Amerks Weekend Road Games; Aeros Winning Even with Call Ups

January 27, 2012 - By
Amerks Weekend Road Games; Aeros Winning Even with Call Ups

The weekend is here and the Amerks are on the road tonight in Syracuse and tomorrow in Toronto before the All-Star break and heading into the last couple of months of the season wins will become more important than ever.

They have to beat Syracuse and Toronto.  They need two points.  That simple.  How that’s going to happen is anyones guess but any way they can do it will be acceptable.

Here’s a good writeup from Ted (insagt1 on the forums) about the current state of the team:

The standings don’t lie, from the bottom up:

Rockford 41; LE 41; [...]Read More

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Griffins 3 Goals in Under 3 Minutes Defeats Amerks; Gongalsky vs Piche

January 26, 2012 - By
Griffins 3 Goals in Under 3 Minutes Defeats Amerks; Gongalsky vs Piche

The Amerks lost on Wednesday night and there’s two ways you could look at the standings after this game.  The glass half empty way is that the Amerks are following the Buffalo Sabres lead and slowly sinking in the standings.  There’s only four points that separates the Amerks from the Rockford IceHogs who are in last place in the conference.  They’re also only six points from last place in the league.  The glass half full way is that the Amerks are only two points from eighth place in the conference and four points from sixth place.  The good news is [...]Read More

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Gameday Notes Amerks vs Griffins; Finley and Morrisonn Back

January 25, 2012 - By
Gameday Notes Amerks vs Griffins; Finley and Morrisonn Back

The best news for the Amerks second game of this road trip against the Grand Rapids Griffins is that they’ll have Joe Finley and Shaone Morrisonn back on defense after they missed a few games.  Morrisonn has missed the last three games while serving a three game suspension.  Finley has missed the past four Amerks games while called up to the Buffalo Sabres.  The defense has gotten by but those two are much more capable defensively against the top lines of opposing teams.

Rochester came back from being down 3-1 this past Saturday against the Griffins and won in the shootout, final score was 4-3. [...]Read More

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Zack Kassian to at AHL All-Star Game; Joe Finley Sent Back

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January 24, 2012 - By
Zack Kassian to at AHL All-Star Game; Joe Finley Sent Back

Zack Kassian turned 21 today and the American Hockey League gave him a present by adding him to the All-Star Game roster in Atlantic City this coming weekend.  In 25 games with the Amerks he has 10 goals and 11 assists for a total of 21 points.  Kassian is currently tied for third on the team in goals and fifth in assists.  The rookie will replace Brayden McNabb who has been on the Sabres injured list out with a concussion.

Interesting replacement.  Kassian has had a number of great moments as a rookie but hasn’t necessarily been the best player [...]Read More

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Amerks vs Barons Again.. Pre Game Notes and Thoughts

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January 20, 2012 - By
Amerks vs Barons Again.. Pre Game Notes and Thoughts

The Amerks lost on Thursday by three goals and they’ll get another crack tonight at the Barons.  The difference between the Amerks and Barons was defense and goaltending.  The Barons were able to keep the puck clear of their zone and advance the play which ultimately lead to goals scored.  Yann Danis was also great coming up with some big saves when needed.  Paul Szczechura, Marcus Foligno and Jonathan Parker all had great chances but Danis was able to make the save.

Drew MacIntyre will be starting for Rochester tonight.  It’ll be another chance for MacIntyre to have a big [...]Read More

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Amerks Using a Mulligan after 5-2 Loss to the Barons, Try Again Friday

January 20, 2012 - By
Amerks Using a Mulligan after 5-2 Loss to the Barons, Try Again Friday

The Rochester Americans weren’t very good on Thursday night and it showed on the scoreboard with the Oklahoma City Barons easily skating away with a 5-2 win.  The team will use a mulligan and forget the game ever happened and move on to the rematch on Friday night on the same ice surface.  I’ll continue going through a game recap but it can be summed up pretty easily, the Amerks were without three of their top defensemen and it showed.  The team was missing Shaone Morrisonn, Joe Finley and TJ Brennan and the Barons took advantage of it.

The news leading up [...]Read More

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Amerks Gameday Notes, Lineup and Injury Updates

January 19, 2012 - By
Amerks Gameday Notes, Lineup and Injury Updates

The biggest news in Rochester other than Kodak filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy is that Michael Ryan is back in the lineup for the Rochester Americans.  The last appearance of Michael Ryan on a gameday was October 16th when he was on the ice for warmups but didn’t come out for the game.  It was reported as “headaches” and he’s missed 35 games since then.  It’ll probably take a few games for Ryan to get his timing back but they’re looking for some instant offense out of him.

Zack Kassian had a solid two games against Binghamton and Hershey when [...]Read More

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First Half Report Card for the Amerks 2011-2012 Season

January 19, 2012 - By
First Half Report Card for the Amerks 2011-2012 Season

It feels like just yesterday I had written up a first quarter report card but it was nearly two months ago and here we are today halfway through the 2011-2012 season.  After 38 games played the Amerks are currently sitting in ninth place in the Western Conference and one point behind the eighth and final playoff spot.  There are eight teams ahead of them in standings and seven of those teams have at least one if not more games in hand giving the Amerks some room to gain some ground.  The Amerks have continued to hold on to second [...]Read More

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Michael Ryan Returns, Evan Rankin ECHL Trade and One Hundred Thousand Amerks Fans

January 19, 2012 - By
Michael Ryan Returns, Evan Rankin ECHL Trade and One Hundred Thousand Amerks Fans

The last time Michael Ryan played a game was October 14th against the Lake Erie Monsters and has since missed 35 games due to a mystery injury/illness/something or another.  If everything goes according to plan he'll skate to the ice tonight against the Oklahoma City Barons.  The last time he was expected to return was [...]Read More

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Amerks Sign Defensemen Maury Edwards and Brock Matheson

January 18, 2012 - By
Amerks Sign Defensemen Maury Edwards and Brock Matheson

The Rochester Americans are short on defensemen for the first time this season and have added two players prior to three games in three nights starting on Thursday.  The team signed Maury Edwards (Cincinnati Cyclones) and Brock Matheson (Stockton Thunder) to PTO's, both from the ECHL. The Amerks lineup will be without Shaone Morrisonn who [...]Read More

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Shaone Morrisonn Suspended 3 Games for this Hit

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January 17, 2012 - By
Shaone Morrisonn Suspended 3 Games for this Hit

The American Hockey League suspended Shaone Morrisonn for three games for this hit on January 14th to the head of Brian Willsie of the Hamilton Bulldogs.  This is the second suspension of the season for Morrisonn which puts him on the repeat offender list.  He was also suspended for one game for a hit during [...]Read More

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Whitmore and Bonneau Interviews on the Power Play Post Show

January 16, 2012 - By
Whitmore and Bonneau Interviews on the Power Play Post Show

The Power Play Post Show is a weekly podcast/online radio show that is a must listen to for every fan of the American Hockey League.  If you don't have it bookmarked to download weekly you're missing out.  I say that because it's the only show that talks in depth about the AHL and interviews a [...]Read More

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