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Gameday in Rochester vs. Manitoba Moose 11-07-2008

November 7, 2008 - By

Another home game in Rochester tonight.  The Amerks will take on the Manitoba Moose for the 3rd time this season.  In their first two meetings in Manitoba, the Moose won both games 3-1 and 4-1.  I would be hard pressed to find a person who doesn’t think this is going to happen again tonight.  But, you know me…Little Miss Sunshine.  I think the Amerks will get two points tonight.

I don’t know why I keep putting faith in these guys.  I think it has to do with my son loving them just as much as I do unconditionally.  It makes me think the same way.  But, I digress.

Lines for tonight look like this:

Meyer – Sprukts – Mikflikier
McArdle – Larman – Glass
Duco – Matthias – Repik
Emmerson – Brine – Collins/Calla

Henry – O’Brien
Caruso – Ellerby
Fitzpatrick – Garrison
-Aston (scratched) - Beaverson (scratched)
-MacDonald (scratched)

Tyler Plante
-Chris Beckford-Tseu

 

With Jordan Henry making his return tonight, he better show us that he is worth the roster spot.  At the end of last season, he was finally coming into his own and giving the other [...]Read More

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Hockey's Future Q&A with James DeLory

November 6, 2008 - By

James DeLory sat down with someone from Hockey’s Future for a short Q&A.  DeLory was at Amerks training camp and then sent down to the Florida Everblades, probably due to a concussion he had.  He was signed by the Florida Panthers over the summer, he was an unsigned draft pick of the San Jose Sharks.

He’s currently learning a new position, he was asked to move up from D to forward.  No idea what the future holds for him, we’re certainly not going to speculate at this point.  Everyone who has “looked good” has done just the opposite in games.

Anyways, Check out the Q&A

* Update – From Naples News:

And Blades fans have seen the last of James DeLory, a 20-year-old rookie and the team’s sole Panthers prospect. The 6-foot-5 “fighter-in-training” had a reputation as a tough guy in the OHL, but he had to learn to switch positions from defense to forward. Because DeLory’s just 20, he’s eligible for one more year in juniors. Cameron said he’ll be sent back to the OHL’s Oshawa Generals for his overage year. With 6-foot-8 enforcer Riley Emmerson remaining in the AHL, DeLory’s departure leaves [...]Read More

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Practice 11-06-08: Have we hit rock bottom yet?

November 6, 2008 - By

It’s another day and another practice here at the ever so clean Blue Cross Arena.  It really is a clean arena, the cleaning crews either do a great job, or when you only have 1,000 people at a 10,000 seat venue it’s going to be an easy cleaning job.  Oh yea, the players are on the ice..

Janis Sprukts is finally back on the ice and was with the team the entire practice.

Jordan Henry has been cleared to play.  Towards the end of last season he was throwing bodies all over the ice playing a physical style of defense.  Let’s hope he can get on the ice this weekend and stop some pucks.

We have only won one out of ten games and are in last place in the league.  We’ve been outscored 48-21 in those ten games.  Our goalies are ranked #51 and #52 out of 52 goalies in the league.  The team points leader, Tanner Glass (3G, 3A), is ranked 119th in the league.  I’m not even going to bother looking up where the power play and penalty kill are ranked, what’s the point.

Last season around this time the Amerks had a four game [...]Read More

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Skate With The Players 11-04-2008

November 5, 2008 - By

My husband and I took our son to the annual Season Ticket Holder’s Skate with the Players tonight at Blue Cross Arena.  Last year I had a lot of fun at this event, but my son was just a little too young and a lot too shy to go with us.  I personally think this is one of the best events the Amerks’ put on throughout the year.

From 6:00-7:00 p.m. the veteran players were on the ice.  This included Rory Fitzpatrick, Janis Sprukts, Drew Larman, Stefan Meyer, Peter Aston, Tanner Glass, Dan Collins, Kenndal McArdle, Jordan Henry, Doug O’Brien, Chris Beckford-Tseu, Franklin MacDonald, David Brine and Tyler Plante.

Karl Stewart was out with the first group.  He wasn’t skating because of his knee injury.  But, he stayed on the bench the whole time and was pleased to talk with whomever sat down next to him.  This was the first tiem I had gotten the chance to talk to Karl and he is a very nice and passionate guy.  He said his knee injury is an old one that flares up sometimes and he just needs to rest it and it is fine again.

Not even two minutes after we [...]Read More

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Barack Obama: Our Next President

November 5, 2008 - By

 

Barack Obama was called up from the Senate to the White House today after he demolished John McCain in the race to become the 44th President of the United States of America.  The White House will also be recalling Joe Biden to be at Obama’s side as his Vice President.

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An Open Letter to the Panthers from a fan of over 50 years

November 4, 2008 - By

Here’s an “open letter” from a fan of the Amerks for over 50 years has written to the Florida Panthers.  It was originally written on the Rochester Sports Fan forums.  His name is Ted, he also posts as insagt1 on that forum.  We felt this needed to be reposted for even more people to see.  We all thought we should just wait a few games and be patient, but it appears as if we’re at or near rock bottom (more on that from us later).

Read on, pass it along, please share your comments!!

From Ted, Amerks fan of over 50 years:

The 2008-09 AHL season moves into its second month. The hockey team you have provided us is quickly becoming the demise of our very storied and treasured Rochester Americans franchise. This is not being overly dramatic, or negative, or unrealistic.
The fact is, despite all the animus that has surrounded the team over the past few years, you are replacing a very popular, well established institution here in Rochester–the Buffalo Sabres…an NHL team that many local hockey fans have adopted as their own–being as they are only about an hours drive away.
You witnessed our [...]Read More

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Amerks' Practice 11-03-2008: Back To The Grind

November 3, 2008 - By

Jody Gage was just on the bench talking first to Jacob Micflikier and then to Andrew Sweetland.  I don’t know what that was about, but if they are going to send Micflikier away it would be a crying shame.  He is a bright spot on this team.  Andrew Sweetland I often forget exists, so if he is going to the ECHL or something, I wouldn’t be surprised.

Jordan Henry is out with the team for a full practice today.  He is expected to return to the ice for Friday’s game if he makes the lineup.  Personally, I would like to see more of Luke Beaverson on the ice.

Janis Sprukts is also on the ice today.  He is wearing a red jersey though, so he is probably not playing full contact just yet.  It will be good to have him back on the ice for games though.  Although some fans don’t think he has been living up to his signing yet, he is a player who can calm things down when they are getting a bit out of hand.  And he was gelling well with Matthias and Repik before his injury.  Well, that was a quick practice for [...]Read More

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Game-day Skate 11-01-2008: No Rest For The Weary

November 1, 2008 - By

After a 5-2 loss to the Toronto Marlies last night, the Amerks are back on the ice preparing for their second game of the weekend tonight against the Hamilton Bulldogs.  The Bulldogs are hot right now, and if the Amerks think they are going to get a win out of them they need to play better than they did last night.

An improvement for the Amerks is that the Marlies didn’t score any 5-on-5 goals.  All their goals were while they were on the powerplay (the last goal was an empty netter).  But, the Amerks only had 1 shot on goal in the second period.

I am hoping Tyler Plante starts again tonight.  He looked good last night.  He made some amazing saves including one where he had no stick and ninja kicked the puck out of the air.

Jordan Henry is one of the first out on the ice today.  Maybe this means he will actually be doing a full practice with the team today.  It would be nice to see him back if he can add something we don’t have right now.  Which wouldn’t be hard.  But, if he sucks just send him and [...]Read More

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