 After a well-deserved two day break, the Amerks are back on the ice today with a few additions. Shawn Matthias and Michal Repik are back from their call-ups to the Florida Panthers. They had great chemistry when playing together in Florida, I would like to see that transfer to the AHL. One major piece …
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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Rochester Americans goaltender Mike Brodeur has been named the Reebok/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending Dec. 14, 2008. Brodeur was 3-2-0 with one shutout last week, stopping 130 of 137 shots as the Amerks completed a stretch of playing five games in …
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With the excellent play of newcomer Mike Brodeur it was only a matter of time before David Shantz was going to be reassigned to another team. Rochester Americans General Manager Jody Gage announced today that the Florida Panthers have reassigned goaltender David Shantz to the Elmira Jackals of the ECHL. Shantz had been called up …
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The Florida Panthers sent Shawn Matthias and Michal Repik back to the Amerks. Matthias has been with the Panthers since November 28th and played in 10 games tallying one point. He got a decent amount of time on the ice averaging about 12 minutes per game. Matthias has struggled with the Amerks this season so …
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Riley Emmerson of the Rochester Americans vs Eric Neilson of the Peoria Rivermen on December 10, 2008 at Blue Cross Arena.
The Amerks finally snapped a 13 game losing streak against thruway rivals Syracuse Crunch by shutting them out 1-0 at Blue Cross Arena. It was yet another game of stellar goaltending from Mike Brodeur who is now 4-2-0 since joining the team, this being his second shut-out. Mike Brodeur was the first star of the …
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Noah Welch left the game tonight with all of his sticks and equipment in tow. He has finished his conditioning stint in Rochester and will be leaving now back to Sunrise, Florida. Noah played in all seven games since being assigned to Rochester. He had 3 assists while here. We will miss him at practices…he …
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If you aren’t going to the Amerks game tonight you can watch it for free online through a free preview night that the AHL Live is offering. This is we typically watch most away games and it’s well worth the $6. If you’ve always wondered about the quality of the feeds this is a great …
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Tanner Glass is returning to the Amerks lineup on Sunday against the Syracuse Crunch, he’s been called up to the Florida Panthers since December 8th. In 24 games played with the Amerks he has four goals and five assists as well as 69 penalty minutes. Cory Stillman is expected back in the lineup for the …
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Only 13 seconds into the game, Stefan Meyer took on Nathan Smith of the Lake Erie Monsters. Mike Caruso just gave the puck away right next to the net. Lucky, Brodeur was ready and stopped the puck before anything bad could happen. A breakaway was stopped by Keaton Ellerby…but, he also got called for hooking. …
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Considering how badly the season has gone, it wasn’t until the 27th game of the season that the Amerks were shut out for the first time. They lost to the Peoria Rivermen (currently in 2nd place in the Western Conference) on Friday night by the final score of 2-0. The Amerks sabotaged an excellent game …
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The Peoria Rivermen are in town today to play the Amerks at Blue Cross Arena, game time is 7:35pm. The Amerks are 3-3-1 in their past seven games making for the best stretch of the season so far. They’ve already tallied more points and wins this December compared to last years dreadful month. Tonight will …
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