Month:June 2009
Amerks Announce Major Press Conference
The Rochester Americans sent out a notice this afternoon that they will be hosting a major press conferenc on Wednesday afternoon to announce the new VP of Hockey Operations. My guess was that they would be announcing that this is the new role of Jody Gage, but someone who supposedly knows the situation said it …
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Brine Returning; Larman, Glass and Others May Not
A few familiar faces for Rochester Americans fans will probably not be returning to the Florida Panthers organization next season as the free agency period is about to begin. The only two restricted free agents that were offered qualifying offers were David Booth and David Brine. David Brine finished last season with 31 points (8 …
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Florida Panthers Draft Defenseman Dmitry Kulikov
The Florida Panthers drafted defenseman Dmitry Kulikov with their first round pick (14th overall) in this years NHL draft. Kulikov is only 18 years old which means he would not appear in an Amerks uniform until at least the 2010-2011 season. The 2008-2009 season in the QMJHL with Drummondville was his first in North America. …
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Florida Panthers Interested in Andrew Peters?
Apparently Andrew Peters and the Florida Panthers have talked of a potential two way deal for next season. I hope that Curt Styres, Lewis Staats, and Jody Gage have all called Randy Sexton to tell him that this would be a terrible idea. If it turns out that any of them thought this was a …
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Stefan Meyer Traded
Stefan Meyer was traded on Thursday by the Florida Panthers to the Phoenix Coyotes in exchange for Steve Reinprecht. Meyer had been drafted by the Panthers in the 2nd round (55th overall) in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft. Reinprecht and Meyer were both free agents this summer and neither were expected to sign again with …
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Hershey Bears Win Calder Cup
Congratulations to the Hershey Bears who won a record 10th Calder Cup Championship on Friday night defeating the Manitoba Moose in six games. It was an exciting night watching both the Stanley Cup and Calder Cup won on the same night. We had the Penguins/Red Wings game on the TV and the Bears/Moose game on …
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Alexander Salak Dreams of the NHL
The recent season that ended for goaltender Alexander Salak of TPS Turku was similar to that of Mike Brodeurs with the Rochester Americans, great goalies playing for bad teams. The Florida Panthers recently signed Salak to a 2yr contract, a goaltender that is called the next Dominik Hasek by many people that have seen him …
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Mike Brodeur Not Returning as an Amerk
The Florida Panthers were willing to spend the money and offer Mike Brodeur a contract to return as the goalie of the Rochester Americans but Brodeur rejected the offer. Apparently the Panthers were willing to offer Brodeur a contract worth $105,000 which is right at the re-entry waiver cap so at least we know money …
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Rochester Americans Begin A New Season
The start of the 2009 Florida Panthers Development Camp earlier in the week was essentially the start of a new season for a lot of players that will play for the Rochester Americans in the fall. Just about every player had taken time off since the season ended in mid April by either going on …
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A few notes from Camp
Just wrapping up our second day at the Florida Panthers Development Camp and taking a moment to share a few things. The core group of the players at the camp is who will be playing for the Rochester Americans next season. The camp is a time where players show up to learn, this is not …
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