Month:June 2008
A Chance to Watch The Florida Everblades
If you’re like us and start planning hockey road trips early, you may be interested in marking your calendar for Wednesday December 3, 2008 when the Florida Everblades will be nearby to play the Elmira Jackals. It’s the only game scheduled between the two teams. Elmira is a roughly two hour drive from Rochester. The …
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Panthers Trade Jokinen, Effects Amerks
The NHL held it’s 2008 entry level draft on Friday night in Ottawa and the night did indirectly impact the Amerks. Olli Jokinen has been on the chopping block in Florida almost every season for the past eight years. This year it actually happened. The Florida Panthers traded Olli Jokinen to the Phoenix Coyotes in exchange for defenseman Keith Ballard …
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Affiliation and Lease Announcement
For the past six months Amerks fans have heard an announcement would be made in “a week to ten days,” or “within the next month,” on Thursday June 19 we’ll finally get a press conference. Â The Florida Panthers will be the sole affiliate of the Rochester Americans. Â The City of Rochester has reached a lease …
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Amerks and Crunch End of Season Brawl
At one of the last regular season games between the Rochester Americans and Syracuse Crunch nine out of ten players on the ice got into a fight. The Amerks were pushed around the entire season by the Crunch, it was sad that it took all season for something like this to happen. I managed to …
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Sabres/Amerks Divorce is Final
The Portland Pirates have a press conference scheduled for Tuesday June 10th to introduce their new affiliation, that being with the Buffalo Sabres. The Rochester Americans and Buffalo Sabres have been affiliated for the past 29 years. The past six months between the two teams has been like a bitter divorce battle. The ongoing saga …
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Sabres Affiliation ‘Days Away’ from Being Over
It has been known since December 2007 that the Buffalo Sabres affiliation with the Rochester Americans was near an end after 29 years. Now, Darcy Regier says an announcement is days away. The announcement is the Buffalo Sabres are signing an agreement with the Portland Pirates. A number of people have questioned whether it was …
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