Tag:Injuries
Marlies Capitalize on Amerks Bad Defensive Game to Win
The Rochester Americans had a chance to clinch a spot in the playoffs on Sunday afternoon if they defeated the Toronto Marlies and the Lake Erie Monsters lost in regulation to the San Antonio Rampage. Former Rochester American forward Stefan Meyer and the Rampage did their part defeating the Monsters in the final 90 seconds …
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Roy and Fitzpatrick Injured, Hotham Back In for Amerks
Newly acquired Mathieu Roy hurt his left ankle on Tuesday morning during practice and did not make the trip to Cleveland. Roy hurt himself as I was taking a walk from the seats to the back hallway so I didn’t catch what happened but he appeared to be in some pain when I saw him …
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Repik Sent Back, Roy Out Another Week
A bit of good news for Fridays game against the Adirondack Phantoms is that the Panthers have sent Michal Repik back to the Rochester Americans. Repik played in two games for the Panthers during his latest promotion. Repik is currently fifth on the Amerks in scoring with 19 goals and 19 assists in 45 games. …
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Gameday: Amerks Host Griffins; Amerks News from this Week
The Amerks host the Grand Rapids Griffins tonight and it’s pretty simple, they need to win a Friday night home game! The Amerks have not won a Friday night home game since November 27th when they barely held on to beat the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. The only game on a Friday they have won was a …
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McArdle Injured in Fight with Smith, Video Included
The Amerks had a 1-0 lead at the start of the second period and both teams were trying to take control and momentum, so what better time for a couple of players to put one a popular and enjoyable staged fight. The two players to drop the gloves were Kenndal McArdle and Zack Smith. Unfortunately …
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Benoit Groulxs Morning Speech; Two Player Moves
Shortly after the start of practice this morning Benoit Groulx stepped up to the board and started talking to the team. It wasn’t a speech filled with yelling and anger but more of one from I would almost say the heart. He talked to the team about playing with heart and as a team to …
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Early February Amerks Injury Report
It would be nice to post one of these sometime and say, “there are none,” but that rarely happens in the world of sports. The Amerks still have three players out injured. Matt Duffy has stepped up and is doing a good job with Garrison out. Did anyone really notice Sweetland did not play on …
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Jason Garrison Uncertain about Back Injury
Just as we learn that Keaton Ellerby does not have a broken finger and is day to day the team lost another defenseman in Jason Garrison on Sunday evening. In the first period against the Adirondack Phantoms on Sunday Jason Garrison wound up for a slap shot from the blue line and as his stick …
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Ellerby is Day to Day
Update 1/24/2010 (a day after original post below): Keaton Ellerby did NOT break his finger as originally thought and is being listed as day to day, which is good news! Just what the Amerks needed, an injured defenseman. I believe it was late in the first period when Ellerby caught a puck in his hand …
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Aston to Utah, Taffe Back, York Surgery, Matthias Up
Getting back to some Amerks related updates.. Peter Aston has been loaned to the Utah Grizzlies of the ECHL. Aston has played in 17 games for the Amerks and not really had the chance to do a lot. He’ll be better off elsewhere getting more playing time to work on his game. Jeff Taffe and …
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Mike York is Out Another 3 to 4 Weeks
The Mike York story continues as Don Stevens just reported on the Bob Mathews show that York will be out another 3 to 4 weeks. Stevens said that York needs his knee “scraped out” with a scope and will have the surgery on Tuesday. He has been out of the lineup since the beginning of …
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Weekly Amerks Injury Report
Here’s a quick update on current injuries with the Rochester Americans that I know of. Graham Mink – still having issues with his back and is hoping to play at least one game if not both this weekend. He’s also scheduled to be Captain PlanetUSA at the All-Star Classic on Monday and Tuesday. There’s barely …
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