BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Sabres have assigned forwards Eric Cornel, Vasily Glotov, and Kevin Porter, defensemen Zach Redmond and Devante Stephens and goaltenders Michael Houser and Adam Wilcox to the Rochester Americans.
The Amerks open their 2018 preseason schedule with the first of three exhibition contests on Thursday, Sept. 27 when they host the defending Calder Cup champion Toronto Marlies at 7:05 p.m. in the front-end of a home-and-home series at HarborCenter in downtown Buffalo. The action shifts north of the border on Saturday, Sept. 29 for a rematch at Frank Doherty Arena in Toronto at 4:00 p.m.
Rochester concludes the preseason with a matchup against the Syracuse Crunch at 5:05 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 30 at the Gene Polisseni Center on the campus of Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). The 4,300-seat Gene Polisseni Center is home to the RIT Men’s and Women’s NCAA Division I hockey teams.
Tickets for the game at HarborCenter are available for $10 each for General Admission seating with $5 tickets available for all Amerks and Buffalo Sabres Season Ticket Members. Ticket cans can be purchased at WWW.TICKETS.COM, through WWW.AMERKS.COM, or at the KeyBank Center Box Office.
All tickets for the game at RIT will be General Admission and will be available for purchase for just $5 at the Polisseni Center Box Office, or online at WWW.AMERKS.COM and WWW.RITTICKETS.COM. RIT students can purchase tickets for $3 while all Amerks and RIT Season Ticket Members will receive complimentary tickets to the game. Please contact the Amerks Main Office at 585-454-5335 to request your tickets.
Coaches and players will be made available to the media immediately following each practice session. The schedule for the first week of Amerks 2018 Training Camp is as follows (times and locations subject to change):
Monday, Sept. 24
Practice Session at 12:30 p.m. (Bill Gray’s Iceplex)
Tuesday, Sept. 25
Group 1 Practice Session at 10:30 a.m. (Bill Gray’s Iceplex)
Group 2 Practice Session at 12:00 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 26
Group 1 Practice Session at 10:30 a.m. (Bill Gray’s Iceplex)
Group 2 Practice Session at 12:00 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 27
Morning Skate at 10:00 a.m. (Blue Cross Arena)
Non-Playing Group Practice Session at 11:00 a.m.
Home Preseason Game vs. Toronto Marlies at 7:05 p.m. (HarborCenter)
Friday, Sept. 28
Group 1 Practice Session at 10:30 a.m. (Blue Cross Arena)
Group 2 Practice Session at 12:00 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 29
Morning Skate at 10:00 a.m. (Blue Cross Arena)
Away Preseason Game at Toronto Marlies at 4:00 p.m. (Frank Doherty Arena)
Sunday, Sept. 30
Home Preseason Game vs. Syracuse Crunch at 5:05 p.m. (Gene Polisseni Center at RIT)
Rochester begins its 63rd American Hockey League season at home on Friday, Oct. 5 against the Charlotte Checkers at the Blue Cross Arena.