Tag:Randy Sexton
Panthers Acquire Mathieu Roy for Amerks, Too Bad He's Injured
The Amerks have struggled in a number of areas for most of the season, the one area they’ve needed improvement on since day one has been defense. That’s something the Amerks management has talked to the Panthers about and prior to the trade deadline the Panthers made a move. They traded prospect Matt Rust for …
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Randy Sexton Comments on Amerks, Says Things are Ok
Randy Sexton met with the media in Florida today to talk about trade deadline day and according to him the Rochester Americans have got things back on track. Sexton commented on the Amerks being 4-1-1 in their past six games and also said that the goal tending has gotten better. Interesting. Let me put my …
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Panthers 2010 Preseason Game; Affiliation; Curt's Wallet
The big news of the day was the Florida Panthers announcing a preseason game in Rochester against the Boston Bruins on September 23, 1010. A mere 10 months in advance. Florida Panthers GM Randy Sexton was already in town following the Panthers 6-2 win over the Sabres on Wednesday night and will also be at …
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Amerks Press Conference on Thursday and Panthers Ownership
In an announcement on Monday the Rochester Americans and Florida Panthers will hold a press conference on Thursday to talk about their plans for next season. It’s exciting yet surprising that the current season has really just begun and next year is already being talked about publicly. I’m guessing that they’ll talk about continuing with …
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Sweetland showing signs of improvement
Some people have to look back and wonder how Sweetland was able to land a three-year, $2.625-million entry-level contract. He had one outstanding season in 2006-07 when he played for the Amherst Ramblers of the MJAHL when he scored 56 goals. He was not drafted and as noted below has no real chance of making …
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Florida Panthers Article: Optimism In Rochester
The article below appeared on the Florida Panthers site this past Sunday about the optimism surrounding the upcoming Rochester Americans season, something that has been missing in recent years. One thing that’s exciting is the interest in the Amerks that a lot of Panther fans have taken. These fans view the Rochester Americans as the …
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Amerks Sign Defenseman Matt Duffy
The Rochester Americans announced today that they signed defenseman Matt Duffy to a two-way American Hockey League contract, a day before I was about to post an article asking why he hadn’t been signed yet. “Matt came in at the end of last season and was an immediate contributor to our team,” said Gage. “We …
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Panthers Sign Clay Wilson
The Panthers still need a lot of help on defense so it’s still too early to tell if Wilson will see any time in Rochester. I typically don’t do straight press release posts, but I am this evening to get caught up. The timing of finishing up another project came at the worst time, but …
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