Tag:Adirondack Phantoms
2011-2012 The Hockey News AHL Predictions vs End of Season Standings
At the start of every season most publications try and predict the season ending standings, something I would never want the task of doing. Â I decided to take a look back at the The Hockey News predictions for the 2011/2012 season compared to the final standings and for the most part they were way off. …
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David Leggio Leads the Amerks to a Second Straight Win
The Amerks are in need of a push to the playoffs and they gave themselves just that with their second win in a row on Friday night against the Adirondack Phantoms. Â David Leggio played a superb game for his second shutout of the season with 27 saves. Â There was also at least four or five …
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Stuart Up; Brennan In; Devils Postgame; Phantoms Gameday
A handful of updates on the Rochester Americans on this sunny but cold Saturday afternoon. Â The Amerks had their first shutout win of the season on Friday night against the Albany Devils winning 3-0. Â They left last night after the game to head to Glens Falls where they’re playing the Adirondack Phantoms tonight at 7pm. …
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Amerks Add Rob Bordson to the Lineup from Trenton; Gameday Notes
The Amerks have been in need of players and offense and they’ve acquired Rob Bordson on loan from the Trenton Titans in hopes he could be that guy. Â Bordson is a 23yr old 2nd year pro who plays left wing. Â In his short career he’s already been traded from the Ducks to the Flyers (along …
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Gameday: Collapse in Toronto; Amerks Back Home vs Adirondack
A wonderful Sunday evening game ahead of us, the third game in three nights for the Rochester Americans and Adirondack Phantoms. Â The Amerks had a third period collapse on Saturday afternoon that resulted in a 5-4 overtime loss to the Toronto Marlies. Â It’s a game that the team knows inside they they squandered but at …
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The Hockey News Ranks Amerks to be 4th in the West
The Hockey News has published it’s preview of the American Hockey League’s 2011/2012 season and the Rochester Americans are ranked 4th in the West and based on those predictions would win the North Division. Â The rankings were put together by the D&C’s Kevin Oklobzija. Thanks to Admirals Roundtable for the rankings. Â Looking back at the …
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Nylander Leads Amerks to a 5-2 Win Over the Phantoms
Ahh it’s been a while.. after a few weeks absent from the rink I was finally able to make it to an Amerks game and was treated to a nice 5-2 win over the Adirondack Phantoms. Michael Nylander led the way with two goals and two assists in the game. Even though I missed the …
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Amerks Opened March with 5-2 Win Over Phantoms
The Amerks opened the month of March with a 5-2 road win over the Phantoms, four of those goals were scored in the third period. David Laliberte tied the game 2-2 at 9:55 of the third period off of a horrible defensive zone giveaway by Rory Fitzpatrick. The most impressive part of the game was …
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Lousy Special Teams Leads Amerks to 3-1 Loss
The Amerks played another what looked like uninspired game on Wednesday night in their 3-1 loss to the Adirondack Phantoms. Something needs to change. Obviously Benoit Groulxs talk on the ice at practice on Tuesday had no effect on the team. The penalty kill was horrible. The power play was horrible. The passing was weak. …
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Gameday: Amerks at Adirondack Phantoms 7pm
There’s less than 30 games remaining in the regular season for most of the teams in the American Hockey League and the push for the playoffs is really going to start picking up. The Rochester Americans travel to Glens Falls to take on the Adirondack Phantoms tonight at 7pm EST for the third meeting of …
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Gameday: 5pm Start for Amerks at Home vs Phantoms
The Adirondack Phantoms return to Rochester for the second Sunday in a row to face off against the Rochester Americans. Last week Michal Repik and Jamie Johnson led the Amerks to a 3-1 win over the Phantoms. Both teams are 1-1 so far this weekend. The Amerks lost on Friday to the Rats but rebounded …
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Rats Win Big Against the Amerks; Only the Third Game
The easiest thing to do is just say it, the Amerks were destroyed in Albany on Saturday night. They were slow, they were rarely able to generate consistent offense, and they looked tired. There’s no excuses. The team should have been going off the momentum of Friday nights win and carried into Saturday. Instead it …
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