Tag:Shawn Szydlowski
Grading the 2011-2012 Amerks Roster
It’s time to finally post our grades for the 2011-2012 Amerks roster and no, it’s not a mistake that it’s the end of June. Â Once the season is over interest pretty much fades and so does traffic, even when new content is posted. Â This is the time of year that there’s also renewed interest in …
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View the Amerks Clear Day Roster; Drew Schiestel to the Texas Stars
The biggest news of the day is that Drew Schiestel has been assigned to the Texas Stars. Â He had been an odd man out defenseman for much of the season never fully recovered from a knee injury. Â He also made a few costly mistakes in games and was sat out after those were made. Â Based …
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Predicting the Amerks Clear Day Roster Due at 3pm Today
Today is one of the more important days for all 30 teams in the American Hockey League since by 3pm a 22 man roster has to be submitted of players eligible to play for the remainder of the season and into the playoffs. Â Teams can also list players as in residence to be used for …
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Amerks Gameday vs Griffins; Moves Possible Before 3pm Monday Deadline
The Amerks are on the road tonight against the Grand Rapids Griffins at 7pm for what should be a pretty competitive hockey game. Â The two teams are both currently riding three game winning streaks. Â The two teams are fighting towards a playoff spot. Â The Griffins are currently six points behind the Amerks in the standings …
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Szydlowski Back to the Amerks; MacKenzie and Fienhage to Gwinnett
Three minor moves this week for the Amerks moving players to and from the Gwinnett Gladiators. Matt MacKenzie was finally cleared to play after missing 34 games with the Amerks and was sent to the Gladiators. Â He had his leg sliced open by a skate in December and after a long recovery is finally ready …
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Parker, Szydlowski and Boychuk to the Gladiators; Returning to Health
A good sign that everyone is getting healthy is the fact that the Rochester Americans have made some roster moves to send players elsewhere. Â The team announced today that Jonathan Parker, Shawn Szydlowski and Riley Boychuk have been sent down to the Gwinnett Gladiators. Â It’s a move that should have happened back in October. Â Those …
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Amerks to Practice Outdoors on Monday Morning in Rochester
The Amerks will be practicing at 11am Monday morning January 16, 2012 at Manhattan Square Park in downtown Rochester so if you have the day off from work or school make sure to get down there and watch the guys have some fun.  I’m sure it’ll be well covered by the Amerks and the other media …
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Leggio Leads the Amerks to the Second Half of the Season with a Win
Another weekend has come and gone and another pair of solid performances by the Rochester Americans. Â The team finished the set of games with three out of a possible four points with an overtime loss to the Toronto Marlies on Friday and regulation win against the Hamilton Bulldogs on Saturday night. Â David Leggio has stepped …
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Crunch Tackled Two Goal Deficit but McNabb’s First Won it in OT for Amerks
The Amerks win in overtime over the Syracuse Crunch on Sunday night had a little bit of everything, from wanting to ship the team out of the arena to jumping up and down celebrating a dramatic overtime win. Â It was a game that the team battled for and found a way to redeem themselves after …
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Gameday: First Place Amerks at Toronto Marlies
It feels like we just walked out of the War Memorial but it’s already time to think about aother Rochester Americans game. They travelled to Toronto last night after the game where they’re scheduled to play the Marlies at 3pm. Three games in three nights and by the time Sunday is over it’ll have been …
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Recap: Amerks First Home Win Had It All, Including Seven Goals
It’s amazing how one solid hockey game can put another one in the past, even if there’s only four games played on the season. Â The Rochester Americans on Sunday evening showed what they can be capable of when all of the right pieces fall into place with a 7-2 win over the Grand Rapids Griffins. …
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Kotalik and Morrisonn Sent Down, Amerks Training Camp Roster
This big news of the afternoon is that Ales Kotalik and Shaone Morrisonn have both cleared waivers earlier today and have been assigned to the Rochester Americans. Now, the question comes up, will both show up? Â Will the explore options oversea’s? Â We’ll find out soon enough. Â Opinions on both are varried, most thinking that Kotalik …
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