Another familiar name and face for Amerks fans from the past few seasons has officially gone elsewhere, Tanner Glass agreed to an offer with the Vancouver Canucks. Glass came to Rochester at the end of the 2006-2007 season to play in four games after he graduated from Dartmouth College. The Florida Panthers drafted him in …
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The third day of free agency is just wrapping up and the Rochester Americans are a better hockey team. It was reported that free agent center Jeff Taffe has agreed to a two year two way contract with the Florida Panthers and Amerks. The front office at Blue Cross Arena has been saying they would …
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The Panthers still need a lot of help on defense so it’s still too early to tell if Wilson will see any time in Rochester. I typically don’t do straight press release posts, but I am this evening to get caught up. The timing of finishing up another project came at the worst time, but …
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The big news of the day on Tuesday was that the Amerks hired Ted Nolan as the new VP of Hockey Operations. I had the chance to talk to Rochester Americans Owner Curt Styres about a few other things that I felt were newsworthy. The team did formally submit a bid for the 2011 AHL …
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The announcement today that Ted Nolan has been named the new VP of Hockey Operations for the Rochester Americans is hopefully the start of many big announcements to come. Today is the start of the free agency period and it’s a time that the Florida Panthers and Rochester Americans have said that they will be …
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The Rochester Americans sent out a notice this afternoon that they will be hosting a major press conferenc on Wednesday afternoon to announce the new VP of Hockey Operations. My guess was that they would be announcing that this is the new role of Jody Gage, but someone who supposedly knows the situation said it …
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A few familiar faces for Rochester Americans fans will probably not be returning to the Florida Panthers organization next season as the free agency period is about to begin. The only two restricted free agents that were offered qualifying offers were David Booth and David Brine. David Brine finished last season with 31 points (8 …
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The Florida Panthers drafted defenseman Dmitry Kulikov with their first round pick (14th overall) in this years NHL draft. Kulikov is only 18 years old which means he would not appear in an Amerks uniform until at least the 2010-2011 season. The 2008-2009 season in the QMJHL with Drummondville was his first in North America. …
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Apparently Andrew Peters and the Florida Panthers have talked of a potential two way deal for next season. I hope that Curt Styres, Lewis Staats, and Jody Gage have all called Randy Sexton to tell him that this would be a terrible idea. If it turns out that any of them thought this was a …
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Stefan Meyer was traded on Thursday by the Florida Panthers to the Phoenix Coyotes in exchange for Steve Reinprecht. Meyer had been drafted by the Panthers in the 2nd round (55th overall) in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft. Reinprecht and Meyer were both free agents this summer and neither were expected to sign again with …
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Congratulations to the Hershey Bears who won a record 10th Calder Cup Championship on Friday night defeating the Manitoba Moose in six games. It was an exciting night watching both the Stanley Cup and Calder Cup won on the same night. We had the Penguins/Red Wings game on the TV and the Bears/Moose game on …
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The recent season that ended for goaltender Alexander Salak of TPS Turku was similar to that of Mike Brodeurs with the Rochester Americans, great goalies playing for bad teams. The Florida Panthers recently signed Salak to a 2yr contract, a goaltender that is called the next Dominik Hasek by many people that have seen him …
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