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http://www.amerks.com/downloads/2015-2016-SchedulePrint.pdf - #AHLSchedule #Amerks60th
The Rochester Americans announced today their schedule for the 2015-2016 American Hockey League regular season.
The Amerks will open their 60th AHL season at 7:05 pm ET on Friday, October 9 versus the Lake Erie Monsters at The Blue Cross Arena.
The Amerks, who will move to the AHL’s Eastern Conference this season, will again play a 76-game regular season schedule, including 38 home games and 38 road games.
The Amerks will play 30 of their 38 home games on weekends. Eighteen Friday home games, five Saturday home dates and seven Sunday home outings.
The team will also host seven games on Wednesdays and one Monday game.
All Wednesday and Friday home games will start at 7:05 pm ET this season, with four of the five Saturday games starting at 7:35 pm ET.
(The game on Saturday, December 26 starts at 7:05 pm ET.)
Rochester’s seven Sunday home contests will start at 5:05 pm ET and the lone Monday game will be a 3:05 pm ET matinee on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on January 18.
The move to the Eastern Conference will bring a different look to Rochester’s slate of opponents this season. The Amerks will play a total of 50 games against their North Division rivals -
Albany Devils - six times (three home, three road) - Binghamton Senators - ten times (five home, five road) - St. John’s IceCaps - eight times (four home, four road) -
Syracuse Crunch - ten times (five home, five road) - Toronto Marlies - eight times (four home, four road) - Utica Comets - eight times (four home, four road).
For the fourth straight year, the Amerks will host a game at Buffalo’s First Niagara Center when they face-off against St. John’s on Wednesday, December 30 at 7:05 pm ET.
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LaxSabre - Yeah, lets just schedule this game in the winter time - on a Wednesday - on a week where the Sabres already have two home games scheduled!
Monday, December 27 vs Washington and Thursday, December 31 vs New York Islanders. Yeah three hockey games in four days at the First Niagara Center.)
http://www.amerks.com/newsX.asp?type=News&aID=1340