Home
»
Articles posted by Alysoup

Author Archive

Amerks at Home vs Grand Rapids Griffins Tonight

February 18, 2009 - By Alysoup

The Amerks are finally back home from the long and grueling road trip to the midwest.  On his way to the ice Tyler Plante commented, “I am still so tired from that trip.”  I would expect that they all are.

They played five games in six nights.  All five games were in different cities.  There was travel time and lack of sleep and three big wins (that could have been four).  The team traveled 2,451 on their road trip.  That is a lot of travel on little rest.

Kenndal McArdle is back on the ice today.  He was out practicing with Luke Beaverson before the team got on the ice.  They are both still out now that the whole team has joined them.  Kenndal is in a green jersey though, so I’m sure he is not full contact.  Luke is back to full contact so, I wouldn’t expect to see him around here much longer with eight defenseman healthy.

Defenseman, Mike Caruso was the only healthy scratch in Sunday’s win over the Peoria Rivermen.  He wasn’t playing his best in the two games prior to that so Franklin MacDonald took his place in the lineup.  Who will sit tonight?  My [...]Read More

Tags: ι ι ι ι ι Categories: Amerks

Amerks Split Weekend In Grand Rapids

February 1, 2009 - By Alysoup

The Amerks played two games this weekend against the hot and high scoring Grand Rapids Griffins.  The team won in a shootout on Friday night, and lost tonight 8-4.

Tonight’s issues weren’t scoring goals, but stopping them.  After the first period, the score was 1-1.  But, when the second period started, Mike Brodeur did not get back into the crease.  Once Chris Beckford-Tseu went into the net, he let in 7 goals in 31 shots.

Mike Brodeur suffered a groin injury and left the game after the first period.

It was thought we would have no scoring this weekend with most of our “big” scorers either hurt or M.I.A.  With Janis Sprukts playing for his country (as he should be), and injuries to Meyer (knee), McArdle (shoulder), and MicFlikier (foot), most of our scoring was down the drain.

But, when some are down, others rise to the occassion.  Tonight, the usually laughable Drew Larman picked up a goal to tie the game 2-2.  That was the Amerks’ second of three comebacks during the game.

New left wing, Ross Carlson had the third goal for the Amerks, once again tying tonight’s game 3-3.  Ross was also the only player to score in [...]Read More

Tags: ι ι Categories: Amerks, Post Game

Cory Murphy Picked Up By Tampa Bay

January 19, 2009 - By Alysoup

corymurphy

Well, Cory Murphy gets to stay in the NHL.  Much to many Amerks’ fans’ saddness, the Tampa Bay Lightning claimed Murphy off re-entry waivers.  Kevin O’s blog said it best for me…so, I am going to quote him.  Check out his blog here: Kevin O’s Blog

I can’t, however, criticize the Panthers for being player friendly. This is the type of deal that makes players happy, that makes players respect management.

They didn’t bury Murphy in the AHL, they gave him a chance to stay in the NHL and perhaps earn another contract for next season.

And since Murphy was never a guy targeted to play in Rochester, the Amerks really didn’t lose him. Losing tough-guy winger Steve MacIntyre on waivers in training camp was a punch in the gut. He was to be a focal point in Rochester.

But in Murphy’s case, you can’t lose something that was never yours to begin with.

Tags: ι ι ι Categories: Amerks

Sprukts Leads Depleated Amerks Over Monarchs and Bruins

January 18, 2009 - By Alysoup

Janis Sprukts had an eight point weekend, leading the Amerks to two victories out East.  On Friday night he posted a hat trick and an assist.  Tonight, Sprukts had another goal and three assists.  The player everyone has been waiting for has returned.

Team captain Rory Fitzpatrick had a goal and an assist in tonight’s win over the Providence Bruins.  He took 6 shots which sometimes is as many as the whole team gets in a game.

The Amerks played without many key players.  Stefan Meyer is still out with a knee sprain.  Mike Caruso is out.  Riley Emmerson is out.  Franklin MacDonald had to travel home this weekend because of a death in the family (our condolences to you and your family Frank).  And Jason Garrison didn’t play in tonight’s game after having a four point night on Friday.

Players stepped up this weekend to make sure the team didn’t slump because of injuries.  Drew Larman, who has been nearly impossible to find on the ice this season, had three points this weekend (an assist on Friday and a goal and an assist on Sunday).  Peter Aston did his job, getting a +2 rating on Friday night [...]Read More

Categories: Headlines, Post Game

Amerks fall to B-Sens 4-1; Meyer out until after all-star break

January 15, 2009 - By Alysoup

The Amerks just couldn’t get anything going when they took on the Binghamton Senators tonight at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena, losing to the Senators 4-1.

The team started without one of their better players.  Jacob MicFlikier has a cracked foot.  He will be out for about 4 weeks.

Riley Emmerson was back in the lineup, however, and made his presence know when he took on Yablowski (typo stays).  I would call the fight in favor of the mohawked Senator.  Not a horrible fight for Riley, but he looked a bit rusty.

He wasn’t the only one to drop the gloves tonight.  Neil Clark took on on Geoff Waugh.  I would have called the fight for Neil who gave a handful of jabs to Waugh’s head.  But, Clark also busted up his hand.  He left the game for a few minutes while he got it checked out but, was back on the ice before his penalty was up.

Jordan Henry also decided to “fight” tonight.  He tangled with Zack Smith.  Jordan did little to nothing in this fight so, he lost.  When asked what made him drop the gloves tonight because it is rare that he does [...]Read More

Tags: ι ι ι Categories: Headlines, Post Game

The Battle Of The Backups: Plante vs Shantz

January 13, 2009 - By Alysoup

Goaltenders, Tyler Plante (Dayton Bombers) and David Shantz (Elmira Jackals) will be taking each other on tonight when their teams battle it out in Elmira.  Both goalies have played for the Amerks this season and last.  But, once Michael Brodeur was brought on board it was clear that neither of them would be needed in Rochester.  They were both sent to different teams in the ECHL.

We here at LetsGoAmerks decided to go see our old backup goalies take each other on for the title of “most relevant backup goalie.” 

Tyler Plante was the first to be shipped out of Rochester when he had a poor showing in Rochester.  Winning none of his 6 starts and being pulled once.  He had  20 goals against in that time.  He was sent to Dayton and David Shantz was brought to Rochester to see what he could do.

Shantz really didn’t do much better.  He started in 5 games, was pulled once and lost 3 of the 4 games he stayed in.  The only point he earned was in an overtime loss.  Although, his goals against average was much better than Plante’s. 

People in Elmira are happy to [...]Read More

Tags: ι ι ι Categories: In The System

Michael Frolik To Play In NHL Youngstars' Game

January 12, 2009 - By Alysoup

From Panthers.NHL.com:

The National Hockey League (NHL) announced today Florida Panthers rookie C Michael Frolik has been selected to compete in the three-on-three NHL YoungStars Game on Saturday, Jan. 24 in Montreal, Canada, as part of NHL All-Star Weekend.

Frolik, 20, is tied for 10th in rookie scoring with 17 points. He’s tied for ninth in rookie goal scoring (8) and eighth in power play assists (4). Frolik has played 38 of the Panthers’ 41 games and is the team’s seventh-leading scorer.

A native of Kladno, Czech Republic, Frolik was the Panthers’ first choice (10th overall) at the 2006 Entry Draft. Frolik spent the two previous seasons in Quebec playing for Rimouski of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Frolik had 65 points (24 goals) in 45 games last season for Rimouski.

Sunrise Sports & Entertainment is the premier company of its kind in South Florida. Home to more than 200 events annually and the Florida Panthers Hockey Club, the BankAtlantic Center is consistently a top 15 worldwide venue according to Pollstar. The BankAtlantic Center welcomes more than two million guests each year and is also the home of Sawgrass Live presented by [...]Read More

Categories: Panthers

Cory Murphy Back To The Panthers…But, For How Long?

January 12, 2009 - By Alysoup

corymurphy

Defenseman, Cory Murphy was sent back to the Florida Panthers after last night’s win against the Hamilton Bulldogs.  The Panthers immediately put Murphy on waivers.

Could this mean that they plan to keep him in Rochester for the rest of the season if he clears?  He would be a great addition to the Amerks (and was for the five games he played here over the past two weeks).  Remember, Murphy did clear waivers in November but, was never assigned to the Amerks.

Stefan Meyer Cory Murphy

In five games with the Amerks, Cory had 2 goals and 4 assists for 6 points and played about 30 minutes a game.  We could use him for the rest of this season.  He didn’t seem to hate being here either…

Make it happen Florida.

Tags: ι ι Categories: Amerks

The Amerks Crunch Syracuse in Their Third Straight Win

January 9, 2009 - By Alysoup

The Amerks beat the Syracuse Crunch 3-1 tonight in front of 6,310 fans.  Mike Brodeur showed, once again, why he deserved the contract that he signed today.  The boys in front of him didn’t make the job too hard for him tonight either, scoring three goals and keeping play alive in the Crunch’s end of the ice.

Tanner Glass fought Kevin Harvey two seconds into the game.  They had already gotten started before the puck dropped, but it took two seconds for the referee to understand what was happening.  Tanner left Harvey with a nasty cut over his eye.  When the fight ended, I asked myself…who is here that he wants to impress.  It was Jack Birch.  Saw him.

That was basically how the rest of the game was played.  A lot of hitting, a lot of play making and not a lot of mistakes.

Stefan Meyer scored his 10th goal of the season.  He is really showing what he is made of lately.  He has always had the ability to be a team leader, but in the last 15 games he has really stood out a lot more.

Rory Fitzpatrick had a good first game [...]Read More

Tags: ι ι ι ι Categories: Headlines, Post Game

1 2 3 ... 18