The Amerks were shutout on Friday night by the Syracuse Crunch with most of the credit given to Crunch goalie Iiro Tarkki. Â He was perfect in the game with 31 saves. Â On the other end of the rink Drew MacIntyre was scored on four times. Â The Amerks have only won three out of their past …
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The weekend is here and the Amerks are on the road tonight in Syracuse and tomorrow in Toronto before the All-Star break and heading into the last couple of months of the season wins will become more important than ever. They have to beat Syracuse and Toronto. Â They need two points. Â That simple. Â How that’s …
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The Amerks lost on Wednesday night and there’s two ways you could look at the standings after this game. Â The glass half empty way is that the Amerks are following the Buffalo Sabres lead and slowly sinking in the standings. Â There’s only four points that separates the Amerks from the Rockford IceHogs who are in …
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The best news for the Amerks second game of this road trip against the Grand Rapids Griffins is that they’ll have Joe Finley and Shaone Morrisonn back on defense after they missed a few games. Â Morrisonn has missed the last three games while serving a three game suspension. Â Finley has missed the past four Amerks …
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Zack Kassian turned 21 today and the American Hockey League gave him a present by adding him to the All-Star Game roster in Atlantic City this coming weekend. Â In 25 games with the Amerks he has 10 goals and 11 assists for a total of 21 points. Â Kassian is currently tied for third on the …
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The Amerks lost on Thursday by three goals and they’ll get another crack tonight at the Barons. Â The difference between the Amerks and Barons was defense and goaltending. Â The Barons were able to keep the puck clear of their zone and advance the play which ultimately lead to goals scored. Â Yann Danis was also great …
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The Rochester Americans weren’t very good on Thursday night and it showed on the scoreboard with the Oklahoma City Barons easily skating away with a 5-2 win. Â The team will use a mulligan and forget the game ever happened and move on to the rematch on Friday night on the same ice surface. Â I’ll continue …
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The biggest news in Rochester other than Kodak filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy is that Michael Ryan is back in the lineup for the Rochester Americans. Â The last appearance of Michael Ryan on a gameday was October 16th when he was on the ice for warmups but didn’t come out for the game. Â It was …
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It feels like just yesterday I had written up a first quarter report card but it was nearly two months ago and here we are today halfway through the 2011-2012 season. Â After 38 games played the Amerks are currently sitting in ninth place in the Western Conference and one point behind the eighth and final …
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The last time Michael Ryan played a game was October 14th against the Lake Erie Monsters and has since missed 35 games due to a mystery injury/illness/something or another. Â If everything goes according to plan he’ll skate to the ice tonight against the Oklahoma City Barons. Â The last time he was expected to return was …
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The Rochester Americans are short on defensemen for the first time this season and have added two players prior to three games in three nights starting on Thursday. Â The team signed Maury Edwards (Cincinnati Cyclones) and Brock Matheson (Stockton Thunder) to PTO’s, both from the ECHL. The Amerks lineup will be without Shaone Morrisonn who …
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The American Hockey League suspended Shaone Morrisonn for three games for this hit on January 14th to the head of Brian Willsie of the Hamilton Bulldogs. Â This is the second suspension of the season for Morrisonn which puts him on the repeat offender list. Â He was also suspended for one game for a hit during …
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