By Lance Lysowski
News Sports Reporter
ROCHESTER – JJ Peterka leaned against a wall outside the Amerks’ dressing room in Blue Cross Arena and flashed a smile as he recalled the first time he was on the ice with Jack Quinn at the Sabres’ Prospects Challenge in September.
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