Tag:Mike Duco
Florida Panthers Rookie Camp Opens Today
The Florida Panthers open their rookie camp on this morning down in Florida at Incredible ICE, but I prefer to call it the warm up to Amerks training camp on September 24th! A number of players were in Rochester this past week prior to heading down to Florida including David Brine who tossed out the …
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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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2009 Development Camp Roster
The Florida Panthers released the list of players invited to their 2009 Development Camp which starts on Sunday May 31st and runs through June 7th. The core of the players that will be there are essentially ones that will be playing for the Rochester Americans in the 2009/2010 season. Noticeably absent is Tanner Glass and …
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Panthers Get Back to Work
The Florida Panthers will open their annual development camp about an hour outside of Toronto next week at the Teen Ranch, it feels like it was just yesterday that we wrote about our visit to last years camp. The camp is a great place for signed and unsigned prospects to get the chance to go …
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Alexandre Picard Hat Trick Leads Crunch to Victory
(Syracuse, NY) The Rochester Americans have successfully extended their losing streak to eight games with tonights 5-2 loss against the Syracuse Crunch. Alexandre Picard scored a hat trick to lead the Crunch to victory. This team has not won a game since March 1st when they defeated the Binghamton Senators 3-2. Entering the month of March it appeared as if the Amerks were going to end the season on a high note, instead they’ve spent the month putting together the worst losing streak of the season.
Amerks vs Moose Gameday Skate; Matt Duffy from University of Maine
Typically game day skates are optional and a majority of the time everyone is on the ice, except for today. Missing from the ice is Drew Larman, Dan Collins, Mike Caruso, Rory Fitzpatrick, Karl Stewart, and Michal Repik. Fitzpatrick isn’t expected to play tonight which would explain his absence. The Amerks will have a new …
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Duco Scores First but Marlies Go on to Win
If there was one team I wish the Amerks didn’t have to play against again this season it would be the Toronto Marlies. The Amerks were out played again on Friday night and defeated by the final score of 4-2. The Amerks scored first when Drew Larman shot the puck from the side boards, was …
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Coming From Behind, Amerks Last Week of February in Review
We have a lot to catch up on with the Rochester Americans over the past week so we’re going to get everyone up to speed in one post, in case you have not been paying attention. We spent our week improving the offices of Lets Go Amerks and a night out at the Cystic Fibrosis …
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Awesome Win for Amerks Over Hershey Bears
The Rochester Americans continued on Friday night what they’ve been doing over the past two months, proving they’re capable of competing with the best teams in the league. They did that earlier tonight with a 3-2 win over the Hershey Bears who are the number one team in the Eastern Conference. Benoit Groulx with the …
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Keaton Ellerby Assists on Rampage Game Winning Goal
The Rochester Americans finally had the chance to climb out of last place in the league on Sunday, but they failed in a 2-1 loss against the San Antonio Rampage. The Amerks are only trailing the 28th place Springfield Falcons by one point in the standings. The Falcons lost earlier in the day against the …
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Amerks fall to B-Sens 4-1; Meyer out until after all-star break
The Amerks just couldn’t get anything going when they took on the Binghamton Senators tonight at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena, losing to the Senators 4-1. The team started without one of their better players. Jacob MicFlikier has a cracked foot. He will be out for about 4 weeks. Riley Emmerson was back in …
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Practice; Matthias Called Up; Brodeur Contract/All-Star Game
It’s the first practice I have been able to get to in the new year, and as usual at ESL, it is freezing cold. The biggest question is still the status of contract talks with goaltender Mike Brodeur. We asked him after practice and apparently a contract has not been offered to be signed, but …
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