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  • 3/28 Recap: Kennedy clicks; Allard goes hard

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    Tim Kennedy scored a power play goal and added an assist as Michigan State opened the NCAA tourney with a 3-1 win over Colorado College. The defending champion Spartans got on the board when a dangling Kennedy scooped up a loose puck, and calmly slid it to his backhand past CC netminder Richard Bachman. Freshman…

  • 3/22 Recap: Gerbe, Butler tabbed for All-Tourney teams

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    Nathan Gerbe scored an empty net goal and dodged a check to set-up the eventual game winner as Boston College shut down Vermont 4-0 to win the Hockey East tournament title. Now the national leader in points (Kevin Porter of Michigan went 0-0-0), Gerbe’s four goals and five assists in four games earned him Tournament…

  • 3/15 Recap: Gerbe gains; Eno, Eidsness exit

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    Someday the Sabres will achieve synergy in all facets of the organization. On a night when the top club gave Toronto a licking to boost their playoff hopes, a few members of the prospect stable had their seasons derailed by key losses. Not all was bad, though. One name in the “good” column is that…

  • 3/9 Recap: Byron flyin' at right time

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    In a key QMJHL match-up, Paul Byron (+4) scored a goal and three assists in Gatineau’s 6-1 trouncing of top-ranked Baie-Comeau. The four-point effort gives the explosive center 27 points in his last 14 games. Five days after Byron’s 11-game point streak came to an end, Drakkar center Benjamin Breault extended his run to nine…

  • 2/22 Recap: Gogulla passes in the clutch

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    In DEL play, Philip Gogulla continued to rack up assists with two more in Cologne’s 5-4 OT win over Duisburg. Down 4-2 with under three minutes to play, Gogulla picked up the primary helpers as the Sharks rallied with two goals in 1:40 to force the extra session. The Dusseldorf-born left wing furthered his career…

  • 2/10: Dennis blanks Griffins

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    Adam Dennis made 33 saves to post his 2nd shutout in a week and third of the season as Rochester eeked out a 1-0 win over Grand Rapids. Scoreless after two periods, Marc-Andre Gragnani stole a puck at the Amerks blueline and sprinted down the ice to bury his own rebound against Adam Berkhoel for…

  • Byron nets winner; Amerks take shootout

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    A quick update on a pair of afternoon contests… 2007 sixth-round pick Paul Byron scored the game winning goal on the power play and assisted on another in Gatineau’s 3-0 shutout of Quebec. The goal was Byron’s 26th on the year, and only his fifth with the man advantage. The Ottawa native also won 80%…

  • Dennis cracks Marlies code

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    In a late afternoon game, the Rochester Americans rode a 28-save shutout performance by Adam Dennis to defeat the Toronto Marlies, 3-0. Mark Mancari had a hand in all three goals, scoring the game winner in the final minute of the second period, and setting up two others in the third to cement the win.…

  • Amerks pick up where they left off

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    Rochester returned from the All-Star break Friday at the BCA, losing in overtime to Toronto, 3-2. The loss was the Amerks’ ninth in a row, and 25th in their last 27 games. Down 1-0 at the end of two, Marek Zagrapan knotted the score 2:48 into the third. The Slovakian pivot took the return feed…

  • Mancari: Master Blaster

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    Congratulations to Amerks forward Mark Mancari, whose record setting 102.8 MPH blast earned top prize at the AHL All-Star Skills Competition Sunday night in Binghamton. The booming slapper brought the fans to their feet, with the stick immediately being ushered to Toronto for display in the Hockey Hall of Fame. In a trying season for…