Tag:NHL
We don’t matter
Quick post…. If you thought losing coverage in your own local paper sucked, how do you feel about your owner not even acknowledging your existence? TP: We’re involved in two professional major leagues. We’ve got 62 teams, two championships, and it’s hard to win. We have a lacrosse team also. We’re doing the best we …
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Scouting Report – 1/11/17 – Kyle Bonis
By Dennis Allen, Jr. Tonight’s game against the Hartford Wolf Pack was a huge letdown. From the first line to the fourth the Amerks played an unacceptable game. Captain Cal led the charge; he was dominated in the face-off circle and his body language was deplorable. A player slamming his stick and shrugging his shoulders …
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Scouting Report – 1/6/17 – Evan Rodrigues
By Dennis Allen, Jr. Rochester was able to secure a fourth win in their last five games at home against the Crunch. Cal O’Reilly scored the lone shootout goal and the Amerks were able to hang on by the skin of their teeth. With Bailey and Fedun missing from the lineup fringe players were able …
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Playoffs are a real possibility
Happy New Year! I’d like to start 2017 off with some optimism. Because I didn’t pay attention this summer… I just learned a couple of weeks ago there was no crossover rule for playoff seeding this season (where if the 5th place team in the other division in our conference has more points than the …
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Scouting Report – 12/30/16 – Jean Dupuy
By Dennis Allen, Jr. For the first time in four tries the Amerks were finally able to defeat the Phantoms in a 4-3 overtime thriller. After a shaky first five minutes, I was starting to get an all too familiar feeling about how the game was going to go. However, everything changed when Baptiste hit …
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Scouting Report – 12/28/16 – Casey Nelson
By Dennis Allen, Jr. After taking what seemed to be a giant step forward against the Crunch, the Lehigh Valley Phantoms dominated the Amerks on Wednesday night. In the 4-2 contest Rochester was only able to muster 16 shots. Once again the play of Justin Bailey was the highlight of the night. He scored his …
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Scouting Report – 12/26/16 – Justin Bailey
By Dennis Allen, Jr. The Amerks came back from holiday break wearing their road blues; it was not the only way they looked like a different team. Coach Dan Lambert did a total reboot of the forward lines. The new top line featuring Schneider, Kennedy, and Bailey combined for 6 points. Bailey earned the game’s …
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Scouting Report – 12/19/16 – Tim Kennedy
By Dennis Allen, Jr. Tonight’s 4-1 collapse was one of the worst games Rochester played all year. After leading 1-0, the Senators scored four unanswered goals, snapping the Amerk’s three game home win streak. If O’Reilly had not been gifted an assist on what was a largely an individual effort, Baptiste-O’Reilly-Schneider would have gone their …
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Scouting Report – 12/17/16 – Cal O’Reilly
By Dennis Allen, Jr. The Amerk’s were able to squeak out a close one in overtime tonight with a 3-2 win. Justin Bailey blazed into the zone, beat his man on the wing, and deeked the keeper to get the overtime winner. For his goal he earned the first star of the night. In my …
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Scouting Report – 12/14/16 – Vaclav Karabacek
By Dennis Allen, Jr. Tonight’s 5-2 victory against the Marlies might just be the best of the year. In a contest that was bogged down by some questionable officiating, Nick Baptiste played a near perfect game; and was able to record a hat trick. Also Dan Catenacci was able to bust out of his slump, …
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Scouting Report – 12/2/16 – Cole Schneider
By Dennis Allen, Jr. The Amerks were able to hang on by the skin of their teeth tonight against the Toronto Marlies for a 3-2 victory. Rochester played an amazing first period, but after that, they didn’t look very sharp. Tonight’s game was flooded with special teams play: It honestly felt like there was no …
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Scouting Report – 11/25/16 – Tyler Strachan
By Dennis Allen, Jr. Friday’s 5-2 loss to the Comets was disappointing on many levels. The roster lacked the forward depth to allow Rochester to compete for a full 60 minutes. In what has developed into a common trend for the Amerks, there was almost no physical play. Nick Baptiste was the one bright spot …
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