Just in case you’ve been enjoying the summer, here’s what has been going on around the American Hockey League in terms of changes in cities, affiliations, divisions, and rules. New Cities / New Team The Quad City Flames moved from Moline, Illinois to Abbotsford, British Columbia and and are now called the Abbotsford Heat. They …
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The mascot for the Rochester Americans, The Moose, could be in jeopardy of being shipped back into the wild. There have been rumors floating around that The Moose could be replaced by R. Thunder as the teams mascot. With the recent news this week that Fred Costello would not be returning after 32 years and …
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Returning to hockey news, David Brine has accepted the Florida Panthers qualifying offer of a one year two way deal. Brine will be entering his third season with the Rochester Americans this fall. Last season Brine was fifth in scoring on the team with 8 goals and 23 assists along with 70 penalty minutes. He …
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The news on Monday that Fred Costello would not be returning as organist for the Rochester Americans did not have to be that big of a story but it’s turned into one. The reason? The way Amerks President Lewis Staats is being portrayed as handling the situation. It also doesn’t help that this made the …
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As expected it’s looking more and more like Evgeni Dadonov will be in a Rochester Americans uniform this fall, unless somehow the court system gets involved which is not likely. Traktor Chelyabinsk, the team Dadonov had been playing for, opened training camp on Thursday and Dadonov was not there. A sure sign that all of …
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The Rochester Americans put the icing on the cake Thursday afternoon by signing veteran center Chris Taylor to a 2yr American Hockey League contract. The ownership was not joking around when they said they would be bringing in veteran leadership once free agency began. The veteran leadership that Chris Taylor will bring to the Amerks …
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It was recently mentioned that Russian prospect Evgeni Dadonov of the Florida Panthers had signed a deal and would be a part of the Rochester Americans in the upcoming season, but Dadonovs coach thinks differently. Earlier in the Spring of 2009 it was announced that Dadonov had signed a 2yr deal with Chelyabinsk Traktor of …
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The Florida Panthers and Rochester Americans made headlines on Friday and proved that they’re not joking around about being competitive when they announced that Graham Mink has signed a two year contract. Mink is the strong veteran forward who can score that has been promised to fans. In early April when Curt Styres and Jacques …
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As the 2009/2010 season approaches it appears as if the American Hockey League is finally represented within the Twitter universe. Twitter is a great service for sports fans due to the fact that news can usually be summed up in less than 140 characters leaving out all of the extra fluff that accompanies articles. If …
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The Rochester Americans along with other teams in the American Hockey League today announced the schedule format and division alignments for the 2009/2010 season. The biggest change is that the Syracuse Crunch are headed for the East Division in the Eastern Conference and the Amerks stay in the North Division of the Western Conference. Another …
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I REALLY apologize for the SPAM that show has been was showing up in the feed that appears in Google Reader. It was nothing that would have infected your computer, just an annoyance. After a complete rebuild of the web site the issue is now resolved. Thanks for your patience! It’s a no brainer, but …
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Evgeni Dadonov was drafted in the 3rd round (71st overall) of the 2007 draft by the Florida Panthers and has been a player that a few people have kept an eye on as a future star. Dadonov was one player I continued to miss while at the Teen Ranch at the Panthers Development Camp so …
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