Sal Maiorana

1 week ago | democratandchronicle.com | Sal Maiorana

Sal MaioranaRochester Democrat and ChronicleGiven the circumstances, the Rochester Amerks could not have put on a better performance than their Game 4 victory Friday night at Laval which kept their season alive. Unfortunately, Sunday afternoon, with a chance to complete an upset of the AHL’s No. 1 team, the Amerks went splat and really couldn’t have played much worse.

2 weeks ago | democratandchronicle.com | Sal Maiorana

With their season on the line Friday night, the Rochester Amerks dug down and put forth one of their best performances of the season during a 5-1 trouncing of Laval at Place Bell. “Backs up against the wall kind of shows your character a little bit,” said goalie Devon Levi, who made 22 saves in winning Game 4 and tying the best-of-five AHL North Division finals at two games apiece.

2 weeks ago | salmaiorana.beehiiv.com | Sal Maiorana

The Yankees took advantage of a Texas team that can’t hit its way out of a paper bag right now and limited the Rangers to five runs during a three-game sweep at Yankee Stadium. The Yankees are now 30-19 and lead the second-place Blue Jays by five games as they head out for a nine-game West Coast trip. Lets get to it.

2 weeks ago | democratandchronicle.com | Sal Maiorana

Having just tied the game at 1-1 early in the third period, after outplaying Laval for a good chunk of the first two periods, the Rochester Amerks were in position to win Game 3 of the North Division finals against Laval Wednesday night. Instead, the Rocket responded with two goals in the span of 65 seconds, then tacked on another midway through the third and went on to a 4-1 victory and a two games to one lead in the series. “I actually really liked our game,” Amerks coach Michael Leone said.

2 weeks ago | democratandchronicle.com | Sal Maiorana

For the first time in franchise history, the Buffalo Bills will be featured on HBO’s popular Hard Knocks show. The HBO cameras will be imbedded with the Bills throughout training camp at St. John Fisher University, and they will then shift during the regular season to cover all four teams in the NFC East for the in-season version of the show. The debut show for this season is scheduled to air Aug. 5.