As I would have predicted, Alexander Salak is all but confirmed by the coach to be the starting goaltender for the Rochester Americans when they open the first round of the playoffs on Thursday night against the Abbotsford Heat. Benoit Groulx said that he will officially announce it on Wednesday but Tyler Plante had let …
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Take a few minutes and enter the Calder Cup Challenge prior to 7pm on Wednesday to win some prizes from The AHL. Long story short, pick the players who you think will score the most points. A fantasy hockey team. The one amusing part is seeing Daneil Steiner listed in the list of Defenseman #2 …
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The Rochester Americans team that played in October and November was a much different team than the one that played down the stretch. The team that played early in the season had a sort of swagger to them, some excitement and even appeared to be having fun. The team did not lose their fourth game …
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The season is over for the Florida Panthers which means the return of players previously called up and also that the only way players will leave the Amerks lineup is with an injury. The end of the Panthers season meant that seven players were sent to the Amerks for the playoffs. Hershey Bears head Coach …
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Watching practice this morning feels more like training camp than the team getting ready for the playoffs with all of the new players still around. Half the team is on its way back from Florida and some of the others are doing off ice workouts. The team practicing on a Monday morning though is the …
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A couple of new faces will likely arrive in Rochester in a few days as the Panthers start signing drafted players to entry level contracts now that their junior seasons are finishing up. The first player being Adam Comrie who just signed a three year entry level contract with the Florida Panthers. The defenseman had …
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The game on Saturday night meant absolutely nothing to the Rochester Americans. A win against the Crunch would have been a great way to end the season with a complete sweep of the ten games between the two teams but it wasn’t meant to be, the Crunch won the game 5-2. The supposed plan was …
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As expected on Saturday night there was a lot of hard hits and some fights during the game. Jimmy Bonneau and Jon Mirasty have had some of the best fights all season and wrapped things up with another good one. Anyone who follows AHL hockey knows how much a lot of people dislike Kevin Harvey …
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The question about who would start the regular season finale tonight has been answered now that Tyler Plante has been called up to the Florida Panthers. Tomas Vokoun is sitting out with a back injury so Plante is called up to backup Scott Clemmenson. At least the Panthers have been consistent with callups from game …
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The Rochester Americans got the job done on Friday night defeating the Toronto Marlies to clinch home ice advantage for their first round in the 2010 Calder Cup Playoffs. It may not have been pretty as the Amerks gave up a three goal lead but they found a way to get the job done, and …
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The Amerks defeated the Marlies by the final score of 4-3 in a shootout on Friday night at Blue Cross Arena. The game also had a couple of early fights between Andrew Lord and Richard Greenop and also Jimmy Bonneau and Phil Oreskovic. Shootout featured (in order of shot taken): Jamie Johnson, Tim Brent, Jeff …
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After 60 minutes of play on Friday night the score was tied 3-3 but the Amerks earned the one point that they needed to clinch home ice advantage for the first round of the playoffs. In the coming days I’ll post my recap of the season, but one things for certain – it’s pretty impressive …
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