The Amerks held a press conference on Tuesday afternoon to show off their 3rd jerseys and also announce a parternship with Jay Advertising. It was also an opportunity to chat with Amerks President Lewis Staats about a few quick things. The 3rd jerseys are just what I said yesterday, very simple and also original. Don …
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Every year in the American Hockey League when affiliation agreements come to an end the talk is that the New York Rangers will be the new affiliate of whatever team. The agreement between the Amerks and Panthers expires at the end of the 10-11 season with talks ending November 1st (until at least the end …
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The first layers of the ice are covering the concrete and the logo and advertisements were being finished up on Monday evening and that means it’s almost time for the first puck to hit the ice. That first puck will drop on Wednesday morning when the Florida Panthers hold a full practice at Blue Cross …
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The Rochester Americans announced their promotion schedule last week and it’s one of the best in years. It went around last week but it’s worth giving a full writeup instead of just a mention on Twitter and Facebook. Two of the highlights of the schedule are the Ryan Miller bobblehead night and the ZOOperstars (very …
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In the first game of the season the Florida Panthers rookies were blanked 5-0 by the Nashville Predators rookies. Chuck Weber had bench duties as coach and in a post game interview he talked about Evgeny Dadonov being a dominant forward in the 2nd period. Hearing him talk about “breakdowns defensively” though brings back nightmares …
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The hockey season has started with rookies everywhere battling for NHL training camp invites and it also means time for reports of troubles from seasons gone by. The current news is a report out of Vancouver about screaming matches between Keith Ballard and coach Pete DeBoer which ultimately led to his trade. In something that …
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September is here and that means it’s the month that the hockey season officially starts. Players start arriving in cities for training camps and preseason games will be played. It also means this will be the fourth season that I’ve written about the Rochester Americans hockey team. There is a lot of news I missed …
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It’s been a long summer and with the change in weather this weekend everyone is getting the feeling that the hockey season is finally upon us. With that, I’ve created the Amerks 2010-2011 regular season schedule in a way that you can import it into your phones calendar (or desktop calendar if you’re old school). …
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I should have posted this much sooner, but I’ve been away on vacation and just getting caught back up. Anyways, today at 5:30pm is an amazing lineup of hockey players playing a game to support Craig Charron’s fight against cancer. Also, it’s only $10 to see hockey in August. Not a bad deal for what …
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It’s the middle of the summer and hunting down stories isn’t really a priority this time of year for me, so here’s some updates to get you caught up. ** Mike Santos told the Sun-Sentinel that he “expects to name a coach at AHL Rochester this weekend.” Today is Friday the weekend is upon is. …
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The Rochester Americans released the schedule format for the 2010-2011 and it’s just what was expected, see the same teams yet again. The league has expanded to 30 teams but most teams, like the Amerks, will only play against about 13 of them. One bright spot is that the Amerks will play twice against the Worcester …
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It’s the ninth day of free agency in hockey and although some of the top free agents have signed elsewhere, the news that the Florida Panthers signed defenseman Carl Hudson to an entry level contract is great news. There’s still a need for a veteran defenseman, but I’ll take the news for the day. Hudson …
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