Hockey Game Today in Rochester with Amazing Lineup

August 1, 2010 - By Keith Wozniak
Hockey Game Today in Rochester with Amazing Lineup

I should have posted this much sooner, but I’ve been away on vacation and just getting caught back up.  Anyways, today at 5:30pm is an amazing lineup of hockey players playing a game to support Craig Charron’s fight against cancer.  Also, it’s only $10 to see hockey in August.  Not a bad deal for what will be a great game and also for a great cause.

Click here for a great writeup about the event, here’s the lineup from the same article:

Local NHLers Brian Gionta, Marty Reasoner and Ryan Callahan are playing. So is Sabres coach Lindy Ruff, [...]Read More

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Goodbye Taffe, Everblades and Possible Coach This Weekend

July 23, 2010 - By Keith Wozniak

It’s the middle of the summer and hunting down stories isn’t really a priority this time of year for me, so here’s some updates to get you caught up.

** Mike Santos told the Sun-Sentinel that he “expects to name a coach at AHL Rochester this weekend.”  Today is Friday the weekend is upon is.  It’s going to be interesting with the affiliation up in the air after this season if someone agrees to a long term deal or just a one year deal to get through this season.

** Jeff Taffe was traded on Thursday from the Florida [...]Read More

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Amerks Release Schedule Format, See a Whopping 13 Teams Out of 30

July 13, 2010 - By Keith Wozniak

The Rochester Americans released the schedule format for the 2010-2011 and it’s just what was expected, see the same teams yet again.  The league has expanded to 30 teams but most teams, like the Amerks, will only play against about 13 of them.

One bright spot is that the Amerks will play twice against the Worcester Sharks, once at home and once on the road.  At least there’s one different team on the schedule.

There are no games against Western Division teams at all.  The only team in the Atlantic Division the Amerks will play is the Sharks.

The biggest obstacle in [...]Read More

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Carl Hudson Signs with Panthers, Will Help Amerks Defense

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July 9, 2010 - By Keith Wozniak
Carl Hudson Signs with Panthers, Will Help Amerks Defense

It’s the ninth day of free agency in hockey and although some of the top free agents have signed elsewhere, the news that the Florida Panthers signed defenseman Carl Hudson to an entry level contract is great news.  There’s still a need for a veteran defenseman, but I’ll take the news for the day.  Hudson was one of the bright spots on the Rochester Americans defense at the tail end of the 09/10 season and into the playoffs.

In his last season at Canisius College, Hudson had 14 goals and 20 assists in 35 games.  In the 12 games he [...]Read More

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AHL Playoff Format for 2010-2011 Season

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July 8, 2010 - By Keith Wozniak

Now that the American Hockey League has a 30 teams in the league and all of the divisions are unbalanced, there’ll now be a crossover rule in both the East and West Conferences.  There will still be 16 teams total making the playoffs.

Updated: I had originally said only the Eastern Conference had the crossover rule.

The Eastern Division will have eight teams and the Atlantic will only have seven this coming season.  What the cross over rule means is that the fifth place team in the East would make the playoffs if it has more points than the fourth place team in [...]Read More

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More Top Free Agent Signings in The AHL

July 7, 2010 - By Keith Wozniak

It appears as if the going rate for the top free agents around The AHL is a two year two way deal with an NHL team.  I'll hold off for now on making assumptions about why there have not been mor signings for the Amerks. Defenseman Dan Jancevski along with forwards Tim Stapleton and Mike [...]Read More

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Panthers Hire Brian Skrudland for Development Role

July 5, 2010 - By Keith Wozniak
Panthers Hire Brian Skrudland for Development Role

The Florida Panthers have added another name to their front office with the hiring of Brian Skudland.  As Gorten says below, he was the Panthers captain for the first four seasons of the organization.  Having a front office that believes in the franchise will hopefully trickle down to having players that can create a winner [...]Read More

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Top AHL Free Agents Still Available, Where Others Signed

July 5, 2010 - By Keith Wozniak
Top AHL Free Agents Still Available, Where Others Signed

Some of the top AHL free agents like Giroux, Minard, Sterling, Johnson and Stafford have all signed somewhere but there's still a number of players still available.  Monday will probably be a busy one after a quiet weekend and hopefully some of the top free agents left will be signed by the Florida Panthers for [...]Read More

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Triston Grant and Bill Thomas Signed for the Amerks

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July 3, 2010 - By Keith Wozniak

On the second day of free agency the Florida Panthers signed Triston Grant and Bill Thomas for the Rochester Americans.  When most people heard of the news today in Rochester they replied with, "who?"  Both players may turn out to be decent, expectations were just a little bit higher though for the second day of [...]Read More

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