson scored at 15:08 to end the shutout attempt by
Ryan Miller, assisted by Greg Classen and Konstantin Panov.  Ben Gustavson's
first goal of the season, on a power-play opportunity, regained Rochester's
five-goal lead at 15:43 of the 2nd period.  The Admiral's Greg Classen made the
score 6-2 at 2:30 of the third period, then Greg Koehler made it 6-3 at 2:58
before Francois Methot's power-play score ended the barrage at 10:21 of the
final period.  Norm Milley and Radoslav Hecl assisted on the goal.  Miller
stopped 30 shots on goal in the game.

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The Rochester Americans extended their home unbeaten streak to three games with
a 2-2 tie against the Albany River Rats on Friday night.  Albany drew first
blood with Max Birbraer's sixth goal of the season at 7:33 of the opening
period; Scott Cameron assisted on the score.  Rochester's Jason Botterill, the
team's leading goal scorer, notched his 11th of the season at the six minute
mark of the second period to tie the game.  His power-play goal was assisted by
Francois Methot and Chris Taylor.  Paul Gaustad gave Rochester the lead less
than two minutes later, along with help from Norm Milley and Denis Hamel. 
However, Ray Giroux tied the game again for the Rats, helped by Scott Cameron
and Joe Hulbig.  Neither team scored in the final period or the subsequent
overtime period to preserve the tie.  Mika Noronen was back in goal for
Rochester for the first time since last season after being assigned by the
Sabres earlier in the day.  Noronen stopped 28 of 30 Albany shots on goal. 
Rochester's offense also put 30 shots on goal in the game and the special teams
converted one of five power-play opportunities.

Rochester hosts the expansion San Antonio Rampage in a 7:35pm contest at the
Blue Cross Arena tonight.  The Rampage has a record of 3-8-5 (including one
overtime loss) and hold fourth place in the West Division.  Fans in the
Rochester area can catch the game on WRWB-WB16 on Time Warner Cable.

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The Rochester Americans lost the first of a three-game weekend, but came
back to win two at home this past weekend.  The team traveled to Cleveland,
OH to face-off against the Barons and suffered a 3-4 defeat despite scoring
all of their goals in the 2nd period and actually leading going into the
final period.  Cleveland's Niko Dimitrakos opened scoring at 7:24 of the
second period, assisted by Ryan Kraft and Matt Carkner.  Rochester's Chris
Taylor scored just over a minute later to tie the game with his first of
the year.  Jason Botterill earned the assist on the goal at 8:38.  Paul Gaustad's
first score of the season put the Amerks up 2-1 at 12:04 of the period.
Radoslav Hecl and Norm Milley each earned assists on the score.  Denis Hamel
continued his high scoring season with his eighth goal of the year at 17:41
of the second period.  Radoslav Hecl and Paul Gaustad assisted on the score.

Cleveland came back with three 3rd period goals to win the game, however,
startingw ith Jim Fahey's score 13 seconds into the period.  Niko Dimitrakos
and Chad Wiseman assisted on the goal.  Matt Carkner tied the game with his
first goal of the season at 4:11 of the period, assisted by Ryan Kraft and
Chad Wiseman.  Scott Thomas scored the game winner with his fifth goal of
the year at 13:37 of the final period.  Miroslav Zalesak and Jesse Fibiger
assisted.  The Americans put 35 shots on goal in the game while Ryan Miller
stopped 25 of Cleveland's 29 shots on goal.  Rochester was 0-for-4 on the
power-play. 

The Amerks came home the next night to host the Binghamton Senators and skated
to a 5-3 victory.  Rory Fitzpatrick started off the game with his 3rd goal
of the season 32 seconds into the contest; Jason Pominville and Jason Botterill
each earned assists.  Pominville scored a goal of his own at 5:15 of the
period while on the power-play, assisted by Francois Methot and Chris Taylor.
Denis Hamel made the score 3-0 with his ninth goal of the season, also on
the power-play, 35 seconds later.  Paul Gaustad and Norm Milley earned assists.
Binghamton's first goal of the game came at 13:16 of the second period while
on the power-play, Joe Murphy scored the goal unassisted.  Doug Janik regained
the three-goal lead for Rochester at 15:24 with his first of the season,
assisted by Norm Milley and Denis Hamel.

Binghamton answered with two goals to start the final period of play.  Brad
Smyth scored 42 seconds in to cut the Amerks' lead to two, assisted by Antoine
Vernette and Chris Bala.  David Hymovitz also scored in the period's first
two minutes to cut the Rochester lead to one.  Brian Pothier and Alexandre
Giroux assisted.  Jason Botterill's 10th goal of the season secured the two-goal
victory for Rochester at 4:55 of the final period, assisted by Chris Taylor.
Ryan Miller secured his third victory of the season by stoppping 37 of Binghamton's
40 shots on goal while the Rochester offense put 22 shots on the Sens net.
Rochester was 2-for-4 on the power play.

Capping the weekend, Rochester hosted the Hamilton Bulldogs on Sunday evening.
Rochester jumped to an early lead at 3:44 of the first period when Andrew
Peters scored his first goal of the season, assisted by Sean McMorrow.  Hamilton's
Chad Hinz tied the game at 12:27 with his first of the year, assisted by
Michael Ryder and Nate Dicasmirro.  Rochester regained the lead with the
help of Radoslav Hecl, who was helped in turn by Doug Houda at 16:27.

Hamilton tied the game with Jason Ward's score at 4:39 of the second period
while the 'Dogs were on a power-play; Ward was assisted by Ron Hainsey and
Benoit Gratton.  Norm Milley scored his fifth of the year to regain the lead
once again at 11:09 of the second period.  Francois Methot and Milan Bartovic
assisted on the scores.  Jarret Stoll tied the game for Hamilton once again
at 11:52 of the final period, assisted by Fernando Pisani and Marcel Hossa.
However, Rochester's Milan Bartovic scored the game-winner at 14:14 of the
final period, assisted by Radoslav Hecl, to seal the victory.  Tom Askey
was in net for Rochester due to Ryan Miller's impending call-up to Buffalo
and earned his first victory of the season by stopping 32 of Hamilton's 35
shots on goal.  Rochester put 22 shots on goal in the period.

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The Rochester Americans lost the first of a three-game weekend, but came
back to win two at home this past weekend.  The team traveled to Cleveland,
OH to face-off against the Barons and suffered a 3-4 defeat despite scoring
all of their goals in the 2nd period and actually leading going into the
final period.  Cleveland's Niko Dimitrakos opened scoring at 7:24 of the
second period, assisted by Ryan Kraft and Matt Carkner.  Rochester's Chris
Taylor scored just over a minute later to tie the game with his first of
the year.  Jason Botterill earned the assist on the goal at 8:38.  Paul
Gaustad's
first score of the season put the Amerks up 2-1 at 12:04 of the period.
Radoslav Hecl and Norm Milley each earned assists on the score.  Denis Hamel
continued his high scoring season with his eighth goal of the year at 17:41
of the second period.  Radoslav Hecl and Paul Gaustad assisted on the score.

Cleveland came back with three 3rd period goals to win the game, however,
startingw ith Jim Fahey's score 13 seconds into the period.  Niko Dimitrakos
and Chad Wiseman assisted on the goal.  Matt Carkner tied the game with his
first goal of the season at 4:11 of the period, assisted by Ryan Kraft and
Chad Wiseman.  Scott Thomas scored the game winner with his fifth goal of
the year at 13:37 of the final period.  Miroslav Zalesak and Jesse Fibiger
assisted.  The Americans put 35 shots on goal in the game while Ryan Miller
stopped 25 of Cleveland's 29 shots on goal.  Rochester was 0-for-4 on the
power-play.

The Amerks came home the next night to host the Binghamton Senators and skated
to a 5-3 victory.  Rory Fitzpatrick started off the game with his 3rd goal
of the season 32 seconds into the contest; Jason Pominville and Jason Botterill
each earned assists.  Pominville scored a goal of his own at 5:15 of the
period while on the power-play, assisted by Francois Methot and Chris Taylor.
  Denis Hamel made the score 3-0 with his ninth goal of the season, also on
the power-play, 35 seconds later.  Paul Gaustad and Norm Milley earned assists.
  Binghamton's first goal of the game came at 13:16 of the second period while
on the power-play, Joe Murphy scored the goal unassisted.  Doug Janik regained
the three-goal lead for Rochester at 15:24 with his first of the season,
assisted by Norm Milley and Denis Hamel.

Binghamton answered with two goals to start the final period of play.  Brad
Smyth scored 42 seconds in to cut the Amerks' lead to two, assisted by Antoine
Vernette and Chris Bala.  David Hymovitz also scored in the period's first
two minutes to cut the Rochester lead to one.  Brian Pothier and Alexandre
Giroux assisted.  Jason Botterill's 10th goal of the season secured the two-goal
victory for Rochester at 4:55 of the final period, assisted by Chris Taylor.
  Ryan Miller secured his third victory of the season by stoppping 37 of
Binghamton's
40 shots on goal while the Rochester offense put 22 shots on the Sens net.
  Rochester was 2-for-4 on the power play.

Capping the weekend, Rochester hosted the Hamilton Bulldogs on Sunday evening.
  Rochester jumped to an early lead at 3:44 of the first period when Andrew
Peters scored his first goal of the season, assisted by Sean McMorrow. 
Hamilton's
Chad Hinz tied the game at 12:27 with his first of the year, assisted by
Michael Ryder and Nate Dicasmirro.  Rochester regained the lead with the
help of Radoslav Hecl, who was helped in turn by Doug Houda at 16:27.

Hamilton tied the game with Jason Ward's score at 4:39 of the second period
while the 'Dogs were on a power-play; Ward was assisted by Ron Hainsey and
Benoit Gratton.  Norm Milley scored his fifth of the year to regain the lead
once again at 11:09 of the second period.  Francois Methot and Milan Bartovic
assisted on the scores.  Jarret Stoll tied the game for Hamilton once again
at 11:52 of the final period, assisted by Fernando Pisani and Marcel Hossa.
  However, Rochester's Milan Bartovic scored the game-winner at 14:14 of the
final period, assisted by Radoslav Hecl, to seal the victory.  Tom Askey
was in net for Rochester due to Ryan Miller's impending call-up to Buffalo
and earned his first victory of the season by stopping 32 of Hamilton's 35
shots on goal.  Rochester put 22 shots on goal in the period.

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sure i hope so at least!

 hott4ryan07 <hott4ryan07@...> wrote:

hi, we are or were tired for 2nd. That is good. Do u think that is
going to last long. I mean do u think they will win more?


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hi, we are or were tired for 2nd. That is good. Do u think that is
going to last long. I mean do u think they will win more?

--- threewolfy <threewolfy@...> wrote:
> for helping me, and sory about the double posts :)
>
>
Hi,

One other option is the Crowne Plaza, which is about
1.5 blocks from the arena.

Patty

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for helping me, and sory about the double posts :)

I think Flack means the Sheraton Four Points.   that is where the
away teams stay .

>The HYATT or FOUR SEASONS - it's right across from the Arena within
>walking distance...  also, the Dinosaur BBQ is there too (near it)
>

The HYATT or FOUR SEASONS - it's right across from the Arena within walking distance...  also, the Dinosaur BBQ is there too (near it)

Have Fun!

 threewolfy <threewolfy@...> wrote:

I will be going to Rochester soona nd hope to catch a game.  DOes
anyone have any suggestions on where i should stay? Thanks


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I will be going to Rochester soona nd hope to catch a game.  DOes
anyone have any suggestions on where i should stay? Thanks

I will be going to Rochester soona nd hope to catch a game.  DOes
anyone have any suggestions on where i should stay?

Sorry about the delay, I was out of town and my laptop crashed!  Anyway, here's
the report on the Veterans' Day game at the Blue Cross Arena.

The Norfolk Admirals, coming into the game with the second-best record in the
league, took advantage of several power-play opportunities to skate away with a
4-2 victory over the Rochester Americans.  Marty Wilford scored to put the
Admirals up early while on a power-play; Jef Helperl and Matt Henderson assisted
on the score at 7:12 of the opening period.  Rochester's Milan Bartovic's second
score of the season tied the game 35 seconds into the 2nd period.  Paul Gaustad
and Rory Fitzpatrick assisted on the score.  Denis Hamel gave Rochester it's
only lead of the game at 10:23 of the period with his 7th goal of the season,
assisted by Doug Janik and Karel Mosovsky.

Casey Hankinson tied the game again for the Admirals at 14:03 with his eighth
goal of the season.  Peter White and Mike Peluso assisted on the goal.  Another
power-play opportunity sent the lead back to Norfolk when Igor Radulov scored at
15:27.  Matt Henderson and Burke Henry earned assists on the goal.  Casey
Hankinson ensured the Admiral victory with an empty-net goal with 20 seconds
remaining in the game, assisted by Quintin Laing and Marty Wilford.

Rochester's power-play was shut down for the first time in the past few games as
special teams went 0-10.  The offense put 28 shots on goal while backup
netminder Tom Askey stopped 26 of 29 shots on goal (empty net not included in
shots).  Askey's record drops to 0-2-2 on the season.  Rochester will be on the
road Friday as the club travels to Cleveland, OH to face the Barons. 
Rochester's first win of the season came against the same club, and Rochester
hopes to return with another victory before finishing out the weekend with a
two-game homestand.

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