Month:November 2008
Frolik Picks Up Two Points: Panthers Blank Rangers
The Florida Panthers blanked the Eastern Conference 1st place Rangers today. Craig Anderson made 37 saves, only further showing that he is the number one goaltender in Florida. He also made 43 saves in Friday’s shootout loss, also against the Rangers. He will be starting again on Tuesday when the Cats make a trip to …
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Amerks Still Searching For First Road Win…Don't Get The Win But, Take a Point
Sorry for the lack of reports on the Amerks’ games this week. The family was on vacation up in Toronto and with the holidays, it has been hard to get thing going. We will have a full week report after tonight’s game. The Amerks are currently playing the Toronto Marlies where they are fighting for …
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Scoring Footage from Amerks against Marlies 11/26/2008
Here’s video taken of the video screens at the Ricoh Coliseum of the goals scored last Wednesday when the Amerks lost to the Marlies by the score of 3-1. It was not that bad of a game until about 10 minutes left in the third period when the Marlies either really controlled the game, or …
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ECHL Player Of The Week, Kevin Baker, Joins The Amerks
Right Winger, Kevin Baker, has been recalled by the Rochester Americans. Baker was just named ECHL’s Player Of The Week. If he can transfer to the AHL well, Kevin has a real chance to make a big difference for the Amerks. Bakers numbers this year are great. He has tallied 25 points in just 15 games, …
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Shawn Matthias Recalled By Panthers
Shawn Matthias has been recalled by the Florida Panthers. Although Shawn hasn’t been playing exceptionally well with the Amerks, he also hasn’t had much talent on his wings to help him at all. Shawn has played all 19 games with the Amerks this season but only has 4 points (3 goals, 1 assist). Shawn likes …
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Luke Beaverson Reassigned to the Everblades
Luke Beaverson has been reassigned to the Florida Everblades (ECHL) by the Panthers. Beaverson couldn’t quite cut it as a defenseman on a team with little to show in the defense department. He did play a few games in Rochester as a forward. In eight games played with the Amerks, Luke talled just one assist.
Randall Gelech Acquired on Loan from Griffins
Copied and pasted from Kevin O’s blog, we were out of town when this happened: Amerks acquire Gelech from Griffins Filed by Kevin Oklobzija @ 11:57 am on November 26, 2008 Winger Randall Gelech has been acquired on loan by the Amerks from the Grand Rapids Griffins. It’s never a bad thing when general managers …
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Archive of Kevin O's live blog with Jack Birch
Originally on the Democrat and Chronicle, Kevin Oklobzija had conducted a live chat with the director of player personal for the Florida Panthers, Jack Birch. These things typically disappear over time on the D&C’s web site, so here is the transcript from that chat: Conversation with Jack Birch (11/25/2008) 11:59 Scott Norris:  Welcome to our …
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Amerks' Monday Morning Workout
The team was schedule to have practice this morning at 11am, a better term would be that the team had a workout. They spent 58 minutes on the ice without a single puck. Benoit Groulx wasn’t kidding after Fridays game when he said that the team whole lot worse on Monday. The only time Groulx …
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Audio from Jack Birch and Jody Gage Press Conference
I’ve finally had the chance to encode the full audio from the press conference that Jack Birch and Jody Gage held last Thursday at Blue Cross Arena regarding the troubles the Amerks’ have had on the ice this season. Rather than write an article about what was said, we’ve uploaded the audio from both of …
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Jacob MicFlikier Sent to Everblades
Jacob MicFlikier was reassigned to the Florida Everblades for the weekend after last night’s game. There were a few injuries to the ‘Blades in last night’s game and since the Amerks don’t have a game until Wednesday night, they are loaning Jacob for the rest of the weekend. Expect him to be back with Rochester …
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Riley Emmerson vs Paul Crosty Fight Video
Riley Emmerson of the Rochester Americans and Paul Crosty of the Manchester Monarchs dropped the gloves on Friday night at Blue Cross Arena, here’s the footage we got: