Finishing out the year with some good old fashioned press releases to get caught up. John de Gray played in Wednesday nights loss to the Hamilton Bulldogs. I’d be telling a lie if I said I watched a lot of the game and could give a fair assessment on his play. He seems to be …
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David Brine has been out with a rib injury and will return to action on Wednesday night vs the Hamilton Bulldogs. I caught up with him at an Amerks youth camp this afternoon that my son took part in. Brine has been out since early December and has been missed on faceoffs and the penalty …
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Amerks defenseman Keaton Ellerby was selected today to play for Team Canada in the 2010 Time Warner All-Star Classic in Portland in a few weeks. PlanetUSA will be announced on Wednesday at 2pm. Graham Mink has already been named Captain of that team. Alexander Salak should be picked to join him as well. Team Canada …
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It’s a been a rare thing for the Amerks over the past month to have a practice but they finally had one Tuesday morning. It seemed like just about the whole team was back together too. Mike York, David Brine, Tyler Plante, Rory Fitzpatrick, and Luke Beaverson were all on the ice. Rory said he’ll …
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It’s that time of year again for the AHL All-Star rosters to be announced. The playing rosters for the 2010 Time Warner Cable AHL All-Star Classic will be announced on Tuesday and Wednesday. The 24 man roster for Team Canada on Tuesday at 2pm and the PlanetUSA roster on Wednesday at 2pm. I’ll post the …
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The weekend is over, post game articles have written, and that means it’s time for some more player moves. After a long month of transactions it seems like things are back in favor of the Amerks. The Florida Panthers sent Shawn Matthias and Steve MacIntyre back to the Amerks on Monday. Matthias had been called …
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After a month long skid for the Rochester Americans I believe that things are headed back in the right direction. The Amerks won their second game of the weekend by defeating the Binghamton Senators 5-3 in front of 4,367 in downtown Rochester on Sunday evening. There are still some concerns, but the lineup that has …
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The Amerks defeated the Hamilton Bulldogs on Saturday night in front of 7,083 fans to take back first place in the North Divsion. A pair of goals from Jeff Taffe, a fancy goal by Evgeny Dadonov and an unlikely empty netter by Keaton Ellerby gave the Amerks a 4-2 win. The win ends the four …
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Merry Christmas to everyone out there! I hope everyone is having a great Christmas day with family and friends or even just by yourself or with your pets. I’ll be firmly planted on the couch playing NHL 10 on our new Xbox 360 and watching 24 hours of a Christmas Story. Enjoy the day! My …
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Just a quick post to mention that the Florida Panthers have sent Mike Duco and Shawn Matthias back to the Amerks. Since it’s the day before Christmas I’m going to get my hopes up that we are slowly getting our team back together. Duco was called after last Saturdays game in Hershey and played in …
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The Amerks dropped their fourth straight game on Tuesday night heading into the Christmas break. I’m changing my wish list to ask for one thing, two big wins this coming weekend. A lot of things are not going well for this team right now. There’s also a lot of things that are contributing to things …
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I think everyone in Blue Cross Arena on Sunday evening for a brief moment saw the entire season go down the drain when Alexander Salak was laying on the ice injured. His replacement was booed before he even reached the goal crease. Well, the good news is that he is only expected to miss two …
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