Tag:David Shantz
Brine Returning; Larman, Glass and Others May Not
A few familiar faces for Rochester Americans fans will probably not be returning to the Florida Panthers organization next season as the free agency period is about to begin. The only two restricted free agents that were offered qualifying offers were David Booth and David Brine. David Brine finished last season with 31 points (8 …
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Amerks Win Ruins Post Season Hopes for the Crunch
Rochester Americans goalie David Shantz earned the win on Friday night against the Syracuse Crunch in a big way. Not only did he stop all 30 shots fired at him but the Amerks win also knocked the Syracuse Crunch out of any post season dreams. In order to keep their season alive the Crunch needed …
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Amerks vs Crunch; Final Weekend of Season
The Syracuse Crunch and Rochester Americans face off on Friday and Saturday night in the final weekend of the regular season in the American Hockey League. The games have a lot more meaning for the Syracuse Crunch who are in a battle with the Toronto for the fourth and final playoff spot in the Western …
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Chris Beckford-Tseu Reassigned to Rochester
The Rochester Americans have Chris Beckford-Tseu back on the team after the Florida Panthers reassigned him from the Phoenix Roadrunners. Beckford-Tseu played on game with the Florida Everblades before heading to Phoenix where he went on to register a 2-7-1 record with a 5.09 goals-against average and a .863 save percentage in 12 games with …
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Second Period Snoozefest Leads to Amerks Loss
The Amerks were shutout 3-0 against the Grand Rapids Griffins on Sunday evening at the Blue Cross Arena. The first period was decent with great plays on each side of the ice, unfortunately the game became a snooze fest if you were an Amerks fan. This was a different team than we saw the two …
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Beaudry Released; Brodeur Capable of Playing
Miguel Beaudry packed his equipment after the game when he was told thanks for being the backup and that he was being released from the Rochester Americans. He’ll be on his way back to Rapid City to spend the summer. Beaudry was called up on April 2nd when the Amerks needed a backup due to …
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Strong Effort by Amerks not Enough to defeat Crunch
The Syracuse Crunch are undefeated at home this season against the Rochester Americans and continued that streak on Saturday night with a 3-2 win in front of 6,117 fans at the War Memorial. Unlike previous contests between the two teams in Syracuse the Amerks put in a solid effort on the ice. The Crunch scored …
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Sprukts and Shantz Lead Amerks to Win
The one thing that Rochester Americans can still play for is the role of spoiler. They did a good job tonight by winning 4-2 over the Binghamton Senators and can try again on Saturday in Syracuse. The Senators and Crunch are both in the hunt for the playoffs and each team needs every point they …
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Beckford-Tseu Recalled to Backup Shantz
With injuries keeping Mike Brodeur and Tyler Plante off the ice for games this weekend against Binghamton and Syracuse, Chris Beckford-Tseu has been called up from the Phoenix Roadrunners in the ECHL to backup David Shantz. We could go into details about the stats of Beckford-Tseu, but I think everyone is familiar with his performance. …
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Plante Possibly Done; Duffy to the Blades; Team Photo Giveaway
Tyler Plante is possibly done for the season with a shoulder injury. With only six games left in the season chances are David Shantz will be riding out the rest of the season in an Amerks uniform. His shoulder had been bothering him for a few weeks, sounds as if it’s caught up to him. …
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Shantz Stops 50 shots, Arrives 30 mins before face off
David Shantz arrived at Broome County arena less than a half hour before face off, started the game, and stopped 50 of 52 shots prior to the Amerks losing in the shootout against the Binghamton Senators. Shantz was called up from the Dayton Bombers to start the game because both Mike Brodeur and Tyler Plante …
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The Battle Of The Backups: Plante vs Shantz
Goaltenders, Tyler Plante (Dayton Bombers) and David Shantz (Elmira Jackals) will be taking each other on tonight when their teams battle it out in Elmira. Both goalies have played for the Amerks this season and last. But, once Michael Brodeur was brought on board it was clear that neither of them would be needed in …
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