AHL Rochester Americans

Randy Cunneyworth bobblehead night Friday

Published on March 24, 2005 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Rochester Americans News Release


(Rochester, NY)... The Rochester Americans host the Hershey Bears on Friday, March 25th at 7:35 p.m. at The Blue Cross Arena. The game will be televised live on Time Warner Cable Channel 98. The contest will also be broadcast on WHTK 1280-AM and amerks.com.

That night the first 1,500 fans will receive a Randy Cunneyworth Bobblehead courtesy of ESL Federal Credit Union. The bobblehead depicts Cunneyworth as a player in 1982-83 with his No. 11 jersey and fashionable hockey hair.

Cunneyworth started his professional playing career in Rochester in 1980-81. He played parts of seven seasons with the Amerks, earning 239 points (101+138). He currently ranks 20th on the franchise's all-time points list, 12th in games played (366) and 19th in goals. The native of Etobicoke, Ontario, was a member of the Amerks' 1982-83 Calder Cup winning team before moving to the National Hockey League in 1985-86.

Cunneyworth played 20 seasons of professional hockey and spent his last two years with the Amerks as a left winger/assistant coach. During that stint with Rochester (1998-99 to 1999-00), the Amerks were the Empire Division and Western Conference regular season and playoff champions. Rochester reached the Calder Cup Finals in both seasons.

He spent 16 of his 20 seasons in the National Hockey League with the Buffalo Sabres, Pittsburgh Penguins, Winnipeg Jets, Hartford Whalers, Chicago Blackhawks and Ottawa Senators. In 866 NHL games, he collected 189 goals and 225 assists for 414 points. In his professional career, he played in 1,234 games and registered 290 goals, 363 assists and 1,851 penalty minutes.

Cunneyworth is the current head coach of the Amerks and has complied a 194-141-54 record over the past five seasons. He is the 26th head coach in the history of the hockey franchise, joining the coaching ranks on September 8, 2000. He ranks third all-time in franchise victories and is six wins away from becoming only the third Amerks coach to reach 200 wins.

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