Tag:Rochester Americans
Riley Emmerson vs Kevin Harvey Fight Video
Riley Emmerson may have fought his last fight as a Rochester American on Saturday night when he fought Kevin Harvey of the Syracuse Crunch during the first period. When the Amerks lost Steve MacIntyre off waivers they still needed someone to play the role of the fighter on the team and that player turned out …
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Drew Larman vs Alexandre Picard Video
It only took five seconds into the final game of the season between the Rochester Americans and Syracuse Crunch for a fight to occur on the ice. The Amerks and Crunch are each others biggest rival, which is only natural considering it’s a short drive down the thruway and they also play each other 12 …
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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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Amerks Defeat Marlies in Overtime
The Rochester Americans defeated the Toronto Marlies in overtime on Wednesday night by the final score of 5-4. Randal Gelech scored the game winning goal at 1:53 in overtime, assisted by Stefan Meyer. Due to other commitments (sons hockey practice), I didn’t get the chance to watch or listen to the game, so here’s the …
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Jacques Martin and Curt Styres Press Conference
It’s pretty exciting (for me at least) that the 500th post on this web site is also a post with what should be a lot of great news regarding the future of the Rochester Americans and Florida Panthers affiliation (not just a ‘yay 500 posts’). Jacques Martin (General Manager of the Florida Panthers) and Curt …
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Duffy Sent to Everblades; Beaverson to Amerks – UPDATED
Matt Duffy is on the Everblades playoff roster but isn’t in Florida just yet since he played with the Amerks on Wednesday night in Toronto. ———————- The Florida Everblades put together their final playoff roster and one of the players included was Matt Duffy on defense, and another not included was Luke Beaverson who was …
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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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Jacques Martin and Curt Styres to Hold Amerks Press Conference
Amerks fans may finally get some reassurance about the future of the team and the direction that it is headed on Wednesday afternoon. The team has announced a press conference with Amerks Owner Curt Styres and Florida Panthers General Manager Jacques Martin at Blue Cross Arena. It’ll be broadcast live on Amerks.com starting at 12:30. …
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Amerks Forward Karl Stewart Heading to Germany
The news that Karl Stewart had signed to play with the German League’s Straubing Tigers next season popped up on the internet on Monday afternoon, about six days earlier than he had hoped. The 25 year old winger was considered one of the “older guys” on the team. He’s been a goal scorer this season …
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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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