Tag:Shawn Matthias
Game 2: Stay Out of the Box and Play Physical Near the Net
It’s only game two of a seven game series tonight between the Amerks and Heat but it’s possibly one of the most important games. If the Heat win and return home for three games everything is in their favor. If the Amerks win the series starts over as a best of five with three straight …
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Gameday: Rory Out, Observartions, Matthias has the Experience
The Rochester Americans and Abbotsford Heat face off tonight for Game 1 of their Calder Cup playoff series. The Amerks missed the playoffs the last two seasons after having two of the worst teams in franchise history. A pretty remarkable turnaround, big thanks to the wallet of Amerks Owner Curt Styres. A few quick things before …
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Seven Players Return to Amerks, Three Players Released
The season is over for the Florida Panthers which means the return of players previously called up and also that the only way players will leave the Amerks lineup is with an injury. The end of the Panthers season meant that seven players were sent to the Amerks for the playoffs. Hershey Bears head Coach …
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Actions of Panthers Will Speak for Themselves on Deadline Day
The NHL trade deadline is at 3pm and the entire Florida Panthers organization has sunk into another few years of “rebuilding.” The Panthers have already traded Jordan Leopold and Dominic Moore for draft picks, one pick in 2010 and one in 2011. Jason Garrison was called up to the Amerks to replace Leopold and Shawn …
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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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Panthers Call Up Repik, Matthias, Calla and Beckford-Tseu
The Florida Panthers are returning to practice today to prepare for their first game following the Olympic break and in order to do that they needed some players. Bad news for the Amerks. Probably gone for the weekend and near future the Amerks have lost Michal Repik and Shawn Matthias. For some help on offense …
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Amerks Loss to Portland is like Groundhog Day
It’s only fitting that as I find a movie to watch as I write about the Amerks fourth straight loss the movie Groundhog Day is on. Can someone check the alarm clocks of the Amerks and make sure I’ve Got You Babe is not waking the players up every morning? It sure does feel like …
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Amerks Talk About Frustration after Tuesdays Loss
The quest for 2,000 franchise wins will have to wait for another night for the Rochester Americans as they added another loss to the standings on Tuesday night against the Manitoba Moose. The Amerks had a 2-1 lead off of goals from Jeff Taffe and Shawn Matthias just over half way through the second period …
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Matthias Two Goal Night including Penalty Shot
Shawn Matthias led the Panthers tonight to a win with a two goal performance against the Montreal Candadiens. His first goal of the third period was scored on a penalty shot (video below). His second goal was scored by him crashing the net and was able to knock in the rebound That should be a …
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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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Salak Attempts Between the Legs Save
This post originally appeared at LitterBoxCats.com, a Florida Panthers blog that I am going to start writing for that is part SB Nation. Florida Panthers prospect Alexander Salak is not only an excellent goaltender but a great entertainer as well. During the 2010 AHL All-Star Classic skills competition Alexander Salak attempted this between the legs …
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Amerks Pickup First Shootout Win of the Season
The positive on Friday night was that the Amerks were able to win in a shootout over the Hamilton Bulldogs to add a much needed two points to the standings. The five regulation goals were all scored by different players with Evgeny Dadonov, Daniel Steiner, and Jeff Taffe leading the way in the shootout. Alexander …
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