Month:March 2010
Gameday: Amerks Make Playoffs with Win, Taffe Called Up, Hartlieb In, What about Johnson
The Amerks are on the road tonight to play the Grand Rapids Griffins and a win would clinch a playoff spot for the Amerks. Ever since last season ended the coaches and returning players have said their goal was to make the playoffs and that will happen. Even if it’s not clinched tonight, it will …
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Steve MacIntyre Takes on Wade Belak
Steve MacIntyre was called up this past Friday to the Florida Panthers when David Booth was injured the night before. During the Panthers vs Predators game on Monday night he took on Wade Belak for an NHL heavyweight fight. Not a bad fight at all. Here’s hoping he’s back in time for the final game …
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Oreskovich Called up to Fill in for Bitz
The Florida Panthers host the Nashville Predators and have called up Victor Oreskovich from the Rochester Americans to play. Byron Bitz is out with an elbow injury which is why Oreskovich got the call. In 34 games with the Amerks this season Oreskovich has six goals and nine assists. He spent most of the first …
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Hudson and Henry Fight Videos vs Marlies
In his first professional game Carl Hudson dropped the gloves with Andre Deveaux of the Toronto Marlies. Hudson had just skated by Jesse Blacker of the Marlies and looked like he had just barely hit him but it also looked at the time like there was an elbow involved. Immediately after Deveaux went after Hudson …
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Marlies Capitalize on Amerks Bad Defensive Game to Win
The Rochester Americans had a chance to clinch a spot in the playoffs on Sunday afternoon if they defeated the Toronto Marlies and the Lake Erie Monsters lost in regulation to the San Antonio Rampage. Former Rochester American forward Stefan Meyer and the Rampage did their part defeating the Monsters in the final 90 seconds …
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Amerks Defeat Marlies with Seven Goals and Inch Closer to Playoffs
The Amerks came closer to clinching a playoff spot with a seven goal performance on Saturday evening on the road against the Toronto Marlies. The Amerks have only scored seven goals one other time this season, a 7-4 win back on November 29th against the Syracuse Crunch. This Rochester team seems to have a switch …
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Amerks Call Up Expected, Booth Taken Down Again by Hit
David Booth appears to have a target on his head this season. On Thursday night against the Montreal Canadiens the Panthers forward David Booth was hit by Jaroslav Spacek and knocked to the ice. Booth layed on the ice for a bit and was then helped off by the trainer and a teammate. As a …
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Amerks Win with an Early Goal and Penalty Killing
When the Lake Erie Monsters scored only 1:40 into the third period to make it a one goal game I became a little worried. The Amerks held on to a 2-0 lead for the previous 39 minutes and with this team you never know what could happen, so a third period meltdown was on my …
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Gameday: Amerks at Cleveland, Thoughts from Groulx and Johnson
There’s only 10 games left in the regular season and that sense of excitement and urgency around this Amerks team heading into the final push for the playoffs still seems to be missing. They have a challenge on their hands tonight as they take on the Lake Erie Monsters on the road, a place they’ve …
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Roy and Fitzpatrick Injured, Hotham Back In for Amerks
Newly acquired Mathieu Roy hurt his left ankle on Tuesday morning during practice and did not make the trip to Cleveland. Roy hurt himself as I was taking a walk from the seats to the back hallway so I didn’t catch what happened but he appeared to be in some pain when I saw him …
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Comparing Last Season to this Season, the Opposite Happened
As a season goes on you typically expect a team to get better. The players get to know each other better, they build chemistry, more practice time, and find their groove. What you don’t expect is for a team to go in the opposite direction. The addition of Mike Brodeur to the 08-09 Amerks was …
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Weekend Recap: Two Losses, A Goalie Scored and Steiner Sent to Reading
The Amerks lost two games on the road this weekend and sent Daniel Steiner back to Reading. That’s the weekend in one sentence. I took the weekend off from watching Amerks hockey and apparently I did not miss all that much but felt the need to write a recap of the weekend. ** Daniel Steiner …
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