The Rochester Americans defeated the Toronto Marlies in overtime on Wednesday night by the final score of 5-4. Randal Gelech scored the game winning goal at 1:53 in overtime, assisted by Stefan Meyer. Due to other commitments (sons hockey practice), I didn’t get the chance to watch or listen to the game, so here’s the …
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It’s pretty exciting (for me at least) that the 500th post on this web site is also a post with what should be a lot of great news regarding the future of the Rochester Americans and Florida Panthers affiliation (not just a ‘yay 500 posts’). Jacques Martin (General Manager of the Florida Panthers) and Curt …
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Matt Duffy is on the Everblades playoff roster but isn’t in Florida just yet since he played with the Amerks on Wednesday night in Toronto. ———————- The Florida Everblades put together their final playoff roster and one of the players included was Matt Duffy on defense, and another not included was Luke Beaverson who was …
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The Rochester Americans have Chris Beckford-Tseu back on the team after the Florida Panthers reassigned him from the Phoenix Roadrunners. Beckford-Tseu played on game with the Florida Everblades before heading to Phoenix where he went on to register a 2-7-1 record with a 5.09 goals-against average and a .863 save percentage in 12 games with …
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Amerks fans may finally get some reassurance about the future of the team and the direction that it is headed on Wednesday afternoon. The team has announced a press conference with Amerks Owner Curt Styres and Florida Panthers General Manager Jacques Martin at Blue Cross Arena. It’ll be broadcast live on Amerks.com starting at 12:30. …
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The news that Karl Stewart had signed to play with the German League’s Straubing Tigers next season popped up on the internet on Monday afternoon, about six days earlier than he had hoped. The 25 year old winger was considered one of the “older guys” on the team. He’s been a goal scorer this season …
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The Amerks were shutout 3-0 against the Grand Rapids Griffins on Sunday evening at the Blue Cross Arena. The first period was decent with great plays on each side of the ice, unfortunately the game became a snooze fest if you were an Amerks fan. This was a different team than we saw the two …
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Miguel Beaudry packed his equipment after the game when he was told thanks for being the backup and that he was being released from the Rochester Americans. He’ll be on his way back to Rapid City to spend the summer. Beaudry was called up on April 2nd when the Amerks needed a backup due to …
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The Syracuse Crunch are undefeated at home this season against the Rochester Americans and continued that streak on Saturday night with a 3-2 win in front of 6,117 fans at the War Memorial. Unlike previous contests between the two teams in Syracuse the Amerks put in a solid effort on the ice. The Crunch scored …
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The one thing that Rochester Americans can still play for is the role of spoiler. They did a good job tonight by winning 4-2 over the Binghamton Senators and can try again on Saturday in Syracuse. The Senators and Crunch are both in the hunt for the playoffs and each team needs every point they …
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The Rochester Americans have called up goaltender Miguel Beaudry from the Rapid City Rush of the Central Hockey League. Apparently my April Fools Day post wasn’t that far fetched, except they went with someone other than Chris Beckford-Tseu. The 26 year old goaltender finished this season in the CHL with a 16-20-6 record with a …
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If Franklin MacDonald gets another crack at a shootout the next move he may pull off is spinning around, skating backwards with his back to the goalie, and then at the last minute spinning around again to get a shot off. It’s become normal for the team to practice shootouts at the end and while …
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