Month:September 2007
Mancari, Zagrapan, and Funk being sent back?
After the Buffalo Sabres final pre season game against the Pittsburgh Penguins the team held autograph sessions throughout the arena with different players at various locations. The only players who appeared to be missing that were scheduled were Mark Mancari, Marek Zagrapan, and Mike Funk. Seems like an almost safe bet that we’ll see an …
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Amerks lose to Syracuse 4-3
(Oswego, NY – September 30)… The Rochester Americans dropped their preseason finale today, 4-3, to the Syracuse Crunch at the Oswego State Campus Center Ice Arena. The Amerks ended the preseason with a 1-2-0-0 record.Rochester got three second-period goals from Martin Lojek, Mike Card and Drew Larman. Rookie Tyler Plante made his first preseason start …
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Amerks Put Down the Bulldogs 3-2
The Amerks put down the Bulldogs in their first preseason game tonight with a 3-2 victory at the ESL Centre, with goals from Tanner Glass, Kenndal McArdle and Adam Taylor. Adam Dennis had a great showing stopping 16 of 18 shots faced. Goals for Hamilton came from Duncan Milroy and Thomas Beauregard. The Amerks took …
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Stefan Meyer and Martin Lojek
Panthers send 2 players to Amerks (September 27, 2007) Forward Stefan Meyer and defenseman Martin Lojek will be reassigned to the Rochester Americans by the Florida Panthers. Lojek blossomed into a solid defenseman last season. He bounced between the AHL and ECHL as a rookie but was one of the more consistent defensemen until suffering …
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New Amerks Jerseys Revealed!
The new Reebok Edge jerseys that the Rochester Americans will be wearing for the 07/08 season were ‘revealed’ in EA Sports NHL ’08 earlier this month, and as expected they are exactly what they’ll be wearing as Recognition Experts now has them for sale online. Looks like we’ll see these in action at Fridays pre-season …
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Amerks Camp 09-26-2007
Here’s some video I took at the Amerks training camp on Wednesday September 26, 2007. No claim to have anything professional here, just some clips put together.
2007 Training Camp Roster
When training camp for the Amerks opened on Monday they provided a roster of players at this years camp (not including players still not sent down by the Panthers and Sabres). Amerks 2007 Training Camp (74kb .pdf)
Speedy McArdle should spark Amerks
Today’s Democrat and Chronicle wrote this article about Rochester Americans rookie Kenndal McArdle.. He clearly made the right decision. McArdle, a first-round pick of the Florida Panthers in 2005, should make a solid impact as a rookie left winger with the Rochester Americans this season. “He’s an exceptionally fast skater,” said Panthers pro scout Jack …
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Sabres Send a few back..
The Buffalo Sabres have announced that Dylan Hunter, Patrick Kaleta, Mike Card, Marc-Andre Gragnani, Mike Weber and goaltender Adam Dennis will be rejoining the Amerks this week at training camp. Clarke MacArthur, Mark Mancari and Marek Zagrapan are still battling for a possible starting spot as a forward for the Sabres and Andrej Sekera and …
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Amerks Open Training Camp!
The Rochester Americans opened training camp on Monday September 24 at the ESL Sports Center in Henrietta for the 2007/2008 season! Many players that will form the core roster are still at training camps for the Buffalo Sabres and Florida Panthers but should be expected back by the end of the week. In the Democrat …
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