By: Mateo Ortiz ROCHESTER, NY - The Rochester Americans opened the first half of their back-to-back at the Blue Cross Arena on Friday night against the Syracuse Crunch. In the first of 12 meetings between the two teams this season, the Amerks defeated the Crunch, highlighted by a four-goal second period, on their way to a 7-1 victory. Amerks skaters #43 Conor Sheary, #28 Aidan McDonough, #59 Jake Richard, #14 Jason Polin and #63 Matthew Peca celebrating after a goal on Octobe

By: Mateo Ortiz ROCHESTER, NY - The Rochester Americans opened their 2026/2027 campaign on Friday night against the defending Calder Cup champions, the Toronto Marlies, in a rematch of last year's AHL North Division Semifinal. A dominating second period on both sides of the ice, along with an inexperienced defense shutting down the Marlies' attack, led to a 3-1 opening night win for the Amerks. Amerks LW #12 Riley Fiddler-Schultz celebrating with LW #16 Trevor Kuntar on Octob